Danny Williams (singer)

Danny Williams (7 January 1942 – 6 December 2005) was a South African-born British pop singer Williams won a talent contest at the age of 14 and joined a touring show called Golden City Dixies that played throughout South Africa. No. 3 MOR). He continued to record for His Master's Voice until 1967 while working the nightclub circuit. In 1968, he had a nervous breakdown and was declared bankrupt two years later. However, he resumed his singing career in the early 1970s, achieving a top 30 success with "Dancin' Easy" in 1977. Williams was married three times, and is survived by his two daughters (Natali and Melody Williams) and two sons, the actor Anthony Barclay and Michael Stewart.

Discography

Albums

(Record label in parentheses)

1961: Danny Williams (His Master's Voice)
1962: The Exciting Danny Williams (United Artists)
1962: Swinging for You (with Nelson Riddle) (His Master's Voice)
1964: With You in Mind (United Artists)
1964: White on White (United Artists) (No. 122 US)
1966: Romance with Danny Williams (Music for Pleasure)
1966: Only Love (His Master's Voice)
1968: Danny Williams (Deram)
1972: Danny Williams (Contour)
1973: I'm a Song – Sing Me (Philips)
1975: To Know You Is to Love You (Philips)
1977: Anytime Anyplace Anywhere (Philips)

Singles

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:400px;"

! Year !! Title !! UK Position

| rowspan=3| 1961 || align="left"| "We Will Never Be as Young as This Again" || align="center"|44

| align="left"| "The Miracle of You" || align="center"| 41

| align="left"| "Moon River" || align="center"|1

| rowspan=3| 1962 || align="left"| "Jeannie" || align="center"|14

| align="left"| "The Wonderful World of the Young" || align="center"|8

| align="left"| "Tears" || align="center"|22

| 1963 || align="left"| "My Own True Love" || align="center"|45

| 1977 || align="left"| "Dancin' Easy" || align="center"|30

Catalogue

(Record label in bold)

;His Master's Voice

1959: "Tall a Tree" / "I Look at You"
1959: "So High, So Low" / "My Own True Love"
1960: "Youthful Years" / "It Doesn't Matter"
1960: "A Million to One" / "Call Me a Dreamer"
1961: "We Will Never Be as Young as This Again" / "Passing Breeze"
1961: "The Miracle of You" / "Lonely"
1961: "Moon River" / "A Weaver of Dreams"
1962: "Jeannie" / "It Might as Well Be Spring"
1962: "The Wonderful World of the Young" / "A Kind of Loving"
1962: "Tears" / "Tiara Tahiti"
1963: "My Own True Love" / "Who Can Say?"
1963: "More" / "Rhapsody"
1963: "The Wild Wind" / "Once Upon a Time"
1963: "A Day Without You" / "Secret Love"
1963: "How Do You Keep from Crying?" / "Now the Day Is Over"
1964: "White on White" / "After You"
1964: "Today" / "Lonely in a Crowd"
1964: "The Seventh Dawn" / "The World Around Me"
1964: "Forget Her, Forget Her" / "Lollipops and Roses"
1965: "The Roundabout of Love" / "I Wanna Be Around"
1965: "Go Away" / "Masquerade"
1965: "Lovely Is She" / "Gone and Forgotten"
1965: "And So We Meet Again" / "Violets for Your Furs"
1966: "I've Got to Find That Girl Again" / "Throw a Little Lovin' My Way"
1966: "Don't Just Stand There" / "Now and Then"
1966: "Since You Set Me Free, Baby" / "I Really Don't Know What Hit Me"
1966: "Rain (Falling from the Skies)" / "I'm So Lost"

;Deram

1967: "Never My Love" / "Whose Little Girl Are You"
1967: "Love Me" / "When You Were Mine"
1968: "Everybody Needs Somebody" / "They Will Never Understand"

;Ocean

1970: "Fare Ye Well - Separate Ways" / "A Girl Like You"

;Philips

1973: "I Will Touch You" / "Words of Romance"
1973: "So Begins My Life" / "Where Is the Love"
1974: "Hey Love" / "Life's a Roundabout"
1974: "Every Night I Cry Myself to Sleep" / "Natali"
1975: "Ebony Eyes" / "Believe in the Rain"

;Ensign

1977: "Dancin' Easy" / "No More Cane"
1977: "I Hate Hate" / "I Hate Hate (Disco Version)"

;Piccadilly

1980: "Daddy Write a Letter Soon" / "Give a Little Bit"

References

External links

Dead Rock Stars website entry
[ Danny Williams biography] at AllMusic