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Larry Williams

1935 - 1980

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Lawrence Eugene Williams (May 10, 1935 – January 7, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist from New Orleans. He is best known for writing and recording some rock and roll classics from 1957 to 1959 for Specialty Records, including "Bony Moronie", "Short Fat Fannie", "Slow Down", "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" (1958), "Bad Boy" and "She Said Yeah" (1959). John Lennon was an admirer, and the Beatles and several other British Invasion groups recorded several of his songs. Williams' life mixed tremendous success with violence and drug addiction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Larry Williams is the 1,958th most popular musician (down from 1,603rd in 2019), the 10,396th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,039th in 2019) and the 768th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Larry Williams ranks 1,958 out of 3,175. Before him are Narada Michael Walden, Kavinsky, Jarvis Cocker, Mauro Picotto, Şehrazat, and Marisa Monte. After him are Thomas Ravenscroft, Nicolas Chumachenco, Angela Hewitt, Tomoyasu Hotei, Jeff Healey, and Rick J. Jordan.

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Among people born in 1935, Larry Williams ranks 477. Before him are Carol Shields, Ronald Pettersson, Massimo Natili, Esther Phillips, Don McCullin, and Antonio Jasso. After him are Valdis Muižnieks, Eldridge Cleaver, Marilee Stepan, Jürgen Werner, Vicente Cantatore, and Soumitra Chatterjee. Among people deceased in 1980, Larry Williams ranks 273. Before him are John McEwen, Marc Connelly, Barbara Loden, Dorothy Stratten, Clyfford Still, and Shohachi Ishii. After him are William Hood Simpson, Nikolay Bogolyubov, Bette Nesmith Graham, Lucy Morton, William Gemmell Cochran, and David Marr.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Larry Williams ranks 10,398 out of 20,380. Before him are Rian Johnson (1973), Annie Montague Alexander (1867), Glenn Medeiros (1970), Mildred Cohn (1913), Tiffany Young (1989), and Jonathan Safran Foer (1977). After him are Taboo (1975), Brewster Kahle (1960), Ethan Phillips (1955), Neal Morse (1960), Janine Turner (1962), and Christine Darden (1942).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Larry Williams ranks 768. Before him are Red Mitchell (1927), Chris Hillman (1944), Aaron Lewis (1972), Tony MacAlpine (1960), Paul Motian (1931), and Narada Michael Walden (1952). After him are Jimmy Miller (1942), Alphonso Johnson (1951), Cal Tjader (1925), Spencer Dryden (1938), Roy Estrada (1943), and Mathew Knowles (1952).

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