Larry Williams

Biography

10 May 1935, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, d. 2 January 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA. Williams recorded a handful of raucous rock ‘n’ roll songs for Specialty Records that later influenced, among others, John Lennon. Williams learned to play the piano while in New Orleans, and moved to Oakland, California, with his family while in his teens. There he joined a group called the Lemon Drops. In 1954, while visiting his old hometown of New Orleans, he met and was hired as a pianist... Read more

Genres

Blues Doo Wop Pop / Rock R&B / Soul

Tags

rock and roll

rockabilly

50s

rock 'n' roll

new orleans

rock n roll

oldies

rock

rhythm and blues

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