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Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. He sang with big bands, such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and with small combos. He sang in two films with the Basie orchestra and sometimes worked as an actor.
31 mar 1999 · Joe Williams, considered by many to be the finest jazz singer of his generation, died on a Las Vegas street after collapsing while apparently trying to walk home from a hospital. He was 80.
Joe Williams, the baritone jazz singer famous for his collaborations with Count Basie, died on Monday at the age of 80. Williams collapsed on a Las Vegas street after leaving the hospital...
28 lip 2019 · Joe Williams: A Man Ain't Supposed To Cry. by AAJ Staff December 1, 2000. When Joe Williams passed away in March of 1999 while walking home in Las Vegas, he of course was acknowledged as one of the greatest vocalists in jazz.
John continued to sing until his death in Las Vegas on March 29, 1999, at the age of 80. He was added to the Jazz Wall of Fame of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in...
30 mar 1999 · March 30, 1999. Remembering Joe Williams. We remember jazz singer Joe Williams who died yesterday at the age of 80. Williams begin singing professionally at age 17, influenced by Erskine Tate, Jimmy Noone and Coleman Hawkins.
Joe Williams (born Dec. 12, 1918, Cordele, Ga., U.S.—died March 29, 1999, Las Vegas, Nev.) was an American singer known for his mastery of jazz, blues, and ballads and for his association with Count Basie in the 1950s. Williams moved from Georgia to Chicago at the age of three.
