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amerikanischer Sänger, Songwriter und Gitarrist

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Gender
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Origin
United States
Active from
1947-11-28
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William DeVaughn (b 1948, Washington D.C.) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known for the hit song "Be Thankful for What You Got". DeVaughn was a salaried government employee as a drafting technician (according to Casey Kasem,[citation needed] he designed sewers), part-time singer, and member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.[citation needed] He wrote "A Cadillac Don`t Come Easy" eventually re-written to become "Be Thankful for What You Got " in 1972 <a href="https://www.last.

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5 total works indexed

  1. VMD: Visual molecular dynamics

    · 1996 · cited 62,934x

  2. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 44,823x

  3. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 39,536x

  4. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

    · 2010 · cited 30,945x

  5. Preparation of Graphitic Oxide

    · 1958 · cited 28,681x

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human
Given name
William
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Washington, D.C.
Occupation
guitarist
Genre
soul
Instrument
voice
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date of birth
1947-11-28
start of work period
1972-00-00
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William DeVaughn (* 28. November 1947 in Washington, D.C.) ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger, Songwriter und Gitarrist, der in seinem Stil stark an Curtis Mayfield erinnert. Berühmt wurde er durch seinen Hit Be Thankful For What You Got (Diamond In The Back).

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