Larry Williams

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Larry Williams was an American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and pianist best known for 1950s hits like "Bony Moronie" and "Short Fat Fannie."

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Larry Williams canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
rhythm and blues musician ⓘ
rock and roll musician ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Little Richard ⓘ
Specialty Records house band ⓘ
birthName Lawrence Eugene Williams ⓘ
causeOfDeath gunshot wound ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-05-10 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1980-01-07 ⓘ
era 1950s American rock and roll ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
familyName Williams ⓘ
genre rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
givenName Lawrence ⓘ
influenced The Beatles ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide (disputed, sometimes reported as suicide) ⓘ
name Larry Williams ⓘ
notableSingle Bony Moronie ⓘ
Dizzy Miss Lizzy ⓘ
Short Fat Fannie ⓘ
Slow Down ⓘ
notableWork Bony Moronie ⓘ
Dizzy Miss Lizzy ⓘ
Short Fat Fannie ⓘ
Slow Down ⓘ
occupation pianist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Specialty Records ⓘ
songCoveredBy The Beatles – Bad Boy ⓘ
linked to: "Bad Boy"

The Beatles – Dizzy Miss Lizzy ⓘ
linked to: Dizzy Miss Lizzy

The Beatles – Slow Down ⓘ
vocalType male vocals ⓘ

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Specialty Records → hasArtist → Larry Williams ⓘ
Help! (film soundtrack) → songwriter → Larry Williams ⓘ
People Like Us → hasMember → Larry Williams ⓘ
She Said Yeah → hasPerformer → Larry Williams ⓘ
She Said Yeah → originallyRecordedBy → Larry Williams ⓘ
Hai Hai → hasGuestMusician → Larry Williams ⓘ
Larry Williams → name → Larry Williams ⓘ
Bumps Blackwell → influenced → Larry Williams ⓘ