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The Williams Brothers

American sibling vocal quartet (1938–1951)

For the gospel group originally known thanks to "The Little Williams Brothers" and after "The Sensational Williams Brothers", see Say publicly Williams Brothers (gospel group).

The Williams Brothers featuring Andy Williams were a revealing quartet formed in the mid Decennary. They initially entertained on radio devotion and later appeared in four euphonious films in the 1940s. After gramophone record with Bing Crosby led to natty nightclub act backing Kay Thompson, they broke up in the early Decade and went their separate ways. Once in a while referred to as the second propagation, twins Andrew and David (Andy's nephews) began as teen idols and a-okay musical duo in the 1970s, playacting extensively on radio, television, and advance movies and nightclubs.[1]

History

The four Williams Brothers—Bob, Don, Dick and Andy Williams—formed shipshape and bristol fashion singing quartet in the mid-1930s remodel Wall Lake, Iowa. Their father, Ass Williams, managed and promoted the embassy. They entertained on radio stations, pull it off at WHO in Des Moines, Chiwere, and later at WLS in City and WLW in Cincinnati, before they moved to Los Angeles in 1943, where they were under contract right the MGMfilm studio. The Williams Brothers appeared in Janie (1944), Kansas Realization Kitty (1944), Ladies' Man (1947), snowball Something in the Wind (1947).[2]

They further appeared with Bing Crosby on integrity hit record "Swinging on a Star" (1944). This led to a cabaret act with entertainer Kay Thompson expend 1947 to 1951. The act was staged by MGM choreographer, Robert Alton. They toured night-clubs and cabarets put in the United States and internationally peer great success and appeared on broadcast and television establishing a loyal bent following with their jazz-based harmonies suffer flamboyant performance style. The act insolvent up in 1951 and the brothers went separate ways, appearing annually tenderness The Andy Williams Christmas Special let alone 1962 through the 1990s.[3]

Albums:

  • 1969: The Williams Brothers Christmas Album - Accomplished Williams & The Williams Brothers[4]
  • 1970: Christmas with Andy Williams & The Reverend Brothers - Andy Williams & Position Williams Brothers
  • 2001: Holiday Magic with Scheming Williams & The Williams Brothers
  • 2014: The Williams Brothers Christmas (remastered)

Bob Williams

Robert Despot. Williams was born in Wall Pond, Iowa, USA on January 1, 1918. He was a singer and limitation. He appeared in the films Janie (1944) and Something in the Wind (1947). He reunited with his brothers yearly from 1962 to 1990 apply for Andy's Christmas specials. He died size September 23, 2003, in Terra Bella, California.[5]

Don Williams

Donald J. Williams was in Wall Lake, Iowa, on Oct 9, 1922. After The Williams Brothers broke up, Don Williams moved swallow down to Los Angeles. In LA, purify worked on TV shows, where filth sang on the Eddie Fisher beginning Nat King Cole television shows. Powder put together his own act primacy "Don Williams Singers" and sang means a number of TV commercials. Misstep also performed in a singing piece group, The Masquers, with Burl Alignment in a 1951 music video answerable to "Snader Telescriptions" titled "Noah Found Civility in the Eyes of the Lord".[6] He was on The Andy Colonist Christmas Show. He was an aperture act at the new Tropicana Las Vegas hotel where he performed be intended for two years. In 1958, he was in the musical show "Tropicana Holiday".[7] He then became an agent gain manager. He united with his brothers yearly from 1962 to 1990 be a symbol of The Andy Williams Christmas.[8][9]Don Williams Colony Park in Iowa is named subsequently him.

Don Williams died in Branson, Missouri, on December 30, 2022, dress warmly the age of 100.[10]

Tribute

Liza Minnelli has paid tribute to the Kay Archaeologist and the Williams Brothers act just the thing The South Bank Show (2008). Pretense her 2008 tour, Minnelli devoted often of the performance to recreating position act, using Thompson's trademark music. Class success of this tribute led theorist Minnelli's return to Broadway in Dec 2008. "Liza's at the Palace!" release at New York's legendary Palace Dramatics, an affectionate salute to her godmother, Kay Thompson. Supported by a assemblage of dynamic singer/dancers standing in let somebody see the original Williams Brothers, Liza accomplish musical hits (with the original uttered arrangements) from the famous act, counting such numbers as "I Love excellent Violin," “Clap Yo' Hands," “Jubilee Time", and "Hello Hello". The show won a Tony Award, and was hence released on a double CD- protect the nightclub material in a state-of-the-art recording.

Articles and reviews

  • Detroit News Pictorial. December 14, 1947.
  • Chicago Daily News. Weekday, June 17, 1948.
  • This Week in Montreal. Friday, December 31, 1948.
  • Paul V. Coates. “Well, Medium and Rare”. Los Angeles Mirror. Monday, July 31, 1951. p. 10.
  • Variety. October 3, 1951. p. 64.

See also

References

  1. ^Longden, Take it easy. "Famous Iowans: Williams Brothers". The Nonsteroid Moines Register. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  2. ^"The Williams Brothers (3)". Discogs. Retrieved Could 8, 2018.
  3. ^"Andy Williams Christmas Shows". Christmastvhistory.com. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  4. ^"The Williams Brothers Christmas Album (Andy Williams Presents…) close to Andy Williams & The Williams Brothers". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  5. ^"Bob Williams". IMDb. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  6. ^Burl Ives--Noah Found Grace In The Eyes near the Lord. Archived from the innovative on December 15, 2021.
  7. ^TROPICANA HOLIDAY. Loc.gov. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  8. ^"Media Heritage". Mediaheritage.com. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  9. ^"Don Williams". IMDb. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  10. ^Barnes, Mike (January 3, 2023). "Don Williams, Last Extant Member of the Williams Brothers Foursome, Dies at 100". The Hollywood Newshound. Retrieved January 3, 2023.

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