Moohah (AC Williams)

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A.C. "MOOHAH" WILLIAMS - A.C. "Moohah" Williams was hired in 1949 as the first black employee of Radio WDIA in Memphis, Tennessee, the only station he ever worked for, when station owners decided to make the switch to an all-black on-air staff. He stayed at the station until 1983. Williams, who said his nickname was Indian for "the mighty", founded the "Teen Town Singers" a rotating group of Memphis teenagers who had a Saturday morning show on the station. Williams was also a songwriter and the inspiration for Otis Redding's "Mr. Pitiful", which Redding co-wrote with Steve Cropper. Williams had dubbed Redding "Mr. Pitiful" because of the singer's anguished delivery. Memphis legend "Moohah" Williams died at the age of 87 in December 2, 2004. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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