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Marion Williams
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Marion Williams was an American singer and composer born in Miami in 1927. She began her work period in 1946 and performed using her voice across genres including gospel music, spirituals, and rhythm and blues. As an African American female artist, she recorded for Columbia Records and Atlantic Records.
Williams received the MacArthur Fellows Program award and the Kennedy Center Honors. She died in Philadelphia on July 2, 1994. Her achievements are recognized in the Macarthur Fellows collection and the Kennedy Center Honors collection.
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Miami, Florida, USA
Marion Williams (August 29, 1927 – July 2, 1994) was an American gospel singer. Marion Williams was born in Miami, Florida, to a religiously devout mother and musically inclined father. She left school when she was nine years old to help support the family, and worked as a maid, a nurse, and in factories and laundries. She began singing in front of audiences while young. As was common in the…
Known for
- The Kennedy Center Honors — Self1978
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
- The Pan-African Festival in Algiers — Self1969
- Black Nativity — Self - Singer1962
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marion
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Miami
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- composer
- Genre
- spirituals
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
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- date of birth
- 1927-08-29
- date of death
- 1994-07-02
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- start of work period
- 1946-00-00
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