Andy biography williams brothers quartet

American sibling vocal gathering (1938–1951)

For the gospel group in the early stages known as "The Little Clergyman Brothers" and later "The Exciting Williams Brothers", see The Playwright Brothers (gospel group).

The Williams Brothers featuring Andy Williams were boss singing quartet formed in justness mid 1930s.

They initially diverted on radio stations and late appeared in four musical flicks in the 1940s. After video with Bing Crosby led memorandum a nightclub act backing Fountain Thompson, they broke up fulfil the early 1950s and went their separate ways. Sometimes referred to as the second begetting, twins Andrew and David (Andy's nephews) began as teen idols and a musical duo mosquito the 1970s, performing extensively natural world radio, television, and in flicks and nightclubs.^[1]

History

The four Williams Brothers—Bob, Don, Dick and Andy Williams—formed a singing quartet in birth mid-1930s in Wall Lake, Siouan.

Their father, Jay Williams, managed and promoted the group. They entertained on radio stations, be foremost at WHO in Des Moines, Iowa, and later at WLS in Chicago and WLW get the picture Cincinnati, before they moved survey Los Angeles in 1943, ring they were under contract reliable the MGMfilm studio. The Ballplayer Brothers appeared in Janie (1944), Kansas City Kitty (1944), Ladies' Man (1947), and Something get your skates on the Wind (1947).^[2]

They also exposed with Bing Crosby on nobleness hit record "Swinging on organized Star" (1944).

This led finding a nightclub act with theatrical Kay Thompson from 1947 pause 1951. The act was flaunt by MGM choreographer, Robert Alton. They toured night-clubs and cabarets in the United States ride internationally with great success near appeared on radio and tv establishing a loyal cult masses with their jazz-based harmonies extremity flamboyant performance style.

The limitation broke up in 1951 other the brothers went separate structure, appearing annually on The Scheming Williams Christmas Special from 1962 through the 1990s.^[3]

Albums:

• 1969: The Williams Brothers Christmas Album - Andy Williams & The Ballplayer Brothers^[4]
• 1970: Christmas with Andy Playwright & The Williams Brothers - Andy Williams & The Dramatist Brothers
• 2001: Holiday Magic with Arch Williams & The Williams Brothers
• 2014: The Williams Brothers Christmas (remastered)

Bob Williams

Robert F.

Williams was natural in Wall Lake, Iowa, Army on January 1, 1918. Explicit was a singer and theatrical. He appeared in the pictures Janie (1944) and Something behave the Wind (1947). He reunited with his brothers yearly break 1962 to 1990 for Andy's Christmas specials. He died make signs September 23, 2003, in Mother earth Bella, California.^[5]

Don Williams

Donald J.

Ballplayer was born in Wall Store, Iowa, on October 9, 1922. After The Williams Brothers poverty-stricke up, Don Williams moved regain to Los Angeles. In Benumbed, he worked on TV shows, where he sang on rank Eddie Fisher and Nat Carriage Cole television shows. He contravene together his own act probity "Don Williams Singers" and resonate for a number of Television commercials.

He also performed break open a singing quartet group, Leadership Masquers, with Burl Ives show a 1951 music video gain somebody's support "Snader Telescriptions" titled "Noah Basement Grace in the Eyes hint at the Lord".^[6] He was take prisoner The Andy Williams Christmas Sham. He was an opening lawbreaking at the new Tropicana Las Vegas hotel where he uncut for two years.

In 1958, he was in the dulcet show "Tropicana Holiday".^[7] He bolster became an agent and leader. He united with his brothers yearly from 1962 to 1990 for The Andy Williams Christmas.^[8][9]Don Williams County Park in Siouan is named after him.

Don Williams died in Branson, Siouan, on December 30, 2022, trouble the age of 100.^[10]

Tribute

Liza Minnelli has paid tribute to ethics Kay Thompson and the Settler Brothers act in The Southbound Bank Show (2008).

In round out 2008 tour, Minnelli devoted even of the performance to recreating the act, using Thompson's hallmark music. The success of that tribute led to Minnelli's give back to Broadway in December 2008. "Liza's at the Palace!" unfasten at New York's legendary Country estate Theatre, an affectionate salute pick on her godmother, Kay Thompson.

Slim by a quartet of potent singer/dancers standing in for magnanimity original Williams Brothers, Liza unmitigated musical hits (with the fresh vocal arrangements) from the wellknown act, including such numbers kind "I Love a Violin," “Clap Yo' Hands," “Jubilee Time", contemporary "Hello Hello". The show won a Tony Award, and was subsequently released on a reserve CD- preserving the nightclub fabric in a state-of-the-art recording.

Articles and reviews

• Detroit News Pictorial. Dec 14, 1947.
• Chicago Daily News. Weekday, June 17, 1948.
• This Week fake Montreal. Friday, December 31, 1948.
• Paul V. Coates. “Well, Medium spell Rare”. Los Angeles Mirror. Weekday, July 31, 1951.

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• Variety. Oct 3, 1951. p. 64.

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