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Description: Tony Williams : A Girl Is A Girl Is A Girl Full-Length 12" Vinyl Album Album description: This excellent album cover features twelve beauties: Peg, Rose, Ramona, Charmaine, Peggy, Mona, Diane, Amapola, Jeannie, Ida, Macush La and lovely Laura. The cover and vinyl record are both in glossy clean excellent condition. Original Mercury Records illustrated discography inner sleeve included. Please see pictures. Check out our store listings for a wide variety of LP's, 45's, cassettes, CD's, magazines and more, everything reasonably priced. We ship worldwide in secure packaging. Any questions, please email. Tracklist: 1 Peg O' My Heart 2 Rose Of Washington Square 3 Ramona 4 Charmaine 5 Peggy O' Neil 6 Mona Lisa 7 (I'm In Heaven When I See You Smile) Diane 8 Amapola 9 Jeannie 10 Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider) 11 Macushla 12 Laura Samuel Edward "Tony" Williams (1928-1992) was an American singer. From 1953 to 1960, he was the lead vocalist of the Platters. Williams was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of Bertha and Edward Williams. He served in the United States Army Air Forces around the end of World War II, rising to the rank of sergeant, and after leaving military service moved to Los Angeles, where he joined his older sister Bertha, who was developing a successful singing career under the name Linda Hayes. He worked in menial jobs such as parking lot attendant while competing in evening talent shows. Williams came to the attention of Ralph Bass of Federal Records, who linked him with an existing vocal group, the Flamingos, comprising Gaynel Hodge, David Lynch, Alex Hodge, and Herb Reed. When they became aware of another group of the same name, they renamed themselves the Platters and made their first recordings in September 1953, with Williams on lead vocal. Their initial recordings were unsuccessful, but Linda Hayes then introduced Williams to booking agent and aspiring songwriter Buck Ram. He was impressed by Williams' high tenor singing voice and agreed to manage the group while also hoping to promote Williams as a solo performer. The group continued to record and perform locally, occasionally supporting Linda Hayes, until late 1955 when they were signed by Mercury Records. Their first recording on the label, Buck Ram's song "Only You And You Alone", with Williams on lead vocal, became a national hit, and was followed in early 1956 by "The Great Pretender", another Ram song with Williams as lead singer, which became successful on both the R&B and pop charts as well as internationally. Over the next three years, the group had a succession of hits, including "My Prayer", "Twilight Time", and "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", all featuring Williams. The songs made the Platters one of the most successful doo-wop groups of the 1950s, and a British reviewer described Williams' voice as "unearthly". In a dispute over money, Williams left the Platters in 1959 to pursue a solo career, and continued to work with Ram as his manager. He recorded an LP, A Girl Is A Girl Is A Girl, but his career faltered after he was arrested on a morals charge, of which he was later cleared. He continued to perform with the Platters intermittently until 1960 but then won a legal action against Ram which allowed him to formally leave the group. He signed as a solo singer for Reprise Records in 1961, recording Tony Williams Sings His Greatest Hits, including re-recordings of some of the Platters' songs, but returned to Philips Records the following year. He released the album The Magic Touch Of Tony in 1962, and the same year overdubbed vocals for a Platters record, Encore Of Broadway Golden Hits. He married Helen Williams in 1963. He later performed with his own, unauthorized version of the Platters, known as the International Platters, which also featured his wife. Musical Director William Gulino worked with Tony Williams and the Platters from 1978 to 1992. Williams was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Platters in 1990. He developed diabetes and died in Manhattan of emphysema on August 14, 1992. (wiki) <>

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Artist: Tony Williams

Speed: 33 RPM

Record Label: Mercury Records

Release Title: A Girl Is A Girl Is A Girl

Material: Vinyl

Catalog Number: SR 60138

Type: LP

Record Grading: Excellent (EX)

Format: Vinyl

Release Year: 1959

Sleeve Grading: Excellent (EX)

Record Size: 12"

Genre: Jazz

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Number of Audio Channels: Stereo

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