Jimmy Brown with Paul Williams and the Hucklebuckers

Jimmy Brown was a trumpeter, saxophonist and singer who was the first husband of R&B singer Ruth Brown. He was also known as Jumpin’ Jimmy Brown from his performing style of jumping from the stage into the audience with his trumpet. In his early career he...

The Clovers with Paul Williams

The Clovers perform “Miss Fanny” with the Paul Williams Band in their first appearance at the Apollo Theater in 1951. Their first big hit, “Don’t You Know I Love You”, became #1 on the national charts in June that year. “One Mint...

Little Buck Tap Dances

Little Buck tap dances at the Apollo Theatre in 1955 with The Paul Williams Band. In the mid-‘Fifties a production called the Harlem Variety Revue was high on the list of things to do in New York. Hosted by Willie Bryant, the show was held regularly at the historic...

Paul Williams backs up Big Joe Turner

Paul Williams and the band accompanying Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle & Roll. A pivotal figure in popularizing blues, jazz, classic R&B, and rock and roll, Turner’s career lasted from the 1920’s on the streets of Kansas City through the 1980’s at the most...