Don appeared on Playhouse 90 without his brothers in a 1956 episode and performed as the headliner at the Tropicana hotel soon after it debuted in Las Vegas in 1957.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a US-based news outlet, Williams died on Friday of natural causes at his home in Branson. Don, who was born on October 9, 1922, was the middle child of the Wall Lake, Iowa-raised quartet. In the early mornings, he and his brothers in Des Moines, Iowa, would put on their own live radio show before leaving for school. Don Williams, Legendary Music Icon, Passes Away at 100.
Legendary music icon Don Williams who partnered with Andy Williams and their brothers, Dick and Bob, in a singing quartet that performed on the radio, in the movies and with Bing Crosby and Kay Thompson, passed away aged 100.
Legendary music icon Don Williams partnered with Andy Williams and their brothers, Dick and Bob, in a singing quartet that performed on the radio, in the movies and with Bing Crosby and Kay Thompson, passed away aged 100.
More than a century ago, a Met librarian made some of the first live music recordings. Now, (with an assist from NPR) 16 of the Mapleson Cylinders are joining the New York Public Library collection.