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The Jackson, Mississippi-based traditional black gospel group, The Williams Brothers started in 1960 by Leon "Pop" Williams (November 24, 1908/1909 – September 6, 1989), [1] [2] who was the father of the Williams Brothers and an early member of the group, died in a car accident.
Robert F. Williams was born in Wall Lake, Iowa, USA on January 1, 1918. He was a singer and actor. He appeared in the films Janie (1944) and Something in the Wind (1947). He reunited with his brothers yearly from 1962 to 1990 for Andy's Christmas specials.
In 2015, they made their last album, another compilation titled "Memphis Gospel, Live!" For the rest of the group's singing, they continued to travel and work 50 out of 52 weeks of the year. During that time Lee Williams battled with dementia. In 2018, Lee Williams announced his retirement from gospel music.
Mason Douglas Williams (born August 24, 1938) is an American classical guitarist, composer, singer, writer, comedian, and poet, best known for his 1968 instrumental "Classical Gas" and for his work as a comedy writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and Saturday Night Live.
Melvin LeVarn Williams (born July 21, 1953) is an American gospel musician. He started his solo music career, in 1988, with the release of, Back to the Cross , that was released by Compendia Music Group.
"Can't Cry Hard Enough" is a song written by David Williams and Marvin Etzioni. [1] Williams originally recorded a version titled "I Can't Cry Hard Enough" with Victoria Williams for the latter's 1990 album Swing the Statue!. The following year, the version by both David and Andrew Williams as the Williams Brothers was released
Within a year, they were the highest-paid nightclub act in the world, breaking records wherever they appeared. When the Thompson and Williams Brothers act ended in 1953, the brothers broke up and they went their own ways, developing their own solo acts. Dick Williams went to sing with the Harry James band and later in August 1957 landed on ...
He penned "Look at the Blessings" in 1986 with Malaco. He would release thirteen albums, five of them placing on the Billboard magazine Top Gospel Albums chart: For The Wrong I Done (1978), Mother Why (1980), "Masterpiece" (1989), The Legend Lives On (1992) and 1993's The Best of Willie Banks , which was released posthumously.