Clarence Williams ( November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. Events 1500-1899 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning god... November 8, Events January 1 - Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 - Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 - The UK has its first meeting. January 17 - American sugar planters overthrow the government of Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii February 1 - Thomas... 1893 - November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. From September 23, there are 88 days in a fall (autumn) season. We are considered halfway through fall (autumn) on November 6. Events 1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar N... November 6, 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. January 12 - Bodies of 2 15 year olds Christine Sharrock + Marrine Schmidt found... 1965) was a For other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. It has been called the first original art form to develop in the United States of America. Jazz has roots in West African... Jazz This article deals with those who play the piano. For other uses, see pianist (disambiguation). A pianist is a person who plays the piano reasonably well. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an orchestra or smaller ensemble, or accompany one or more singers or solo instrumentalists. A... pianist, A composer is a person who writes music. The term refers particularly to someone who writes music in some type of musical notation, thus allowing others to perform the music. This distinguishes the composer from a musician who improvises. However, a person may be called a composer without creating music... composer, promoter, In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i.e. uses the voice as an instrument to make music. A lead singer is one who sings the primary vocals of a song, as opposed to a backup singer who sings backup vocals to a song... vocalist, and publisher.

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Williams was born in Plaquemine is a city located in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 7,064. Geography Plaquemine is located at 30°173 North, 91°1426 West (30.284044, -91.240485)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city... Plaquemine, Louisiana, ran away from home at age 12 to join Billy Kersand's Traveling The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, is an indigenous form of American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety acts, dancing, and music, usually performed by white people in blackface. 1906 postcard advertising a minstrel show History Lewis Hallam was probably the first actor to perform in blackface when he did an... Minstrel Show, then moved to New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the population of New Orleans is 484,674. New Orleans is co-extensive with Orleans Parish. New Orleans is a southern city known for its multicultural heritage and its celebration... New Orleans in 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). Events January 8 - Landslide in Haverstraw, New York kills 20 January 31 - Earthquake in Ecuador (8.6 in Richter scale) February 11 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos. February 15 - Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee... 1906. At first Williams worked shining shoes and doing odd jobs, but soon became known as a singer and master of ceremonies. By the early Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s - 1910s - 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s Years: 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 Events and trends Science Einsteins theory of general relativity Max von Laue discovers the diffraction of x-rays by... 1910s he was a well regarded local entertainer also playing The piano Piano is a common abbreviation for pianoforte, a large musical instrument with a keyboard (see keyboard instrument). Its sound is produced by strings stretched on a rigid frame. These vibrate when struck by felt-covered hammers, which are activated by the keyboard. The word pianoforte is Italian for... piano, and was composing new tunes by 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. (click on link for calendar) Events January-March January 30 - House of Lords rejects Irish Home Rule Bill February 1 - New York Citys Grand Central Terminal opens as the worlds largest train station. February 3 - The 16th Amendment to the... 1913. Williams was a good business man and worked arranging and managing entertainment at the local African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. The majority of African Americans are of African, European and Native American ancestry. Terms for African... African-American Vaudeville is a style of theater, also known as variety, which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. Its popularity rose in step with the rise of industry and the growth of North American cities during this period, and declined with the introduction of sound films and... Vaudeville theater as well as various saloons and dance halls around Rampart Street, and clubs and houses in Storyville was the legalized prostitution district of New Orleans from 1897 through 1917. Locals usually simply referred to the area as The District. The nickname Storyville was in reference to city alderman Sidney Story who wrote the legislation setting up the district. Most of this former district is now occupied... Storyville.

Williams started a music publishing business with violinist/bandleader Armand John A.J. Piron (August 16, 1888 _ February 17, 1943) was a United States jazz violinist and band leader. Piron was born in a Creole of Color family in downtown New Orleans. From his childhood he had to use a crutch to walk. He began playing violin professionally... Armand J. Piron 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). Events January 12 - The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress. January 12 - United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. January 13 – An... 1915. He toured briefly with W.C. Handy photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 - March 28, 1958) was an African American blues composer, often known as The Father of the Blues. W. C. Handy remains among the most influential of American songwriters. Though he was one of many musicians... W.C. Handy, set up a publishing office in Chicagos skyline at day Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles, with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 US Census. It is the fourth largest city in North America and the seventh largest in... Chicago, then settled in New York in the early Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Referred to as the Roaring 20s. Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working television system... 1920s. He supervised African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. The majority of African Americans are of African, European and Native American ancestry. Terms for African... African-American recordings for New York officies of Okeh Records began as an independent record label based in the United States of America in 1918; from the late 1920s on was a subsidiary of Columbia Records. Okeh was founded by Otto Heinemann (1877-1965), a German-American manager for the U.S. branch of German owned Odeon Records... Okeh phonograph company in the Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 Referred to as the Roaring 20s. Events and trends Technology John Logie Baird invents the first working television system... 1920s; also lead bands frequently for Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. Label of a Columbia disc from 1925 Columbia was originally the local company distributing and selling Edison phonographs and phonograph cylinders in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Delaware. As was the custom of some... Columbia and occasionally other A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. The name derives from the paper label at the center of a gramophone record (what is also known... record labels. He also produced and participated in early recordings by Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 19011 – July 6, 1971) (also known by the nickname Satchmo) was an African American jazz musician. Probably the most famous jazz musician of the 20th century, Armstrong was a charismatic, innovative performer whose musical skills and bright personality transformed jazz from a rough regional... Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 - May 14, 1959) was a Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. From a young age Bechet quickly mastered any musical instrument he picked up. (Some New Orleanians remembered him as a cornet hot-shot in his youth. In a... Sidney Bechet, Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten Bessie Smith ( April 15, 1894 - September 26, 1937) was an early American blues singer born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Initially hired as a dancer, she landed her first job with the Moses Stokes company, a show that also included Ma Rainey, who did not... Bessie Smith and many others.

In 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 - End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 - The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 11 - General Juanto dies in Argentina - Ramon... 1943 Williams sold his extensive back-catalogue of tunes to Decca Records is a record label that was established in 1929. Former stockbroker Edward Lewis formed Decca Records Ltd in the United Kingdom in 1929. Within years, it was the second largest record label in the world, calling itself The Supreme Record Company. The term Decca was never determined to... Decca Records for $50,000 and retired, but then bought a bargain used goods store which he ran to keep himself busy. Williams died in Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. Established on November 1... Queens, This is an article about New York City; see also NYC, New York, and New York, New York. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005. New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States and is at... New York City in 1965.

Clarence Williams' name appears as composer or co-composer on numerous tunes, including a number which by Williams' own admission were written by others but which Williams bought all rights to outright, as was a common practice in the music publishing business at the time. Clarence Williams hits include "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate", "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home", "Royal Garden Blues", "Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do" and many others.

External link

• Clarence Williams on RedHotJazz.com; biography with photos and ram files of vintage recordings (http://www.redhotjazz.com/williams.html)
• Clarence Williams by Tom Morgan (http://bluesnet.hub.org/readings/clarence.williams.html)