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Wilfred Williams (December 28, 1910 – October 12, 1972) was an American singer. He had a successful cover recording of Fats Waller 's " I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter " in 1957.
The song had a major revival in 1957 in a Coral recording (on April 3) by Billy Williams with orchestra directed by Dick Jacobs. [3] It reached #3 on the Billboard magazine charts. [ 4 ] A reported million-seller, [ 5 ] it was awarded a gold record .
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When Father Papered the Parlour is a popular song, written and composed by R. P. Weston and Fred J. Barnes in 1910. It was performed by comedian Billy Williams, and was one of his most successful hits.
William Holt Williams (born Richard Isaac Banks; 3 March 1878 – 13 March 1915) was an Australian-born British vaudeville and music hall singer and entertainer. His best known song was " When Father Papered the Parlour ".
Williams was born in Omaha, Nebraska, [6] the son of Paul Hamilton Williams, an architectural engineer, and his wife, Bertha Mae (née Burnside), a homemaker. [1]One of his brothers was John J. Williams, a NASA rocket scientist, who participated in the Mercury and Apollo programs and was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, their highest honor, in 1969. [7]
Other charting versions were recorded by Bing Crosby and by the Billy Williams Quartet. The recording by Doris Day was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39423, with the flip side "My Life's Desire". [2] It first reached the Billboard chart on June 22, 1951, and lasted 17 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 9. [3]
Together Again is an album by the American R&B vocal group the Temptations, released on Motown Records in 1987. It is the group's thirty-fourth studio album, and the first released under the Motown imprint.