Bert Williams: His Final Releases, 1919-1922

Bert Williams: His Final Releases, 1919-1922

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<"b0000632032999"> About the Artist
The first African-American to headline in Vaudeville, Bert Williams became famous on stage as part of the Williams and Walker stage duo. Williams began to record with Walker in 1901, then continued recording as a solo artist while the duo continued to draw acclaim on stage.

After Walker's death in 1911, Bert Williams became even more established in the entertainment industry, headlining in the Ziegfeld Follies (the first African-American to do so) and releasing a steady stream of popular recordings. Though critically acclaimed and well-loved by audiences, Williams felt constrained by racial stereotypes that dictated the roles he had to accept and longed to perform more dramatic roles. The pressure eventually wore Williams down, and he died on March 4, 1922, at the age of 46.

<"b0000632034999"> Album Description
During the last three years of his life, legendary African-American vaudeville star Bert Williams made some of the most notable recordings of his career. Starting with "Oh! Lawdy" in 1919 and ending with "Not Lately"—a song recorded eight days before his death in 1922—these recordings range from Prohibition songs ("Ten Little Bottles," "The Moon Shines on the Moonshine"), to comic numbers ("Oh! Lawdy," "Eve Cost Adam Just One Bone," "You'll Never Need a Doctor No More,") to early so-called blues ("Unlucky Blues") and his parodies on hypocritical religious figures (the Elder Eatmore Sermons, "Save a Little Dram for Me").

Bert Williams: His Final Releases, 1919-1922 is the only commercial CD release that gives you all 24 of Bert Williams' final releases—complete, and in the order they were recorded. The package includes a 16-page booklet discussing the last three years of Williams' life, his stage career, and themes common in some of his later works.

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Bert Williams: His Final Releases, 1919-1922

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