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Bookmark or Share- Joe Williams (jazz singer) - WikipediaJoe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. He sang with big bands, such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and with small combos. He sang in two films with the Basie orchestra and sometimes worked as an actor.
- Joe Williams, Jazz Singer of Soulful Tone and Timing, Is Dead ...Joe Williams, whose urbane bass-baritone and suavely heartbroken songs made him one of the most important singers in jazz, died on Monday in Las Vegas, Nev. He was 80 years old.
- Jazz Singer Joe Williams Dies After Collapsing in Las VegasJoe Williams, considered by many to be the finest jazz singer of his generation, died on a Las Vegas street after collapsing while apparently trying to walk home from a hospital. He was 80.
- Joe Williams | Jazz, Blues, Vocalist | BritannicaJoe Williams (born Dec. 12, 1918, Cordele, Ga., U.S.—died March 29, 1999, Las Vegas, Nev.) was an American singer known for his mastery of jazz, blues, and ballads and for his association with Count Basie in the 1950s.
- Joe Williams | Encyclopedia.comHis name is not as well known to the general public as those of jazz legends like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, or Ella Fitzgerald, but Joe Williams is nevertheless counted among the masters of jazz and blues singing; he has, in fact, earned the title “ Emperor of the Blues.
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