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.

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  • 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 Caesar. By the early 1960s he had lost his voice due to diabetes. He subsequently moved to Chicago and worked as a social worker until his death in 1972.
  • Billy Williams war ein US-amerikanischer Sänger, der großen Erfolg im Jahre 1957 mit der Coverversion von Fats Wallers I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter hatte. Das Markenzeichen seiner Songs war ein kurzes „Oh, Yeah“ am Ende des Songtextes. Als Sänger war er Frontmann der The Charioteers von 1930 bis 1950, bis er seine eigene Band Billy Williams Quartet gründete mit Eugene Dixon, Claude Riddick und John Ball. Einige Fernsehauftritte folgten, besonders in Your Show of Shows mit Sid Caesar. Anfang der 1960er verlor er seine Stimme in Folge einer Diabetes-Erkrankung. Anschließend zog er nach Chicago und arbeite bis zu seinem Tod 1972 als Sozialarbeiter.
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  • 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.
  • Billy Williams war ein US-amerikanischer Sänger, der großen Erfolg im Jahre 1957 mit der Coverversion von Fats Wallers I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter hatte. Das Markenzeichen seiner Songs war ein kurzes „Oh, Yeah“ am Ende des Songtextes. Als Sänger war er Frontmann der The Charioteers von 1930 bis 1950, bis er seine eigene Band Billy Williams Quartet gründete mit Eugene Dixon, Claude Riddick und John Ball.
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  • Billy Williams (singer)
  • Billy Williams (Sänger)
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