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Willie Hall (other)
Willie Hall may refer to: * Willie Hall (pianist) (died 1930), nicknamed "Drive'em Down", American keyboardist * Willie Hall (drummer) (born 1950), American drummer * Willie Hall (American football) (born 1949), American football player * Willie Hall (English footballer) (1912–1967), Tottenham Hotspur and England international footballer * Will Hall (born 1966), mental health advocate, writer, and counselor See also * Willis Hall, English playwright * Wilbur Hall (musician), US trombonist, violinist, and vaudevillian * Willard Hall Willard Hall (December 24, 1780 – May 10, 1875), was a Delaware attorney and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware Senate, as a United States represent ..., Delaware politician * Willard Preble Hall, former provisional governor of Missouri * William Hall (other) {{hndis, name=Hall, Willie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Hall (pianist)
Willie Hall (died 1930), best known by his nickname Drive 'Em Down, was a New Orleans blues and boogie woogie piano player. He never recorded, but has had a great influence on blues and rock and roll. According to Champion Jack Dupree, who called Drive 'Em Down his "father" and cited him as "teaching me his style", Hall played in barrelhouses. His earthy song, "Junker's Blues", with its stories about needles and reefer and the Angola prison farm was recorded by Dupree in 1940. In 1949 Fats Domino reworked the song as " The Fat Man", the first of his 35 Top 40 hits. The melody was used by Professor Longhair for "Tipitina" and by Lloyd Price for "Lawdy Miss Clawdy." Willy DeVille recorded the song in 1990 on his ''Victory Mixture'' album. The song also directly inspired the song "Junco Partner "Junco Partner", also known as "Junco Partner (Worthless Man)", is a blues song first recorded by James Waynes in 1951. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Hall (drummer)
Willie Clarence Hall (born August 8, 1950) is an American drummer best known for his work with Isaac Hayes and as a member of the Blues Brothers band. Biography Hall began his career as a drummer in 1965, while still in high school. He played with the Bar-Kays and Isaac Hayes' band The Movement. In the seventies, as part of the Stax-Volt Recording Section Team from 1968 to 1977, Hall backed dozens of major Stax artists on recordings, including The Emotions, Little Milton, Carla and Rufus Thomas, Johnnie Taylor, The Staple Singers, Albert King and Isaac Hayes. Hall produced Hayes' last Stax album, and did percussion on Hayes' albums ''Hot Buttered Soul'' and '' The Isaac Hayes Movement'', as well as his ''Theme from Shaft''. In 1977 Hall was invited to replace drummer Al Jackson, Jr. of Booker T. & the MGs after Jackson died in 1975. Hall recorded the album ''Universal Language'' with the group before it officially disbanded. Two years later Hall, along with guitarist Steve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Hall (American Football)
Willie Charles Hall (born September 29, 1949) is a retired American football linebacker. He played in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints (1972-1973) and the Oakland Raiders (1975-1978). Hall was a 2nd round selection (31st overall pick) out of the University of Southern California in the 1972 NFL Draft The 1972 NFL draft was held February 1–2, 1972, at the Essex House in New York City, New York. With the first overall pick of the draft, the Buffalo Bills selected defensive end Walt Patulski. Player selections Round one Round two .... Acquired by Oakland in 1975, he was a starting linebacker on the 1976 Super Bowl XI champion Raiders. References External links NFL.com player page 1949 births Living people People from Laurens County, Georgia American football linebackers USC Trojans football players New Orleans Saints players Oakland Raiders players Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state) {{linebacker-1940s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie Hall (English Footballer)
George William Hall (12 March 1912 – 22 May 1967) was an English footballer who played for Notts County, Tottenham Hotspur and the England national team during the 1930s. Football career Hall was born in Newark, Nottinghamshire, and played for Notts County from 1930 before joining Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £2,600 in 1932. He was a versatile inside forward and skillful dribbler. In his later career he played at full-back. He made his international debut against France in December 1933 and went on to appear in a total of ten international games for England. During England's match against Northern Ireland on 16 November 1938, Hall scored five goals during a 30-minute period either side of half-time. Three of these were within a four-minute spell and Hall still holds the record for the fastest hat-trick for England in an international match. During the Second World War, Hall continue to play in friendly matches for Spurs whilst also being a member of the Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Hall (writer)
Will Hall (born 1966) is an American mental health advocate, counselor, writer, and teacher. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, he is involved in the recovery approach in mental health and is an organizer within the psychiatric survivors movement. Hall advocates the recovery approach to mental illness and is involved in the treatment and social response to psychosis. In 2001, he co-founded the Freedom Center and from 2004 to 2009 was a co-coordinator for The Icarus Project. He has consulted for Mental Disability Rights International, the Family Outreach and Response Program, and the Office on Violence Against Women, and in 2012 presented to the American Psychiatric Association's Institute on Psychiatric Services. Hall hosts the FM radio program, "Madness Radio," syndicated on the Pacifica Network, and in 2009, co-founded Portland Hearing Voices. He lives in Oakland, California. Career After graduating from the community studies program at the University of California Santa Cruz in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willis Hall
Willis Edward Hall (6 April 1929 – 7 March 2005) was an English playwright and radio, television and film writer who drew on his working-class roots in Leeds for much of his writing. Willis formed an extremely prolific partnership with his life-long friend Keith Waterhouse producing over 250 works. He wrote plays such as ''Billy Liar'', The Long and the Short and the Tall (play), ''The Long and the Short and the Tall'', and ''Celebration''; the screenplays for Whistle Down the Wind (film), ''Whistle Down the Wind'', A Kind of Loving (film), ''A Kind of Loving'' and Alfred Hitchcock's ''Torn Curtain''; and television programmes including Budgie (TV series), ''Budgie'', Worzel Gummidge (TV series), ''Worzel Gummidge'' and Minder (TV series), ''Minder''. His passion for musical theatre led to a string of hits, including ''Wind in the Willows'', The Card (musical), ''The Card'', and George Stiles (composer), George Stiles' and Anthony Drewe's ''Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbur Hall (musician)
Wilbur Francis Hall, sometimes billed as Willie Hall (November 18, 1894 – June 30, 1983), was an American trombonist, violinist, and entertainer. Early life Hall was born in Shawnee Mound, Missouri. Career Hall was working in vaudeville when, in 1924, he was hired by Paul Whiteman. Hall stayed with Whiteman's orchestra until 1930, mainly featured as a trombone player (his speciality on this instrument was a lightning-fast rendition of Felix Arndt's ''Nola'', which he also recorded in 1929). However, Hall was apt a playing several other instruments, conventional as well as unconventional. Amongst the latter was his ability to play melodies on a bicycle pump. Whiteman's main arranger Ferde Grofé even wrote a special feature number for Hall on this "instrument" called ''Free Air: Based on Noises from a Garage''. Hall can also be seen playing his pump and novelty violin in the early color film ''The King of Jazz''. This routine, called "Pop Goes the Weasel", partly resembles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard Hall
Willard Hall (December 24, 1780 – May 10, 1875), was a Delaware attorney and politician from Wilmington in New Castle County. He was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who served in the Delaware Senate, as a United States representative from Delaware and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. He served as the first President of the Delaware Historical Society, was President of the state Bible society, and was instrumental in the formation of the Wilmington Savings Fund Society as a community bank, serving as its President for more than 40 years. Education and career Born on December 24, 1780, in Westford, Massachusetts, Hall attended the public schools and Westford Academy. He graduated from Harvard University in 1799 and read law in 1803. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in Dover, Delaware from 1803 to 1823. He was Secretary of State of Delaware from 1811 to 1814, and from 1821 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard Preble Hall
William Willard Preble Hall (May 9, 1820November 2, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as the 17th Governor of Missouri from 1864 to 1865 during the last years of the American Civil War. Early years Hall was born in Harpers Ferry, then in Virginia. He attended a private school in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from Yale University in 1839. He accompanied his father, John H. Hall, to Randolph County, Missouri, in 1840. He studied law and was admitted to the bar at Huntsville in 1841, commencing his law practice in Sparta in 1842. He was appointed circuit attorney in 1843 and served for several years. He was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1844. During the Mexican–American War, Hall enlisted as a private in the First Missouri Cavalry Regiment and later was promoted to lieutenant. He was appointed by General Kearny, together with Col. Alexander Doniphan, to construct the code of civil laws known as the Kearny code in both English an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
