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Joe Williams

real name Joseph Goreed

US jazz vocalist

United States · 1918-12-12 – 1999-03-29

Joe Williams is credited on 759 releases across 221 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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759

Credits

221

Albums

8

Decades active

140

In collections

Biography

Born: December 12, 1918 in Cordele, Georgia, USA - Died: March 29, 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Joe Williams was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards. Williams worked with Coleman Hawkins and Lionel Hampton before joining Count Basie's band in 1954. After leaving the Basie band in 1961, Williams led small ensembles singing popular songs, ballads, and blues. He was a frequent performer on television, both as a singer and as an actor. His album "Nothin' but the Blues" won a Grammy Award in 1984.
Do NOT confuse with blues songwriter/performer Big Joe Williams ("Baby Please Don't Go") or Jody Williams ("Billy's Blues").

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Credited work

759 releases · 221 albums · active 1950–2022

  • Performance · 1,197
  • Other credits · 36
  • Production · 13
  • Engineering · 2
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Newport Jazz Festival · Fantasy Studios · Capitol Studios · Clinton Recording Studio

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