ROGER WILLIAMS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 223840
Price: $300.00
ROGER WILLIAMS
The Hall of Famer pianist is shown smiling and resting on a piano in this 4¾x6¼ black
and white photograph, signed in black felt tip
Photograph Signed: "Roger Williams". B/w, 4¾x6¼. Pianist Roger Williams (1924-2011)
was born Louis Jacob Wertz, he was one of the most popular instrumentalists of the late
1950s and 1960s. Between 1955 and 1972, he had 38 hit albums and 22 hit singles,
including "Autumn Leaves", which reached No. 1 on the charts in 1955. Williams, who
studied under jazz pianists Lenny Tristano and Teddy Wilson at Julliard, got his big break
when he was scheduled as the accompanist for a vocalist on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Show.
When the singer didn't appear, Williams played a solo spot that so impressed the head of Kapp
Records that he was signed to a recording contract. In addition to "Autumn Leaves", his Top
Ten singles included "Near You" and "Born Free" and the Top Ten albums, Songs of the
Fabulous Fifties (1957), Till (1958), Maria (1962) and Born Free (1966). Williams, the
first pianist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, has played for every U.S.
President from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton. Ink notation on verso (unknown hand, no
show through). Otherwise, fine condition.
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