"William Patton \"Bill\" Black, Jr. (September 17, 1926 \u2013 October 21, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. Black was the bassist in Elvis Presley's early trio and the leader of Bill Black's Combo."@en . . . . . "1965Z"^^ . . "American musician" . "1926Z"^^ . . "non_vocal_instrumentalist" . . . . "1954Z"^^ . . . "Bill Black"@en . "1926-09-17Z"^^ . "1965-10-21Z"^^ . "Black, Bill"@en . "William Patton Black, Jr."@en .