Vote For Billy Williams

 

This Side Of Heaven

Vote For Billy Williams

Mercury Wing MGW 12131

1959

From the back cover: For an entertainer who has spent his entire professional life singing in quartets, Billy Williams is a most remarkable solo performer. Rare indeed is the artist of such ease and musical grace, yet of such dramatic power and personal magnetism.

And for change of pace, he's a delightful fun-maker, as attested by more than a million fans who grabbed up his splendid treat, "Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter".

It all started when young Billy, of Waco, Texas, the son of a minister, decided to follow his father's career. As a student at Wilbeforce University, he joined with three other students to sing songs of gospel. They called themselves The Charioteers. Station WLW, Cincinnati, soon persuaded them out of their amateur status. A few years later, they were guests on Bing Crosby's radio show and stayed there for six years.

In 1949, his eye on the fast-growing television industry, Billy Williams decided to form a group of his own, to combine first-rate singing with polished visual presentation. The Billy Williams Quartet, soon a fixture on the Sid Caesar-Imogene Coca "Show Of Shows", became one of the hottest musical attractions in America.

Then records firmed Billy Williams' popularity and his secure place among the greats of modern popular music. His personal warmth and skill with an artful ballad insure that here, for your pleasure over and over again, is a musical treat and a dramatic experience.

I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)

Azure-Te

Who Knows

You're The One For Me

This Side Of Heaven

A Smile For Suzette

Cattle Call

You're The Only One I Adore

It's Best We Say Goodbye

Mad About Cha

If I Never Get To Heaven

Ask Me No Questions