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Joseph Nathan Oliver was born in Aben, Louisiana, near Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish, to Nathan Oliver and Virginia "Jinnie" Jones.He claimed 1881 as his year of birth in his draft registration in September 1918 (two months before the end of World War I) but that year is open to debate, with some census records and other sources suggesting 1884 or 1885 as his true year of birth.
Joseph Stanley Williams (born September 1, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and film score composer, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Toto from 1986 to 1988 and again since 2010. Williams is a son of actress Barbara Ruick and prolific film composer John Williams. [1]
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) [1] [2] [3] is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinema history .
John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. [1] Although he was left-handed, he was known as a skilled right-handed bass player and had a booming baritone voice. [2] He was a member of the band Family in 1971 for a short time, before joining King Crimson in 1972. [3]
Score composed and adapted by John Powell [4] [5] Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Mine Mission," shared with John Powell) 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: J. J. Abrams: Lucasfilm Ltd. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Bad Robot: Williams's final score for a Star Wars film [6] Nominated—Academy Award for ...
"Dippermouth Blues" is a song first recorded by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band for Gennett Records in April 1923 and for Okeh Records in June of that same year. It is most often attributed to Joe "King" Oliver, though some have argued that Louis Armstrong was in fact the composer. [1]
John Wilson (5 April 1595 – 22 February 1674) was an English composer, lutenist and teacher. Born in Faversham , Kent, he moved to London by 1614, where he succeeded Robert Johnson as principal composer for the King's Men , and entered the King's Musick in 1635 as a lutenist .
King Records released John's single, which reached No. 5 on the Billboard R&B in 1956 [7] and the B-side "Home at Last" reached No. 6 in the same chart. [7] As one of John's most popular tunes, it has been included on various compilation albums, such as Fever: The Best of Little Willie John (1993) [ 8 ] and The Very Best of Little Willie John ...