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    Jay Mayo "Ink" Williams (September 25, 1894 – January 2, 1980) was a pioneering African-American producer of recorded blues music. Some historians have...
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    starting lineup; O.J. Mayo to make season debut". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Armas, Genaro C. (December 6, 2015). "Carter-Williams leads Bucks to 106–91...
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  • his blues song "Drinkin' Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee", which he wrote with J. Mayo Williams. McGhee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Kingsport...
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    Douglas Lee Williams (born August 9, 1955) is an American football executive and former quarterback and coach. Williams is best known for his performance...
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  • Armenter Chatmon), along with his publishers Mitchell Parish and J. Mayo Williams. The song is familiar for its opening verse: Corrine, Corrina, where...
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  • Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" is a jump blues song written by Stick McGhee and J. Mayo Williams in 1949 and originally recorded by "Sticks” McGhee & His Buddies. It...
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    mama had better come and get this black snake soon". Record producer J. Mayo Williams recalled Jefferson was "just as cool and collected as any artist I've...
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  • badly. Early versions are sometimes credited to Perry Bradford and J. Mayo Williams. Variations were recorded by James "Boodle It" Wiggins in 1928, Lil...
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    now understood, while sometimes owning independent labels, include J. Mayo Williams and John Hammond. Upon moving from Columbia Records to Mercury Records...
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  • guitarist Floyd Council. The following year, after auditioning for J. Mayo Williams, he recorded for Decca Records, but then reverted to ARC. Later in...
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  • listed as "R. Penniman", Richard's legal name, although Bert Mays and J. Mayo Williams were later credited as songwriters. Beginning with his signing by the...
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  • "Power Play" (Kay) – 5:41 Side three "Corina, Corina" (Mitchell Parish, J. Mayo Williams, B. Chatman) – 4:09 (Studio recording) "Twisted" (Kay) – 5:02 (Studio...
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  • Feel My Leg (Don't You Get Me High)" (Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker, J. Mayo Williams) – 2:48 "Walkin' One and Only" (Dan Hicks) – 2:47 "Long Hard Climb"...
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  • River" (Arthur Hamilton) "Drinking Wine Spo-dee-o-dee" (Stick McGhee, J. Mayo Williams) "The Fool" (Lee Hazlewood) "A Legal Matter" (Pete Townshend) "Tempted"...
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    Johnny Winter, Shemekia Copeland, Marcia Ball Black Patti Records J. Mayo Williams 1927 African American jazz, blues, sermons, spirituals, and skits Bloodshot...
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    a harmonica player and singer for the Harlem record label, run by J. Mayo Williams. Rogers's name did not appear on the record, which was mislabeled as...
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  • Susie. In the mid-1920s, he was recommended by Cow Cow Davenport to J. Mayo Williams at Vocalion Records, and in 1928 he moved, with his wife and young...
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    William James Mayo (June 29, 1861 – July 28, 1939) was a physician and surgeon in the United States and one of the seven founders of the Mayo Clinic. He...
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  • acclaimed artist Paul Robeson, as well as famed race record producer J. Mayo Williams. Fritz Pollard and Bobby Marshall were the first black players in what...
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  • arguably also the most influential in the history of race records. J. Mayo Williams stated that "Shake That Thing" was so hot that it "helped put the roar...
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    "Corrine, Corrina" * (1956), his fourth million-seller, with adaption by J. Mayo Williams, Mitchell Parish and Bo Chatmon in 1932; reached number 41 and spent...
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    reporting on AIDS among African-Americans. Billy Williams (1910–1972), African–American singer. J. Mayo Williams (1894–1980), early blues and jazz record producer...
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  • Darkness" (George Harrison) – 3:30 "Corinna, Corinna" (Bo Chatman, J. Mayo Williams, Mitchell Parish) – 2:32 "Mud Slide Slim" (James Taylor) – 3:38 "Crazy...
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    representative and businessman, lived in Monmouth John Twomey – manualist J. Mayo Williams – pro football player, music producer in Blues Hall of Fame; grew up...
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  • (2004). "J. Mayo Williams". Hepstrack.com. Archived from the original on February 22, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2011. "Alpha Spotlight–Reggie Williams". Alpha...
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  • Perry Bradford, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: March 29, 1939 Label: Decca 7623 1939 "Swinging in a Cocoanut Tree" Composer: J. Mayo Williams Recorded: March...
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  • Jr, Kenneth J. Williams. "Comedian X Mayo On The Importance Of Supporting Black Businesses". Forbes. Retrieved April 4, 2023. "Meet X Mayo, the Afro-Latina...
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    recorded. In 1923, Rainey was discovered by Paramount Records producer J. Mayo Williams. She signed a recording contract with Paramount, and in December she...
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  • Stevenson) "Corrine, Corrina" (Armenter Chatmon, Mitchell Parish, J. Mayo Williams) "Sexy Ways" (Hank Ballard) "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry) "Got You...
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    race music recordings were arranged by black entrepreneur J. Mayo Williams. "Ink" Williams, as he was known, had no official position with Paramount,...
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