Robert Bartha L. "Billy" Watkins (July 25, 1927 – January 24, 2010) was a gospel and song singer who later became a Christian minister.
He recorded for the Arwin, Challenge, Chess, Era, Imperial, Kent and Victor labels.
A short time later Watkins was working in a barber shop shining shoes.
[2] Known as Bartha L. Watkins, he was a member The Zion Travelers, a group that was formed in 1944 and first recorded in late 1947.
The record "You're Unforgettable" bw "Rendezvous" which Billboard predicted could do well was charting locally that year.
[12] Having toured throughout the United States, Europe, the Orient and Australia, and having some chart success, it was in the early 1970s that he decided to make a change both musically and spiritually.