Bill Arnold has been drummer and percussionist with the Young@Heart Chorus from Northampton, MA. since 2002.



A native of South Bend, Indiana, Bill was born as William E. Arnold, Jr. on January 16, 1942 into a family of six.



Bill Arnold attended the public school system in Indiana where he was an all around sportsman. At age 15, he started playing the bongo drums and became known as Bongo Bill. At 16, Bill started playing the drums and became known as "Mr. Clean" when he started his career playing with the recording artist Junior Walker and the Allstars.



Mr. Clean has played with such Jazz greats as Teddy Wilson and Charlie Venture. Bill would like very much to learn to play a new instrument, but is afraid of doing so because he fears another name change.



Billy Arnold's recent brush work on 'Echos of the Prophet: Songs Inspired by Kahlil Gibran' has been called sublime by Jazz Improv Magazine.