Billy Williams (born 28 December 1910, Waco, Texas — died 17 October 1972, Chicago) was a 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. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Waco (ˈweɪkoʊ is a city in and the County seat of McLennan County, Texas. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released Fats Waller (born Thomas Wright Waller on May 21, 1904 &mdash December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist " I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter " is a 1935 popular Song with music by Fred E Events January 5 - Renato Carosone and his band start their American tour in Cuba. His trademark hook for his songs was to shout "Oh, Yeah" at the end of lyrics. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing
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. The Charioteers was an American Gospel and pop vocal group from 1930 to 1957 Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gene Chandler (born Eugene Dixon, July 6 1937, Chicago, Illinois) is an American Singer. Many appearances on TV followed, especially on Your Show of Shows with Sid Caesar. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute Sketch comedy Television series appearing weekly in the United States on NBC, from 1950 Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar (born September 8, 1922) is an Emmy Award -winning American comic actor and writer known as the leading man [1]
By the early 1960s he had lost his voice due to diabetes. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Diabetes mellitus (ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz or /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtəs/ /məˈlaɪtəs/ or /ˈmɛlətəs/ often referred to simply as diabetes ( Ancient Greek: grc He subequently moved to Chicago and worked as a social worker until his death in 1972. Social work is a discipline involving the application of Social theory and research methods to study and improve the lives of people groups and societies
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- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1992). The Billboard Book of USA Top 40 Hits, 5th, Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing Limited, p. 494. ISBN 0-85112-528-X.
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