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CAT. No. VV 1045: DANNY WILLIAMS ~ THE HITS OF DANNY WILLIAMS. HMV 7EG 8748
CAT. No. VV 1045: DANNY WILLIAMS ~ THE HITS OF DANNY WILLIAMS. HMV 7EG 8748

CAT. No. VV 1045: DANNY WILLIAMS ~ THE HITS OF DANNY WILLIAMS. HMV 7EG 8748

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USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

DANNY WILLIAMS WAS A SOUTH AFRICAN-BORN BRITISH POP SINGER WHO EARNED THE NICKNAME "BRITAIN'S JOHNNY MATHIS" DUE TO HIS SMOOTH AND STYLISH WAY WITH A BALLAD. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS 1961 UK NUMBER 1 VERSION OF "MOON RIVER" AND HIS 1964 U.S. TOP TEN HIT "WHITE ON WHITE".

DANNY WAS BORN IN PORT ELIZABETH, EASTERN CAPE. HE WON A TALENT CONTEST AT THE AGE OF 14 AND JOINED A TOURING SHOW CALLED GOLDEN CITY DIXIES THAT PLAYED THROUGHOUT SOUTH AFRICA. IN 1959, THE SHOW WENT TO LONDON WHERE DANNY IMPRESSED EMI'S NORMAN NEWELL, WHO SIGNED HIM TO A RECORDING CONTRACT. AT FIRST HE MADE A FEW MODERATELY SUCCESSFUL SINGLES, MAINLY POPULAR BALLADS, BEFORE SCORING A NUMBER ONE HIT WITH HIS COVER OF "MOON RIVER" IN 1961. HE ALSO SCORED A NUMBER 8 CHART HIT WITH "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE YOUNG" IN APRIL 1962. IN 1963, DANNY JOINED A 20-CITY TOUR WHICH STARRED HELEN SHAPIRO AND FEATURED THE BEATLES AS A SUPPORT ACT, HOWEVER, LIKE MANY OTHER BALLAD SINGERS OF THE DAY, HE WAS SWEPT AWAY BY THE NEW BEAT GROUP ERA. DANNY HAD NO MORE MAJOR BRITISH HITS, EVEN THOUGH "WHITE ON WHITE" BECAME POPULAR ABROAD AND WAS HIS ONLY U.S. TOP TEN HIT, CHARTING IN 1964 AT NUMBER 9 ON THE POP CHARTS AND NUMBER 3 ON MIDDLE OF THE ROAD CHARTS.

THIS 7" EP WAS RELEASED IN 1962 TO COINCIDE WITH HIS HIT "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE YOUNG" AND FEATURES THAT SONG ALONG WITH THREE OTHER BALLADS. BOTH THE SLEEVE AND RECORD ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO APPRECIABLE SIGN OF WEAR.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - The Wonderful World Of The Young / It Might As Well Be Spring. Side 2 - Jeannie / Stay As Sweet As You Are.

7" VINYL RECORD

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