Billy Williams

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(1) Billy Williams (born December 28, 1910, Waco, Texas — died October 17, 1972, Chicago) was an Afro-American singer, who had a hugely successful cover recording of Fats Waller's "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" in 1957. His trademark hook for his songs was to shout "Oh, Yeah" at the end of lyrics. He was the lead singer of The Charioteers between 1930 and 1950, when he formed his own Billy Williams Quartet with Eugene Dixon, Claude Riddick and John Ball. Many appearances on TV followed, especially on Your Show of Shows with Sid Cae… read more
(1) Billy Williams (born December 28, 1910, Waco, Texas — died October 17, 1972, Chicago) was an Afro-American singer, who had a hugely successful cover recording of Fats Waller's "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" in 1957. His trademark hook for his song… read more
(1) Billy Williams (born December 28, 1910, Waco, Texas — died October 17, 1972, Chicago) was an Afro-American singer, who had a hugely successful cover recording of Fats Waller's "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" in 1957. His trademark hook for his songs was to shout "Oh, Yeah" at the end of lyrics. He was the lea… read more

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1 Play track True 50's love I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter
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2 So Called Friend (Oh! What A Friend) So Called Friend (Oh! What A Friend)
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3 Don't Fence Me In Don't Fence Me In
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4 The Golden Age of the Music Hall - 25 Original Mono Recordings 1905-1034 When Father Papered the Parlour
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5 Oh! It's A Lovely War (Vol 2) Since Father Joined The Territorials - 1909
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6 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Wri I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Wri
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7 Red River Valley Streets Of Laredo
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8 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (Digitally Remastered) I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter (Digitally Remastered)
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9 Greatest Hits The Honeydripper
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10 Shanghai Shanghai
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  1. 1,691 listeners

    6 Jun 2009 · 12 tracks

    Billy Williams
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  2. 260 listeners

    25 Mar 2015 · 29 tracks

    Dream Of You
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  3. 208 listeners

    6 Jan 2015 · 12 tracks

    Red River Valley
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  4. 137 listeners

    17 Dec 1900 · 18 tracks

    Presenting Billy Williams
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