Tony Williams
Sign in to saveAlso known as Samuel Edward "Tony" Williams, Samuel Edward Williams
American singer (1928–1992)
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 73 inbound references to Tony Williams, and connects out to The Platters, lead vocalist and New York City.
It is catalogued under topics including 1928 births, 1992 deaths and 20th-century African-American male singers.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 39
Top works
- Intensive English
- Visual Geographies
- Rugby skills, tactics and rules
- How to Get Best Value from HR
- America's Beginnings
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-02-08
Discography
- The John Towner Touch1957
- World on a String1957
- Rhythm in Motion1961
- How to Steal a Million1966
- Williams: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble / Penderecki: Pittsburgh Overture / Mayuzumi: Music with Sculpture1970
- Music for Cello and Piano1974
- Jaws: Original Motion Picture Score1975
- Music From John Williams' Classic Film Scores: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Star Wars1978
- Pops in Space1980
- Pops on the March1980
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 115,224
- Total plays
- 646,811
Tags
Tony Williams is the name of more than one artist. 1. American jazz drummer. 2. American singer who was the lead vocalist of the Platters from 1953 to 1960. 3. British video game music composer 1) Tony Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. Born in Chicago and growing up in Boston, Williams began studies with master drummer Alan Dawson at an early age and began playing professionally at the age of 13 with saxophonist Sam Rivers. <a href="https://www.last
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Elizabeth
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
Show 10 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1928-04-05
- date of death
- 1992-08-14
- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- place of burial
- Calverton National Cemetery
- member of
- The Platters
- birth name
- Samuel Edward Williams
- name in native language
- Tony Williams
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
Sources (2)
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Available in 9 languages
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