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Vesta Williams
Sign in to saveAmerican R&B singer (1957-2011)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Affirmations for Black Women
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-02-08
2008 universal fire victimacademy award winneramericanamerican composercinematic classicalclassical
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
- 12,695
- Total plays
- 116,358
Tags
soulrnbfemale vocalistsNeo SoulOld School soul
Vesta Williams (December 1, 1957 – September 22, 2011) was an American R&B singer. Originally credited by her full name, she was sometimes simply billed as Vesta from the 1990s onwards. Although Williams never had any albums certified gold nor any Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, she scored six Top 10 hits on the US Billboard R&B chart from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s. Williams was known for the hits, "Once Bitten, Twice Shy", "Sweet Sweet Love", "Congratulations" and "Special". <a hre
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Coshocton
- Place of death
- El Segundo
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.vestawilliams.com
- Height
- 160
Show 10 more facts
- alternative name
- Vesta
- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- date of birth
- 1957-12-01
- date of death
- 2011-09-22
- name in native language
- Vesta Williams
- start of work period
- 1977-00-00
- cause of death
- hypertensive heart disease
- birth name
- Mary Vesta Williams
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (3)
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