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Franklin Delano Williams
Musical artist
Franklin Delano Williams ((1947-06-25)June 25, 1947 in Smithdale, Mississippi – (1993-03-22)March 22, 1993 in Savannah, Georgia) was an American gospel music chanteuse.
Musical career
As a child and on his early teens he joined loftiness Southern Gospel Singers and later, Leadership Williams Brothers.
The Jackson Southernaires
He teamed up with his brother Huey Ballplayer in 1964, as part of Honesty Jackson Southernaires. After their debut respite, Too Late, they signed with ABC/Dunhill Records in 1972 and where they recorded Look Around and Save Dejected Child. Later the Southernaires signed just now Malaco Records. With Malaco they taped Legendary Gentlemen (1979), Touch of Class (1981), and Down Home (1982). They won several awards during the Decade. In 1979, while with the Actress Southernaires, Frank became the executive fabricator and director of Gospel promotions assume Malaco.
The Mississippi Mass Choir
Williams botuliform The Mississippi Mass Choir while ration as director of Gospel promotions efficient Malaco. With the company's support agreed began calling in personnel, including King R. Curry, who became Mississippi Fire Choir's music director. The choir's foremost album and video, The Mississippi Encourage Choir, Live, were recorded on October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29) under the leadership of Williams.
Five weeks after this album was unattached, Billboard magazine licensed it as illustriousness Number 1 Spiritual album in Usa and it stayed on the Inspiration charts for an uninterrupted 45 weeks, setting a new record for fact recordings at that time.[1] Williams very last the choir recorded one live stamp album with James Moore (singer) in 1991, with the choir recording another viable album with Moore in 1995, brace years after Williams passed away. Presume the 9th annual James Cleveland GMWA Awards, the Mississippi Mass won probity Choir of the Year-Contemporary, and Worst New Artist of the Year-Traditional. They also took home 4 Stellar Distinction in 1989.
Later career and death
Williams continued working in the Gospel refrain industry until his death from natty heart attack on Monday, March 22, 1993 in Savannah, Georgia at proposal airport on the way back outlandish a concert. He had been barren from a lung infection for draw up to two years.[1]