Ulysses Kae Williams
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Kae Williams
)Ulysses Kae Williams (February 4, 1921 – December 29, 1987) was an American DJ,
blues
.
Born in
Philadelphia Tribune, from 1945 to 1948 as theatrical and night club critic. Williams managed several local acts, including Lee Andrews & the Hearts,[1][2][3] and Solomon Burke (from 1954–1957). In the mid-1950s, Kae reached what would be eventually the high point of his career, when the group he was managing, The Silhouettes,[4] had a huge pop hit with "Get a Job".[5][6] The track sold several million copies in the USA and abroad and topped the pop charts. Williams also managed a group called The Sensations, which sold close to a million with the pop tune "Let Me In".[7]
Kae Williams inspired many youngsters, black and white, to go into radio and music.
Williams died on December 29, 1987, in Philadelphia.
His second son, Ulysses Kae, Jr., (1956–2008), was a record producer, whose Catch Me I'm Falling by the group Pretty Poison climbed the charts on its release.
Awards
- BMD Publishers Award (1957) for Get a Job
- Mary DEE Award for outstanding community service and broadcasting (1978)
- Lifetime Achievement Award (1989) (presented to his son, Kae Williams Jr.)
- Chairman of the National Association of Television and Radio Announcers
References
- ^ Jay Warner, American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today (Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006):68-69.
- ^ Marv Goldberg, "Lee Andrews & THE HEARTS", (2009), http://www.uncamarvy.com/LAHearts/lahearts.html
- ^ "LEE ANDREWS (and the Hearts)", http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/lee_andrews.htm
- ^ Jay Warner, American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today (Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006):290-291.
- ^ Charlie Horner, "The Silhouettes", "The Silhouettes". Archived from the original on 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-01-17.
- ^ Marv Goldberg, "The Silhouettes", (2009), http://www.uncamarvy.com/Silhouettes/silhouettes.html
- ^ Jay Warner, American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today (Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006):287.
Further reading
- Warner, Jay. American Singing Groups: A History from 1940 to Today. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006.