Genres: R&B, Jump Blues Active: 40's, 50's, 60's Born: July 13, 1915 in Lewisburg, TN
The Carpenters, Chubby Checker, Roy Milton, Dave Young Orchestra, Annie Laurie, Clarence Samuels, Ernie Harper, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Gene Phillips, Walter Brown, Jay McShann, Johnny Moore's Three Blazers |  |
Saxophonist and bandleader Paul Williams scored one of the first big hits of the R&B era in 1949 with "The Hucklebuck," an adaption of Charlie Parker's "Now's The Time." The song topped the R&B charts for 14 weeks in 1949, and was one of three Top 10 and five other Top 20 R&B instrumental hits that Williams scored for Savoy in 1948 and 1949. He played with Clarence Dorsey in 1946 and then made his recording debut with King Porter in 1947 for Paradise before forming his own band late that year.
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Release: November 16, 2004
Label: Blue Moon
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Release: November 16, 2004
Label: Blue Moon
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