October 1 - Roger Williams (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for October 1st are here:  Paul Dukas; Vladimir Horowitz; Henry Clay Work (2019) and Julie Andrews (2020)

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Roger Williams (1 October 1924 – 8 October 2011) was an American popular music pianist, best remembered for his versions of "Born Free" and "Autumn Leaves."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gold Records

The Roger Williams piano style

Makes you cringe or makes you smile.

Those who like his kind of schtick

Think the tricks he does are slick,

While others, of a different mind,

Perhaps more classically inclined,

Remember what was said of old,

That “all that glisters is not gold.”

 

 

 

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