Rock To The Top-Billy Peek-’60-Peek 101

Billy Peek was born in South St. Louis, and as a child growing up in the 1950s he lived for a time in an apartment above a bar known as the Peek-A-Boo Inn. There he began playing the country guitar with his father. When he was a bit older he heard the music of other burgeoning St. Louis musicians such as Chuck Berry and Ike Turner ... Not long after the release of his first record (on Carter Records, “Pretty Blue Eyed Baby“) Chuck Tillman and Peek were invited to appear on the St. Louis Hop’s first anniversary show alongside Chuck Berry. For Billy Peek this was a chance of a lifetime; not only would he be appearing on television for the first time, he would be doing so with his idol... Billy Peek’s main claim to fame is having played, recorded, and toured extensively with Chuck Berry, and Rod Stewart.