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78 RPM Record

Artist:Roger Williams
Label:  London
Country:UK
Catalogue:HLR.8820
Date:Mar 1959
Format:10"
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
ARoger WilliamsThe Key To The KingdomSigman, Semprini7.0  Rate
BRoger WilliamsDearer Than DearSpielman, Lampert8.0  Rate


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sixtiesmusicfanatic
14th May 2017
 Review
The "A" side of this single, "The Key To The Kingdom," is a rather ponderous piece, played in a leaden manner by Williams, with a choir adding to the overall sense of solemnity.

The flip side is better, a lightweight tuneful number with Williams' tinkling piano supported to good effect by spirited backing singers. Unsurprisingly, this single bombed, as both sides were totally out of sync with what was charting in early 1959.

Nebraska-born Roger Williams released many singles and albums between 1955-1980. His first single, "Autumn Leaves" in 1955, was his biggest hit (no. 1). He also entered the Top 20 with three other singles ("Almost Paradise," no. 15 in 1957; "Near You," no. 10 in 1958; and finally "Born Free," no. 7 in 1966).

Williams was a very popular live entertainer; known as "the pianist to the Presidents," he played for nine Presidents of the United States. Roger Williams died of prostate cancer on 8 October 2011, aged 87, in Encino, California, having played concerts up to a short time before his death.

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