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Tony Williams (drummer) Albums
Tony Williams may refer to: Music *Tony Williams (drummer) (1945–1997), American jazz drummer *Tony Williams (English musician) (born 1947), English bassist in Stealers Wheel and Jethro Tull *Tony Williams (singer) (1928–1992), American lead singer with The Platters *The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, American R&B and soul singer Sports *Tony Williams (American football) (born 1975), former American football defensive tackle *Tony Williams (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer *Tony Williams (swimmer) (born 1938), Sri Lankan Olympic swimmer *Tony Williams (soccer) (born 1976), retired American soccer player *Tony Williams (basketball) (born 1978), American basketball player *Tony Williams (boat racer) (born 1943), 1981 winner of the Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship#Champions##World Grand Prix, Formula 1 Powerboat World Grand Prix Others *Tony Williams (author), British poet and author *Tony Williams (politician) (1928–2012), Australian politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Williams (drummer)
Anthony Tillmon Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. Williams first gained fame as a member of Miles Davis' " Second Great Quintet", and later pioneered jazz fusion with Davis' group and his own combo, the Tony Williams Lifetime. In 1970, music critic Robert Christgau described him as "probably the best drummer in the world." Williams was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame in 1997. Life and career Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. He was of African, Portuguese, and Chinese descent. He studied with drummer Alan Dawson at the age of 11, and began playing professionally at the age of 13 with saxophonist Sam Rivers. Saxophonist Jackie McLean hired Williams when he was 16. As a young drummer, he was influenced by Max Roach, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes, and Jimmy Cobb. At 17, Williams joined Miles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Williams (boat Racer)
Tony Williams may refer to: Music *Tony Williams (drummer) (1945–1997), American jazz drummer *Tony Williams (English musician) (born 1947), English bassist in Stealers Wheel and Jethro Tull *Tony Williams (singer) (1928–1992), American lead singer with The Platters *The WRLDFMS Tony Williams, American R&B and soul singer Sports *Tony Williams (American football) (born 1975), former American football defensive tackle *Tony Williams (rugby league) (born 1988), Australian rugby league footballer *Tony Williams (swimmer) (born 1938), Sri Lankan Olympic swimmer * Tony Williams (soccer) (born 1976), retired American soccer player * Tony Williams (basketball) (born 1978), American basketball player * Tony Williams (boat racer) (born 1943), 1981 winner of the Formula 1 Powerboat World Grand Prix Others * Tony Williams (author), British poet and author * Tony Williams (politician) (1928–2012), Australian politician *Tony Williams (film executive), British film producer * A. A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Williams
Henry Anthony Williams (28 May 1939 – 1 October 2016), known professionally as Toni Williams or Antoni Williams, was a Cook Island-born New Zealand pop singer, who began singing at the Gandhi Hall in Auckland City where he became a local sensation. Background Born Henry Anthony WilliamsRockhappen''Toni Williams MNZM''/ref> on 28 May 1939, in Parekura in the Avarua District of Rarotonga, he was the son of a doctor. Owing to his father's being employed by the New Zealand government, Williams' childhood was taken up by moving between Rarotonga and the outer Cook Islands. He moved to Auckland in 1950 at the age of 11 for schooling. As a youngster he injured himself playing football. With a hip condition as a result, he stayed at the Wilson Home for Crippled Children for a period of time. Career Williams cited his interest in the guitar and singing as coming from spending 13 months in hospital as a result of a football accident. Not long after his hospitalisation, Williams for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Williams (criminal)
Anthony Williams, self-styled as Lord Williams of Tomintoul and known as the Laird of Tomintoul, is a British accountant and convicted fraudster. He owned the title Baron of Chirnside bought with money stolen from the Metropolitan Police and was sold on at auction by the Metropolitan Police. Whilst employed as a finance officer at the Metropolitan Police in London, Williams embezzled over £5 million and used it to buy property in the Scottish village of Tomintoul. In 1995, he was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. His life and crimes have been the subject of a documentary on BBC Scotland. According to some residents of Tomintoul, Williams' investments in the town had large positive effects on its economy. According to a November 2023 BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Williams (film Executive)
Tony Williams was an executive best known for his long association with the Rank Organisation, including a stint as head of production in the late 1970s. This ended when Rank decided to cease funding films altogether.Tony Williams Interviewed by Andrew Spicer London, 18 March 2011, ''Michael Klinger Papers'' accessed 16 April 2014 Williams joined Rank as a trainee in the late 1960s and worked in theatre management and exhibition. He was appointed head of production for Rank in 1977. According to film critic Alexander Walker, "his enthusiasm was boundless; his knowledge of boardroom politics and organisation rivalries was narrower. Like |
Tony Williams (politician)
Rex Geoffrey "Tony" Williams (9 August 1928 – 19 May 2012) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1977 to 1989, representing the seat of Clontarf. Williams was born in Perth to Thelma (née Flanders) and William Bartle Williams. He attended Wesley College, and subsequently worked as a clerk. He eventually came to run his own business, and in October 1972 was also elected to the Swan Shire Council, where he would serve until May 1978.Rex (Tony) Geoffrey Williams – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 May 2016. A member of the Liberal Party since 1947, Williams entered parliament at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Williams (author)
Tony Williams (Anthony David Henry Williams) is a British poet and novelist, and an academic teacher of creative writing. His work has received a number of awards.Charles Whalley ''Stride Magazine'' (2012). Bibliography PhD "Contemporary Pastoral: Sean O Brien, Peter Didsbury, Michael Hofmann; and Original Poetry Collection"(Sheffield Hallam University, 2009), Poetry * Williams, Tony (2014) ''The Midlands''. Nine Arches Press, Rugby. * Williams, Tony (2011) ''All the Rooms of Uncle's Head''. Nine Arches Press, Rugby. . Poetry Book Society's Pamphlet Choice for Winter 2011. * Williams, Tony (2009) ''The Corner of Arundel Lane and Charles Street''. Salt Publishing, London. . Shortlisted for the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, the Portico Prize for Literature and the Michael Murphy Memorial Prize. Short stories * Williams, Tony (2012) ''All the Bananas I've Never Eaten: Tales of Love and Loneliness''. Salt Publishing, Norfolk, UK. . Best Short Story Collection in the 2013 Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship
The Formula 1 Powerboat World Championship (also F1) is an international motorboat racing competition for powerboats organised by the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM) and promoted by H2O Racing, hence it often being referred to as F1H2O. It is the highest class of inshore powerboat racing in the world, and as such, with it sharing the title of F1, is similar to Formula One car racing. Each race lasts approximately 45 minutes following a circuit marked out in a selected stretch of water, usually a lake, river, dock, or sheltered bay. Qualifying periods decide the formation of the grid, and timing equipment records the performance of competitors to decide the final classification and allocation of championship points. History The concept of a single unified championship for inshore powerboat racing, inshore powerboats had been conceived three years previously in 1978 when David Parkinson, an experienced PR manager, was offered the support of Mercury Marine, one of his clie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Williams (basketball)
Tony Williams (born June 21, 1978) is an American former basketball player. He played in the Asociación Deportiva Atenas for 14 seasons after playing college basketball with the Louisville Cardinals and becoming one of the school's 1000-point scorers. He is now the head basketball coach at Doss High School Doss High School is a high school located in southwestern Louisville, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2017–2018 school year, there were 1,040 students at the school. Initial naming The school was originally proposed as Wisertown High Sch .... He was a member of CardinalSportsZone.com after playing and before coaching. References 1978 births Living people Basketball players from Louisville, Kentucky Atenas basketball players Louisville Cardinals men's basketball players Doss High School alumni American men's basketball players {{US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Williams (English Musician)
Anthony Williams (born 19 August 1947) is an English musician who played bass guitar in the folk rock/rock band Stealers Wheel and who also played with Jethro Tull. Career Born in Durham City, he later moved to Blackpool, Lancashire where other future band members of Jethro Tull also lived including, Ian Anderson, Barriemore Barlow, John Evan and Jeffrey Hammond. In the 1960s he played guitar with The Executives, a Blackpool based Mod band who recorded a handful of singles with frontman Roy Carr and future Jethro Tull bassist Glenn Cornick. Williams originally auditioned to join Jethro Tull in 1968 along with Martin Barre. He also brought out a single, "Lazy River". From 1970 to 1971 he played bass guitar with the band Requiem. In 1972 Williams joined Stealers Wheel, which had been formed earlier that year in Paisley, Renfrewshire by former school friends Gerry Rafferty and Joe Egan. Williams helped record their self-styled debut album ''Stealers Wheel'', which was prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Williams (soccer)
Tony Williams is a retired American soccer player who spent his entire career with the Richmond Kickers. In 1994, Williams graduated from St. John Vianney High School. He attended Clemson University, playing on the men's soccer team from 1994 to 1997. In February 1998, the Hampton Roads Mariners selected Williams in the second round (twentieth overall) of the A-League draft. They traded his rights to the Richmond Kickers where he played from 1998 to 2007. In 2006, the Kickers won the USL Second Division The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer ... championship. External links Richmond Kickers: Tony WIlliams References {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Tony Living people 1976 births American men's soccer players Clemson Tigers men's soccer players Richmond Kickers players U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Williams (swimmer)
Malcolm Anthony Williams (born 28 October 1938) is a Sri Lankan former swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Williams was eliminated in the heats of the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: ''Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad'' 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. It was the sixth edition of what would come to be known as the Commonwealth Games, the ... 220 yards breaststroke. References External links * 1938 births Living people Sri Lankan male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Sri Lanka Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Swimmers from London Sri Lankan people of English descent Male breaststroke swimmers {{SriLanka-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
