George Williams

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George Dale "The Fox" Williams (November 5, 1917-April 17, 1988) was a musician and an arranger for a number of major big bands, including Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Sonny Dunham, and Ray Anthony. He also wrote numerous hit songs, including "Whamboogie" and "It Must Be Jelly" for Glenn Miller, "Hamp's Boogie" for Lionel Hampton, "Gene's Boogie" for Krupa, as well as Anthony's hit songs "Lackawanna Local", "The Fox," and "The Bunny Hop," and almost all of Anthony's recorded arrangements. He later wrote arrangements for Harry James, Vaughan Monroe, Charlie Ventura, and his own recording band, for which he produced two LPs and an EP in the late 1950s as a leader. In addition, he arranged and conducted the music for Barbra Streisand's first commercial single, Happy Days Are Here Again, and created the violin arrangements for Jackie Gleason's albums and television show. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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