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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Sonny Williams on CTJ, Part 1

Sonny Williams - Foot Prints on the Floor (Cotton Town Jubilee 104)

Following up on my post on Gene Williams' own Cotton Town Jubilee release, here's another offering from this interesting record company. Sonny Williams had the first release on the label but today's disc was his second outing from around 1962, "Foot Prints on the Floor" b/w "I'd Give It All to Be with You." He would go on to release two more singles on the label. The A side is an uptempo country song, written by Bob Forshee, whose compositions were recorded also by other Cotton Town Jubilee artists. The flip is a weeper from the pen of Chuck Comer, an Arkansas DJ and recording artist (Vaden, Cotton Town Jubilee, CMC).

There were several singers that performed as "Sonny Williams". This one was born James Kirby Williams in Memphis. He also performed on Gene Williams stage show "Cotton Town Jubilee" (KWAM, Memphis, Tenn.). He is not the same artist that recorded for Coin, Raynard, USA, and Country Sound. 

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5 comments:

tencan5@aol.com said...

sonny williams is my dad and the info is wrong his name is james kirby williams{sonny williams} my name is keith williams I have the organal 45 of footprints on the floor and it was just a peice of his long singing career he also had the memphis fire department band for 26 years and back up band for porter wagner a few times and a regulaur on the eddy bond show and also had a radio spot in memphis for a shor time.another fella stole some of his music and did well with it over seas and dad never wanted to talk about it if you would like to talk to me write me back and i will be glad to talk to you thanks keith williams

Mellow said...

You've got mail!

Unknown said...

The blog about Sonny Williams is a bald face lie... Sonny Williams is my father and his name is James Kirby Williams. He was born in Memphis, TN. And before he became a Memphis, TN firefighter who was the lead singer in the fire department band , he had a radio show in Arkansas and cut a few records for Gene Williams. My brother is William Keith Williams and we are sick of seeing that’s our fathers name has been stolen from him.
Teresa Martin

Sherry Royal said...

Hi Teresa, please contact me. I believe I have a photo of your dad from 1959 in Hendersonville, NC with a guitar played on the Grand Ole Opry

sherryroyal200@gmail.com

Mellow said...

@all: I have amended the posts on Sonny Williams and have clarified the issue. There were a couple of singers known as Sonny Williams and I mixed up Sonny Williams from Memphis with Sonny Williams who recorded for Coin. Sorry about that!