Andre Williams - Movin' On With - Greasy And Explicit Soul Movers 1956-1970(2005)VampiSoul-Rare Soul

ZEPHIRE ANDRE WILLIAMS BORN 1936 ALABAMA – PASSED 2019 CHICAGO,STARTED HIS CAREER IN
THE 1950S AT FORTUNE RECORDS IN DETROIT.HIS MOST FAMOUS SONGS INCLUDE THE HITS
"JAIL BAIT," "GREASY CHICKEN," "BACON FAT" (1957) AND "CADILLAC JACK" (1966).HE WAS
ALSO THE CO-AUTHOR OF THE R&B HIT "SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER".
WILLIAMS RECORDED UPON,OR HAS WRITING CREDITS UPON,IN EXCESS OF 200 SONGS AND
WORKING WITH LINE-UPS LIKE THE DON JUANS.(THIS BAND'S TENOR-SAXOPHONIST WAS COUSIN
TO WILLIAMS' WIFE.)
AN OFTEN RISQUÉ MUSICIAN,WILLIAMS BECAME KNOWN AS A PRODUCER AND SONGWRITER,COMPOSING
SUCH TUNES AS "SHAKE A TAILFEATHER","CADILLAC JACK","FUNKY JUDGE" AND "TWINE TIME"
FOR BANDS LIKE THE FIVE DU-TONES AND ALVIN CASH & THE CRAWLERS.
BY THE 1980’S ANDRE WILLIAMS WAS ON DRUGS AND HOMELESS.AFTER CLEANING HIMSELF UP,HE
BEGAN MAKING MUSIC AGAIN IN THE LATE 1990S,RELEASING "GREASY","SILKY",AND "THE BLACK
GODFATHER".HE ALSO PERFORMED UNDER SEVERAL ALIASES.MANY OF HIS RECORDS HAVE BEEN SPUN
OVER THE YEARS ON THE UK NORTHERN SOUL SCENE & HUNTED OUT BY COLLECTORS.

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