Billy Steinberg

Billy Steinberg was an American songwriter, record producer, singer, composer and musician (1950–2026). He was born at Fresno and died at Brentwood.

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Identity

What the record establishes about Billy Steinberg.

Billy Steinberg is recorded as songwriter, record producer, singer, composer and musician. Birds is dated 1945–54 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1954.124). B Movie is dated 1948 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2013.1513). Utopia is dated 1974 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2013.1545). The Art Institute of Chicago records 4 objects associated with this heading. Billy Steinberg is recorded with the citizenship of United States.

Open Library catalogues 2 works under this name.

Works and catalogued output

The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 4 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 2 works under this heading.

Catalogued works

11 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago.

Like a Virgin. Give Your Heart a Break. I Turn to You. Eternal Flame. One and One. I Drove All Night. I Touch Myself. Over It. Wild Beads of Africa. True Colors. Utopia, dated 1974, collage of cut-and-pasted paper, with pen and black ink, black crayon, graphite, watercolor, colored pencil, and rubber stamps in black ink, on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2013.1545.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Billy Steinberg (2012) “Like a Virgin”, They're Playing My Song, 2025. Billy Steinberg (2012):, They're Playing My Song, 2025. Wild Beads of Africa, by Billy Steinberg (editor) and Jamey Allen (text) (2017), BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers, 2017.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1945Birds is dated 1945–54 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1954.124).
  2. 1948B Movie is dated 1948 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2013.1513).
  3. 1950Billy Steinberg born at Fresno.
  4. 1974Utopia is dated 1974 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 2013.1545).
  5. 2020I Touch My Face (Covid19 Parody of I Touch Myself) digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2026Billy Steinberg died at Brentwood.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Billy Steinberg (2012):, They're Playing My Song, 2025

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Billy Steinberg (Internet Archive), 2 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Wild Beads of Africa, by Billy Steinberg (editor) and Jamey Allen (text) (2017), BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Billy Steinberg as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Billy Steinberg.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q4913336: Billy Steinberg

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  7. 7.

    “Billy Steinberg”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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