Willie Francis
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- My trip to the chair
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1899-01-07
- Active to
- 1963-01-30
Discography
- Poulenc: Sextuor (with the composer at the piano) / Françaix: Divertissement / Milhaud: La Cheminée du Roi René1961
- Peter Ustinov Tells the Stories of Babar the Elephant and the Little Tailor1966
- Harpsichord Concertos1967
- Poulenc : Les Animaux modèles, suite pour orchestre / Saint‐Saëns : Le Carnaval des animaux1967
- Song Recital1967
- Music by Poulenc, Somers, Russell, Beckwith1968
- The Platinum Flute1969
- Musique pour piano à quatre mains1970
- Soni Ventorum Plays Poulenc and Villa-Lobos1972
- The Wind Works1974
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,428
- Total plays
- 19,276
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Willie Francis (Ska/Reggae singer) Willie Francis, born Wilbert Francis March 18, 1943 in Farm District in South Manchester, Jamaica is a Ska/Reggae singer who went to prominence in the late 1960's and throughout the 1970's and known for hits such as 'Oh What a Mini' which was a top ten hit in the Jamaican charts. Other notable songs include, Ripe Sour sop and 'I'm going to change everything'. Willie Francis was also a producer and is responsible for recording famous reggae singer 'Cocoa Tea)
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,801x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
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- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Martinville
- Place of death
- Louisiana
- Occupation
- criminalist
- Image
- Willie Francis by AP.jpg
- Convicted of
- murder
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1929-01-12
- date of death
- 1947-05-09
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- name in native language
- Willie Francis
- cause of death
- electrocution
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