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Joe Williams (jazz Singer) Live Albums
Joe Williams may refer to: Music *Big Joe Williams (1903–1982), Delta blues singer * Joe Williams (jazz singer) (1918–1999), American jazz singer Sports Association football * Joe Williams (footballer, born 1873), English footballer * Joe Williams (footballer, born 1996), English footballer * Joe Williams (Irish footballer) (1907–1987) Gridiron football * Joe Williams (back) (1915–1997), American football player * Joe Williams (guard) (1896–1949), American football guard for the Canton Bulldogs and the New York Giants * Joe Williams (defensive end) (born 1942), American football defensive end in Canada * Joe Williams (fullback) (1941–2015), American football player in Canada * Joe Williams (linebacker) (born 1965), American football linebacker * Joe Williams (running back, born 1947), American football running back * Joe Williams (running back, born 1993), American football running back Other sports * Smokey Joe Williams (1886–1951), Negro leagues baseball pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Joe Williams
Joseph Lee "Big Joe" Williams (October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982) was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, notable for the distinctive sound of his nine-string guitar. Performing over five decades, he recorded the songs "Baby Please Don't Go", " Crawlin' King Snake" and "Peach Orchard Mama", among many others, for various record labels, including Bluebird, Delmark, Okeh, Prestige and Vocalion. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame on October 4, 1992. The blues historian Barry Lee Pearson (''Sounds Good to Me: The Bluesman's Story'', ''Virginia Piedmont Blues'') described Williams's performance: :When I saw him playing at Mike Bloomfield's "blues night" at the Fickle Pickle, Williams was playing an electric nine-string guitar through a small ramshackle amp with a pie plate nailed to it and a beer can dangling against that. When he played, everything rattled but Big Joe himself. The total effect of this incredible apparatus produced the most buzz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Williams (wrestler)
Joe Williams (born November 16, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired amateur American freestyle wrestler, who competed in the men's middleweight category. He won ten U.S. national, three consecutive NCAA (1996–1998) and two Pan American Games titles (1999 and 2003), scored two bronze medals in the 74 and 76-kg division at the World Championships (2001 and 2005), and finished fifth at the 2004 Summer Olympics, considering one of the most decorated wrestling athletes in United States sporting history. A graduate of the University of Iowa, Williams has also served as a member of the wrestling squad for the Iowa Hawkeyes, and eventually worked as an assistant head coach for three consecutive seasons. In 2012, Williams launched his own youth wrestling academy in North Liberty, Iowa, where he has been currently appointed as the managing director and head coach. Career College Williams started his sporting career as a member of Mount Carmel High School's wrestling team under h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Williams (other)
Joel Williams may refer to: * Joel Williams (linebacker) (born 1956), American football player * Joel Williams (offensive lineman) (1926–1997), American football player * Joel Williams (tight end) Joel David Williams (born March 16, 1965) is a former American football tight end who played one season with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the eighth round of the 1987 NFL Draft ... (born 1965), American football player * Joel Williams (''Big Brother''), housemate on '' Big Brother 16'' See also * Joe Williams (other) {{hndis, Williams, Joel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Williams (speed Skater)
Joanna Frances "Jo" Williams (born 1 December 1981) is a British short-track speed skater. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t .... References External links * 1981 births Living people British female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters for Great Britain Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics People from Isleworth Sportspeople from the London Borough of Hounslow {{UK-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Williams
Dame Josephine Williams, (born 8 July 1948) is a British administrator and social worker who was the chief executive of Mencap until 1 November 2008. She was chairman of the Care Quality Commission between 2010 and 2012. Career Jo Dillon was born in Fishpool, Bury, Lancashire. She studied Sociology and Social Studies at Keele University. She changed her name to Williams (the name of her partner) whilst working as principal officer for Cheshire Social Services Department in the 1980s. She progressed in seniority to become second in command before being promoted to Director of Social Services in Wigan. She later returned to Cheshire as Director of Social Services. She was appointed as chief executive of Mencap in 2005 and remained in post until 2008. Williams was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for "services to people with learning disabilities". An article in The Independent accused Williams of using her author ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Williams (game Developer)
Delta Tao Software is a small software developer and publisher focusing on games for Macintosh, though some of its more popular products have been ported to Windows, Linux, and other platforms. History Delta Tao was founded in 1990 by Joe Williams and Tim Cotter, who had developed Color MacCheese, a paint program notable for being the first to use 24-bit color and for its $49 price tag at a time when its nearest competitor, PixelPaint, was $399. Delta Tao hosted a booth at Mac World Boston in 1990, featuring Color MacCheese and Polly MacBeep. Its early products included several innovative graphics programs for Macintosh, including Zeus and Monet, but within a few years the company had shifted almost entirely to games, usually geared for network play. Delta Tao uses minimalist software packaging, which has earned them recognition as an eco-friendly software company. A demo version of the company's ''Eric's Ultimate Solitaire'' program was shipped with each Macintosh at one point. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Williams (judge)
Sir Joseph Victor Williams (born 1961) is a judge and the first Māori person appointed to the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Early life Williams was brought up in Hastings by a great-uncle and a great-aunt alongside his cousins. He is of Ngāti Pūkenga and Te Arawa descent. By 14, he was working in the freezing works to contribute to the family income. Williams won a scholarship and was educated at Lindisfarne College. He went on to study at Victoria University of Wellington, where he first studied Māori language and then law. He graduated in 1986 with an Bachelor of Laws degree from Victoria, and later with a Master of Laws with first-class honours in indigenous rights law from the University of British Columbia. He had worked as a junior law lecturer at Victoria University before studying his master's degree. In the 1980s, Williams was a musician as a member of the Ngāhiwi Apanui-led band Aotearoa, known for their bilingual Pacific reggae song "Maranga Ake Ai" (1985). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Williams (film Critic)
Joseph L. Williams (November 9, 1958 – July 26, 2015) was the film critic for the daily ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' (#29 among U.S. newspapers) and the Web site STLtoday.com in St. Louis, Missouri. He was also the author of the books ''Entertainment on the Net'', ''Hollywood Myths'' and ''The Grassy Knoll Report''. Williams had been a staff writer for the newspaper since 1996. From 2003 to 2006, he was the on-camera movie reviewer for St. Louis TV station KMOV. He was a frequent guest on radio and television broadcasts in the region. Biography Williams was born on November 9, 1958. He attended public schools in St. Louis County, graduating in 1976 from Parkway West High School. He was a 1982 graduate of the University of Southern California, where his mentor was the novelist T.C. Boyle. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the school. Williams received his master's degree from the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri in 1987. From 1988 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Williams (Cook Islands Politician)
Joseph Williams (4 October 19344 September 2020) was a Cook Islands politician and physician who served as Prime Minister of the Cook Islands for four months in 1999. He is credited with having worked to prevent the spread of the tropical disease lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis). He principally resided in Auckland, New Zealand, where he was medical director of the Mt Wellington Integrated Family Health Centre. Early life and family Williams was born on Aitutaki on 4 October 1934, and was a descendant of William Marsters of Palmerston Island. He travelled to New Zealand in 1947, and was educated at Northland College after winning a government scholarship. Medical career Williams graduated from Otago Medical School in 1960, and later completed a Masters in Public Health at the University of Hawaiʻi. He returned to the Cook Islands in 1964, where he worked as Medical Superintendent, surgeon, physician, Director of Health and Secretary of Social Services, while also research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Williams (trade Unionist)
Joseph Bevir Williams (10 August 1871 – 3 August 1929) was a British trade union leader. Born in the Hulme area of Manchester, Williams spent some time as a pupil-teacher before following his father by becoming a musician, finding work as a clarinetist at the Comedy Theatre. Concerned about working conditions in the industry, in 1893, he founded the Amalgamated Musicians' Union (AMU).Cyril Ehrlich, "Williams, Joseph (Joe) Bevir", ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', vol.IX, pp.284–288 The union's first members were Williams' own colleagues, with forty attending the first meeting. Shortly afterwards, Williams' mother, Kate, recruited a group of musicians in Birmingham and, within a year, branches had been set up in a large number of provincial cities. As general secretary of the union, Joe successfully argued that part-time musicians should be permitted to join, but that members of military bands should not earn extra pay by working as civilian musicians in their spare time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Williams (fighter)
Joe Williams (born July 22, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in Bellator's welterweight division. Background Williams has an extensive background in wrestling. He started to train when he was eight years old and during his juvenility he earned many state and national titles along with many other honors.Fighter case files: who is Joe Williams? Themmacorner.com (September 14, 2012) Mixed martial arts career Early career Williams started his professional career in 2011. He fought mainly for California-based promotion ''Respect in the Cage''. With a record of 7–0 and victories over |
Joe Williams (rugby League)
Joe Williams (born 4 September 1983) is an Australian sportsman who played rugby league and boxed as a professional. His rugby league football career spanned from 2004 to 2008 and included appearances as a and with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Penrith Panthers and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. Background Williams was born in Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. Playing career A Cowra Magpies junior who moved to South Sydney Rabbitohs lower grades. He was educated at Marcellin College Randwick, Williams was selected to play for the 2001 Australian Schoolboys. In 2002, Williams kicked the winning field goal in the 2002 Jersey Flegg Grand Final in the Sydney Roosters victory over the St George Illawarra Dragons. Williams joined South Sydney after failing to break into the Sydney Roosters first grade side. He made his debut for South Sydney in round 12 of the 2004 NRL season against Cronulla-Sutherland which ended in a 38–18 loss at Shark Park. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
