Billy Vaughn

Billy Vaughn. Music Department: The Boom. Composer/bandleader Billy Vaughn (born Richard Vaughn) was born in Glasgow, Kentucky. His father, a barber, was a music lover and that trait passed on to Billy--he taught himself to play the mandolin at age three. Over the years he learned to play a variety of other musical instruments. In 1941 Vaughn enlisted in the Army National Guard for a one-year hitch, but when the US...