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Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. He sang with big bands, such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and with small combos. He sang in two films with the Basie orchestra and sometimes worked as an actor.
Jun 19, 2018 · Jillean Williams, who was married for some 40 years to the famed jazz singer Joe Williams, passed away at age 96, on June 12 at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas. She would have been 97 in November...
Mar 31, 1999 · Levy said Williams became angry, thinking hospital medication gave him the shakes, and Monday called his wife, Jillean, to take him home.
In the early 1960s, Jillean married Joseph Goreed Williams, a jazz musician singing as just “Joe Williams” with the great Count Basie Orchestra. For those who know their music, Joe Williams was, and remains, one of the legendary voices of jazz.
Joe Williams Biography. Born Joseph Goreed, December 12, 1918, in Cordele, GA; changed surname to Williams, c. 1934; son of Willie Goreed (a farm laborer) and Anne Beatrice Gilbert (a cook); married Wilma Cole, 1942 (divorced, 1946); married Anne Kirksey, 1946 (divorced, c. 1950); married Lemma Reid, 1951 (divorced, 1964); married Jillean Milne ...
Biography. On December 12, 1918 Joseph Goreed, later to be known as Joe Williams, was born in Cordele, Georgia. His parents were Willie Goreed and Anne Beatrice Gilbert. “Willie Goreed left the family soon after Joe was born, but his mother was a strong woman who provided a good home for him.” 3 Originally Joe and his mother lived with his ...
Mar 31, 1999 · Joe Williams, whose urbane bass-baritone and suavely heartbroken songs made him one of the most important singers in jazz, died on Monday in Las Vegas, Nev. He was 80 years old.
