George Williams (musician)


George Dale "The Fox" Williams was a musician, composer, and an arranger for a number of major big bands, including Jimmie Lunceford,Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Sonny Dunham, and Ray Anthony.

Career

He wrote hit songs, including "Whamboogie" and "It Must Be Jelly " for Glenn Miller, "Hamp's Boogie" for Lionel Hampton, "Gene's Boogie" for Krupa, as well as Anthony's hit songs "Lackawanna Local", "The Fox", and "The Bunny Hop" and most of Anthony's recorded arrangements. He wrote arrangements for Harry James, Vaughan Monroe, Charlie Ventura, and his recording band, for which he produced two LPs and an EP in the late 1950s as a leader. In addition, he arranged and conducted the music for Barbra Streisand's first commercial single, "Happy Days Are Here Again". Williams was a ghostwriter for the arrangements on Jackie Gleason's television show and arranged Gleason's albums in the 1950s and 1960s.

Discography

With Louis Bellson
With Roy Eldridge