Don Williams

Don Williams
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Don Williams
Surnom The Gentle Giant of Country Music
Naissance 27 mai 1939
Floydada, Texas, États-Unis
Activité principale Auteur-compositeur-interprète, musicien
Genre musical Musique country, country rock, pop musique
Instruments Guitare, Piano, Basse
Années d'activité 1971-2006
Labels Columbia, Dot, ABC, MCA, Capitol, RCA, Giant, Koch
Site officiel www.don-williams.com

Entourage Emmylou Harris

Don Williams (né le 27 mai 1939 à Floydada, au Texas) est un auteur-compositeur-interprète de musique country.

Sommaire

Biographie

Don Williams grandit à Portland, au Texas et fit sa scolarité à la Gregory-Portland High School jusqu'en 1958. Il apprit à jouer de la guitare adolescent. Il commença alors à se produire avec des petits groupes de country, rock n'roll et folk. Il forma son premier groupe avec Lofton Kline, appelé "The Strangers Two" et en 1964, avec l'arrivée de Susan Taylor, ils formèrent les Pozo-Seco Singers. Le groupe signa un contrat avec Columbia Records. Après sept ans dans le groupe folk-pop, Don Williams débuta sa carrière solo en 1971. Il commença également en tant que auteur-compositeur pour Jack Music Inc. Il signa son contrat d'artiste solo chez JMI Records.

En 1974, sa chanson "We Should Be Together", signée chez ABC/Dot Records se classe à la cinquième place. Son premier single "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" devint un numéro un du hit, annonçant une série de succès entre en 1974 et 1991. Seulement 4, sur 46 singles de cette période n'entrèrent pas dans le Top 10.

Don s'est marié avec Joy Bucher le 10 avril 1960. Ensemble, ils ont eu deux fils ; Gary et Timm.

Récompenses

En 1978, Don Williams fut nommé "Chanteur de l'année" par la Country Music Association et son titre "Tulsa Time" fut quant à lui nommé "Single de l'année". Sa chanson fut enregistrée par d'autres artistes comme Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, Lefty Frizzell, Josh Turner, Sonny James, Alison Krauss, Billy Dean, Charley Pride, Kenny Rogers, Alan Jackson, Waylon Jennings et Pete Townshend[1]. His music is also popular internationally, including Great Britain, Australia[2].

Discographie

Albums

Studio albums

Année Album Positions RIAA Label
US Country US
1973 Volume 1 5 JMI
1974 Volume 2 13
Volume 3 3 ABC
1975 You're My Best Friend 5
1976 Harmony 1
1977 Visions 4
Country Boy 9
1978 Expressions 2 161
1979 Portrait 11 MCA
1980 I Believe in You 2 57 Disque de platine
1981 Especially for You 5 109
1982 Listen to the Radio 6 166
1983 Yellow Moon 12 44
1984 Cafe Carolina 13
1986 Sings Bob McDill
New Moves 29 Capitol
1987 Traces
1989 Prime Cuts
One Good Well 54 RCA
1990 True Love 56
1992 Currents
1994 An Evening with Don Williams (Live) American
Harvest
1995 Borrowed Tales
1996 Flatlands
1998 I Turn the Page 69 Giant
2002 Follow Me Back Home
2004 My Heart to You Compendia

Compilations

Année Album US Country RIAA Label
1975 Greatest Hits 5 ABC
1979 The Best of Don Williams Volume II 7 Dique d'or
1984 The Best of Don Williams Volume III 18 Dique d'or MCA
1986 Greatest Hits Volume IV 60
Lovers and Best Friends
1987 20 Greatest Hits
2000 The Millennium Collection 74
2004 The Definitive Collection 48

Singles

Année Titre Positions Album
US Country US CAN Country
1973 "Shelter of Your Eyes" 14 Don Williams Vol. 1
"Come Early Morning" 12
"Amanda" 33
1974 "Atta Way to Go" 13 57 Don Williams Vol. 2
"We Should Be Together" 5
"Down the Road I Go" 62 50
"I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" 1 10 Don Williams Vol. 3
"The Ties That Bind" 4 2
1975 "You're My Best Friend" 1 1 You're My Best Friend
"(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" 1 5
"Till the Rivers All Run Dry" 1 Harmony
1976 "Say It Again" 1 4
"She Never Knew Me" 2 103 2
1977 "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" 1 108 6 Visions
"I'm Just a Country Boy" 1 110 1 Country Boy
1978 "I've Got a Winner in You" 7 10
"Rake and Ramblin' Man" 3 2
"Tulsa Time" 1 106 1 Expressions
1979 "Lay Down Beside Me" 3 2
"It Must Be Love" 1 2
"Love Me Over Again" 1 1 Portrait
1980 "Good Ole Boys Like Me" 2 3
"I Believe in You" 1 24 1 I Believe in You
1981 "Falling Again" 6 3
"Miracles" 4 2 Especially for You
"If I Needed You" (avec Emmylou Harris) 3 1
"Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" 1 1
1982 "Listen to the Radio" 3 1 Listen to the Radio
"Mistakes" 3 3
"If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" 1 1
1983 "Love Is on a Roll" 1 1 Yellow Moon
"Nobody but You" 2 1
"Stay Young" 1 3
1984 "That's the Thing About Love" 1 1 Cafe Carolina
"Maggie's Dream" 11 13
"Walkin' a Broken Heart" 2 3
1985 "It's Time for Love" 20 49
"We've Got a Good Fire Going" 3 2 New Moves
1986 "Heartbeat in the Darkness" 1 2
"Then It's Love" 5 4
1987 "Señorita" 9 12
"I'll Never Be in Love Again" 4 15
"I Wouldn't Be a Man" 9 7 Traces
1988 "Another Place, Another Time" 5 *
"Desperately" 7 *
"Old Coyote Town" 5 * Prime Cuts
1989 "One Good Well" 4 3 One Good Well
"I've Been Loved by the Best" 4 11
1990 "Just as Long as I Have You" 4 11
"Maybe That's All It Takes" 22 47
"Back in My Younger Days" 2 1 True Love
1991 "True Love" 4
"Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy" 7 17
1992 "It's Who You Love" 73 Currents
"Too Much Love" 72
1998 "Cracker Jack Diamond" 87 I Turn the Page

Voir aussi

Notes et références

Liens externes


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