 In 1962, he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a session musician with Dean Martin, the Beach Boys, Herb Alpert, and Sammy Davis Jr., among others, and also recorded under various aliases.Riley appeared in a Scopitone performing the song “High Heel Sneakers”, filmed live at the Whiskey a Go Go, in Hollywood, in 1965.That same year Mercury Records released the LP "Whiskey a Go Go Presents Billy Lee Riley", recorded live at the Whiskey a Go Go.