Billy Edd Wheeler is an award-winning country music composer, winner of thirteen
ASCAP Awards. Born Billy Edward Wheeler in Boone County, West Virginia, on
December 9, 1932, he worked as a journalist before joining the Air Force and
teaching. Performing in parallel as a singer, he turned to a musical career in
1959 and recorded for the Monitor label, while taking courses in theatrical
directing at Yale University. Signed to Kapp Records, he pursued his country
career, scoring several hits, including "Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out
Back", which reached No. 50 on the Billboard p...