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'''Joseph Williams''' (born October 10, 2003) is a musician,singer, songwriter, record producer . His compositions are recognized by many music critics for their creativity, musical versatility and artistic creativity.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Sam Williams {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sam-williams/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>


'''Joseph Stanley Williams''' (born September 1, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and [[film score composer]], best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band [[Toto (band)|Toto]] from 1986 to 1988 and again since 2010. Williams is a son of actress [[Barbara Ruick]] and Star Wars music composer [[John Williams]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theslateonline.com/article/2018/10/joseph-williams-talks-about-music-life-during-totos-40th-trip-around-the-sun|title=Joseph Williams talks about music, life during Toto's 40th trip around the sun|website=The Slate}}</ref> Outside of Toto, he has worked as a composer and studio vocalist, including providing the singing voice of adult [[Simba]] in the 1994 animated film ''[[The Lion King]]''.
Williams began professionally creating music at the age of 18 and signed with [[RouteNote]] in 2021 to become a professional music artist. Under this label, he has released three studio albums. His albums include H18 and Dreamers, as well as the 2021 smash album "18 Albums" which debuted at 175/200 on the Billboard 200 list for one week, has 4 million [[Spotify]] plays, and is a best-selling album. with over 1 million sold online albums.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Sam Williams, A Country Music Scion Whose Debut Album 'Glasshouse Children' Transcends His Surname |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/meet-sam-williams-country-music-scion-whose-debut-album-glasshouse-children-transcends |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Williams on wearing a 'Tilted Crown,' potentially creating his own legacy |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2022/10/20/sam-williams-nashville-music-country-singer-new-album-tn/69545477007/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=The Tennessean |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Career==
Sam is one of the performers whose recordings have sold more than 1 million copies, with approximately 4 million electronic records sold worldwide. He has been named [[Focus Features]]' Entertainer Of The Year and has been nominated for over 16 other awards. Sam is also a philanthropist who belongs to a number of significant international and human rights organizations.[[Klynveld Peat Goerdeler (KPMG)]] , a major American accounting firm, His estimated net value is $5,3 million as of February 2024 with even more worth including: worth brand, advertising royalties and net worth are derived from the growing value of the music catalog. Currently, CAA is the authorized person responsible for managing these assets.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=2021-08-17 |title=August's Country Rookie of the Month: Sam Williams on Family Tradition and Why He Admires Taylor Swift |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/sam-williams-country-rookie-of-the-month-interview-9615707/ |access-date=2023-07-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Roy |date=2023-06-07 |title='Truly heartbroken': Zac Williams mourns death of his sister Sammy to cancer |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/truly-heartbroken-zac-williams-mourns-death-of-his-sister-sammy-to-cancer-20230607-p5deuw.html |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=The Age |language=en}}</ref>

===Toto===
[[File:Joseph Williams live with TOTO in Copenhagen July 20th 2010.JPG|thumb|Williams (left) with Toto in Copenhagen in 2010]]
Williams was the lead vocalist for Toto during the mid- to late 1980s and was featured on the albums ''[[Fahrenheit (Toto album)|Fahrenheit]]'' (1986) and ''[[The Seventh One]]'' (1988) before leaving due to personal problems. He can also be heard on the album ''[[Toto XX]]'' (1998), a compilation of rare and unreleased tracks. He is featured on Toto's 2006 album, ''[[Falling in Between]]'', sharing lead vocals with [[Steve Lukather]] on "[[Bottom of Your Soul]]". In addition to his guest spot on ''Falling in Between'', Williams was a guest singer at several Toto concerts.

Williams rejoined Toto upon its reformation in 2010 and performed on the band's recent live albums and the 2015 studio album ''[[Toto XIV]]''. When the group disbanded in 2019 and subsequently reformed in 2020, Williams was the only member from the previous lineup besides Lukather and touring members [[Warren Ham]] and Dominique "Xavier" Taplin to return.

===Solo work as a singer===
Williams released his first, self-titled solo album in 1982. After his initial tenure with Toto, he has released several more. Many of Toto's members have contributed to his solo work over the years. In 2003, he released an album called ''Vertigo'', a project he initiated, but where he was not in full charge of the production, only recording and supplying the vocals.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/vertigo.html |title=Interviews: Joseph Williams |publisher=Melodicrock.com |access-date=March 15, 2012}}</ref> The second Vertigo album, ''Vertigo 2'', was released in 2006. Williams released an album of cover songs from renowned artists such as [[Elton John]], [[Bryan Adams]], [[Diane Warren]], and [[Kevin Cronin]] in 2006 called ''Two of Us'', featuring piano and voice only. He returned with two more voice and piano albums in 2007, ''Smiles'' and ''Tears'', also consisting of classic hits by popular artists. His latest solo album containing original songs, ''This Fall'', was released in November 2008.

===Work as a film composer===
Joseph Williams has also been busy as a composer of film and drama scores, most notably for episodes of the science fiction series ''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'', and ''[[The Lyon's Den]]'' starring [[Rob Lowe]].

He was the writer of the original English lyrics for the songs "[[Lapti Nek]]" and "[[Ewok Celebration]]" from the original 1983 release of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'', which was [[Return of the Jedi (soundtrack)|scored and conducted]] by his father, [[John Williams]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Traynor |first1=Cian |title=Jabba the Hutt's favourite disco song |url=https://lwlies.com/articles/lapti-nek-star-wars-song-joseph-williams/ |website=Little White Lies |date=December 15, 2016 |access-date=October 10, 2019}}</ref> Both songs were replaced with new compositions in the [[Changes in Star Wars re-releases|1997 Special Edition]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Raftery|first=Brian|date=2005-12-21|title=The 9 Best Songs Ever Played in a Star Wars Movie|language=en-US|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2015/12/star-wars-songs-ranked/|access-date=2021-12-25|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> He collaborated again with his father on the releases of 1999's [[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace]] and the 2002's [[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Attack of the Clones]]. In the former he helped compose Augie's Great Municipal Band which appears during the ending of the film and in the latter 2M4, an untitled composition that appears during the Dex's Diner sequence.

In 2003, he was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for "Outstanding Main Title Theme Music" for the TV series ''[[Miracles (TV series)|Miracles]]''.<ref name=":1" /> The music to the [[CBS]] [[miniseries]] ''[[Category 7: The End of the World]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Full cast and crew for ''Category 7: The End of the World'' |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468988/fullcredits |access-date=August 10, 2013 |publisher=IMDb.com}}</ref> and the TV film ''[[Momentum (2003 film)|Momentum]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Full cast and crew for ''Momentum'' |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316272/fullcredits |access-date=August 10, 2013 |publisher=IMDb.com}}</ref> were composed by him.

===Session work===
Williams has been in demand as a session vocalist and can be heard on numerous projects by other artists, as well as on [[movie soundtrack]]s. In 1985 he sang the vocals for the theme song of the animated TV series [[Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://themacgyverproject.blogspot.it/2015/09/48-gummi-bears-silvershers-conversation.html|title=Disney Song #48: Gummi Bears / The Silvershers: A Conversation|website=themacgyverproject.blogspot.it|date=September 28, 2015|access-date=September 20, 2017}}</ref> He provided backing vocals on [[Peter Cetera]]'s album ''[[World Falling Down]]'' and co-wrote the song "Man in Me", lead vocals for three tracks – "Walk the Wire", "History" and "When You Look in My Eyes" – to [[Jay Graydon]]'s ''Airplay for the Planet'' album, subsequently touring with the band and backing vocals on [[Jon Anderson]]'s ''[[In the City of Angels]]'' in 1988, most prominently on the song "Top of the World (The Glass Bead Game)". In [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]'s animated feature film ''[[The Lion King]]'', he can be heard as the singing voice of the [[Simba|Adult Simba]], singing on the songs "[[Hakuna Matata (song)|Hakuna Matata]]" and "[[Can You Feel the Love Tonight]]". He reprised this singing role in the direct-to-video animated film ''[[Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse]]''. In 1997 and 1998 respectively, he shared vocal duties on two albums by the [[a cappella]] covers group The West Coast All Stars, the other vocalists being [[Bobby Kimball]], [[Bill Champlin]] and [[Jason Scheff]], whereas Tommy Funderburk replaced Champlin on the ''Naturally'' album. He sings background vocals on [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]'s "King of Might Have Been" on the 2006 album ''[[Chicago XXX]]'' as well as on "[[Let's Take a Lifetime]]" on the 1993-recorded/2008-released album ''[[Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus]]''. The song "What You're Missing" from the Chicago album ''[[Chicago 16]]'' was co-written by him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/what-youre-missing-mt0011943830 |title=What You're Missing – Chicago &#124; Listen, Appearances, Song Review |publisher=AllMusic |date=July 22, 2003 |access-date=August 10, 2013}}</ref> He also sings backing vocals on five tracks from Steve Lukather's solo album ''[[Ever Changing Times]]'' in addition to lending his vocals to another three of Lukather's solo albums, ''[[All's Well That Ends Well (Steve Lukather album)|All's Well That Ends Well]]'', ''[[I Found the Sun Again]]'' and ''[[Bridges (Steve Lukather album)|Bridges]]''.
[[File:Joseph Williams Orebro 2013.jpg|thumb|Williams in Sweden, 2013, Toto's 35th Anniversary Tour]]

==Discography==

===Toto albums===
*1986: ''[[Fahrenheit (Toto album)|Fahrenheit]]''
*1988: ''[[The Seventh One]]''
*1998: ''[[Toto XX]]'' (lead vocals on "Last Night" and “In A Word”)
*2006: ''[[Falling in Between]]'' (co-lead vocals and background vocals on "Bottom Of Your Soul")
*2015: ''[[Toto XIV]]''
*2018: ''[[Old Is New]]''

===Solo albums===
*1982: ''Joseph Williams'' (re-released 2002)
*1996: ''I Am Alive''
*1997: ''3''
*1999: ''Early Years''
*2003: ''[[:it:Vertigo (Joseph Williams)|Vertigo]]''
*2006: ''Two of Us''
*2006: ''Vertigo 2''
*2007: ''Smiles''
*2007: ''Tears''
*2008: ''This Fall''
*2021: ''Denizen Tenant''<ref>{{cite news |title=Joseph Williams - ''Denizen Tenant'' Released 26th February 2021 Via The Players Club / Mascot Label Group |url=https://rocknloadmag.com/news/joseph-williams-denizen-tenant-released-26th-february-2021-via-the-players-club-mascot-label-group/ |access-date=February 5, 2021 |work=Rock 'N' Load |date=January 14, 2021}}</ref>

===with Peter Friestedt===
*2011: ''Williams/Friestedt''

===with CWF - Bill Champlin / Peter Friestedt / Joseph Williams ===
*2015: ''CWF''
*2018: ''10 Miles''
*2020: ''CWF 2''
*2023: ''Carrie''

===Guest vocals (excerpt)===
*1983: ''Lapti Nek'' (Urth)
*1984: ''Which One of Us Is Me'' (Jay Gruska)
*1985: ''Save the Night'' ([[The Goonies]] soundtrack)
*1985: ''Sleepess Nights'' (Alan Gorrie)
*1985: ''[[Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'' (Theme Song Vocals)
*1988: ''In the City of Angels'' (Jon Anderson)
*1989: ''My Heart in Red'' (Ijiima Mari)
*1990: ''Tatsuro Songs from L.A.'' (Compilation)
*1990: ''Toy Matinee'' ([[Toy Matinee]])
*1991: ''Tatsuro Songs from L.A. 2'' (Compilation)
*1991: ''Fade in Love'' (Compilation)
*1992: ''Re-Import'' (Compilation)
*1992: ''Goody's'' (Compilation)
*1992: ''The Radical Light'' (Vonda Shepard)
*1993: ''Airplay for the Planet'' (Jay Graydon)
*1993: ''L.A. Cowboys / Endless Summer'' (Compilation)
*1994: ''Love Stories 3'' (Compilation)
*1994: ''[[The Lion King (1994 soundtrack)|The Lion King]]'' (Original Movie Soundtrack)
*1997: ''California Dreamin''' (West Coast All Stars)
*1998: ''Naturally'' (West Coast All Stars)
*1999: ''ELT Songs from L.A.'' (Compilation)
*1999: ''In a Dream'' (Lionel's Dad)
*2001: ''Radioactive'' (Ceremony Of Innocence)
*2002: ''LA Project'' (Peter Friestedt)
*2006: ''Avalon'' (The Richie Zito Project)
*2008: ''LA Project II'' (Peter Friestedt)
*2008: ''[[Holy God (album)|Holy God]]'' (Brian Doerksen)
*2014: ''My Kind O' Lovin''' (Intelligent Music Project II)
*2015: ''Touching the Divine''' (Intelligent Music Project III)
*2015: CWF (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)
*2018: 10 Miles/CWF (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)
*2020: CWF II (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)
*2023: Carrie (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)

===Source music (excerpt)===
*1983: ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' (lyrics for "Lapti Nek" and an unused source cue)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606234334/http://www.gsamusic.com/PDF/Williams_Joseph.pdf List of songs and scores for film and television written by Joseph Williams]

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Revision as of 14:16, 3 July 2024

Joseph Williams
Williams in 2013
Born
Joseph Stanley Williams

(1960-09-01) September 1, 1960 (age 63)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
Spouse
Amy Troyer
(m. 1992)
Children3
Parents
Relatives
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • tambourine
Years active1982–present
Member ofToto

Signature

Joseph Stanley Williams (born September 1, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and film score composer, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Toto from 1986 to 1988 and again since 2010. Williams is a son of actress Barbara Ruick and Star Wars music composer John Williams.[1] Outside of Toto, he has worked as a composer and studio vocalist, including providing the singing voice of adult Simba in the 1994 animated film The Lion King.

Career

Toto

Williams (left) with Toto in Copenhagen in 2010

Williams was the lead vocalist for Toto during the mid- to late 1980s and was featured on the albums Fahrenheit (1986) and The Seventh One (1988) before leaving due to personal problems. He can also be heard on the album Toto XX (1998), a compilation of rare and unreleased tracks. He is featured on Toto's 2006 album, Falling in Between, sharing lead vocals with Steve Lukather on "Bottom of Your Soul". In addition to his guest spot on Falling in Between, Williams was a guest singer at several Toto concerts.

Williams rejoined Toto upon its reformation in 2010 and performed on the band's recent live albums and the 2015 studio album Toto XIV. When the group disbanded in 2019 and subsequently reformed in 2020, Williams was the only member from the previous lineup besides Lukather and touring members Warren Ham and Dominique "Xavier" Taplin to return.

Solo work as a singer

Williams released his first, self-titled solo album in 1982. After his initial tenure with Toto, he has released several more. Many of Toto's members have contributed to his solo work over the years. In 2003, he released an album called Vertigo, a project he initiated, but where he was not in full charge of the production, only recording and supplying the vocals.[2] The second Vertigo album, Vertigo 2, was released in 2006. Williams released an album of cover songs from renowned artists such as Elton John, Bryan Adams, Diane Warren, and Kevin Cronin in 2006 called Two of Us, featuring piano and voice only. He returned with two more voice and piano albums in 2007, Smiles and Tears, also consisting of classic hits by popular artists. His latest solo album containing original songs, This Fall, was released in November 2008.

Work as a film composer

Joseph Williams has also been busy as a composer of film and drama scores, most notably for episodes of the science fiction series Roswell, and The Lyon's Den starring Rob Lowe.

He was the writer of the original English lyrics for the songs "Lapti Nek" and "Ewok Celebration" from the original 1983 release of Return of the Jedi, which was scored and conducted by his father, John Williams.[3] Both songs were replaced with new compositions in the 1997 Special Edition.[4] He collaborated again with his father on the releases of 1999's The Phantom Menace and the 2002's Attack of the Clones. In the former he helped compose Augie's Great Municipal Band which appears during the ending of the film and in the latter 2M4, an untitled composition that appears during the Dex's Diner sequence.

In 2003, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Main Title Theme Music" for the TV series Miracles.[2] The music to the CBS miniseries Category 7: The End of the World[5] and the TV film Momentum[6] were composed by him.

Session work

Williams has been in demand as a session vocalist and can be heard on numerous projects by other artists, as well as on movie soundtracks. In 1985 he sang the vocals for the theme song of the animated TV series Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears.[7] He provided backing vocals on Peter Cetera's album World Falling Down and co-wrote the song "Man in Me", lead vocals for three tracks – "Walk the Wire", "History" and "When You Look in My Eyes" – to Jay Graydon's Airplay for the Planet album, subsequently touring with the band and backing vocals on Jon Anderson's In the City of Angels in 1988, most prominently on the song "Top of the World (The Glass Bead Game)". In Disney's animated feature film The Lion King, he can be heard as the singing voice of the Adult Simba, singing on the songs "Hakuna Matata" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight". He reprised this singing role in the direct-to-video animated film Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse. In 1997 and 1998 respectively, he shared vocal duties on two albums by the a cappella covers group The West Coast All Stars, the other vocalists being Bobby Kimball, Bill Champlin and Jason Scheff, whereas Tommy Funderburk replaced Champlin on the Naturally album. He sings background vocals on Chicago's "King of Might Have Been" on the 2006 album Chicago XXX as well as on "Let's Take a Lifetime" on the 1993-recorded/2008-released album Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus. The song "What You're Missing" from the Chicago album Chicago 16 was co-written by him.[8] He also sings backing vocals on five tracks from Steve Lukather's solo album Ever Changing Times in addition to lending his vocals to another three of Lukather's solo albums, All's Well That Ends Well, I Found the Sun Again and Bridges.

Williams in Sweden, 2013, Toto's 35th Anniversary Tour

Discography

Toto albums

Solo albums

  • 1982: Joseph Williams (re-released 2002)
  • 1996: I Am Alive
  • 1997: 3
  • 1999: Early Years
  • 2003: Vertigo
  • 2006: Two of Us
  • 2006: Vertigo 2
  • 2007: Smiles
  • 2007: Tears
  • 2008: This Fall
  • 2021: Denizen Tenant[9]

with Peter Friestedt

  • 2011: Williams/Friestedt

with CWF - Bill Champlin / Peter Friestedt / Joseph Williams

  • 2015: CWF
  • 2018: 10 Miles
  • 2020: CWF 2
  • 2023: Carrie

Guest vocals (excerpt)

  • 1983: Lapti Nek (Urth)
  • 1984: Which One of Us Is Me (Jay Gruska)
  • 1985: Save the Night (The Goonies soundtrack)
  • 1985: Sleepess Nights (Alan Gorrie)
  • 1985: Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (Theme Song Vocals)
  • 1988: In the City of Angels (Jon Anderson)
  • 1989: My Heart in Red (Ijiima Mari)
  • 1990: Tatsuro Songs from L.A. (Compilation)
  • 1990: Toy Matinee (Toy Matinee)
  • 1991: Tatsuro Songs from L.A. 2 (Compilation)
  • 1991: Fade in Love (Compilation)
  • 1992: Re-Import (Compilation)
  • 1992: Goody's (Compilation)
  • 1992: The Radical Light (Vonda Shepard)
  • 1993: Airplay for the Planet (Jay Graydon)
  • 1993: L.A. Cowboys / Endless Summer (Compilation)
  • 1994: Love Stories 3 (Compilation)
  • 1994: The Lion King (Original Movie Soundtrack)
  • 1997: California Dreamin' (West Coast All Stars)
  • 1998: Naturally (West Coast All Stars)
  • 1999: ELT Songs from L.A. (Compilation)
  • 1999: In a Dream (Lionel's Dad)
  • 2001: Radioactive (Ceremony Of Innocence)
  • 2002: LA Project (Peter Friestedt)
  • 2006: Avalon (The Richie Zito Project)
  • 2008: LA Project II (Peter Friestedt)
  • 2008: Holy God (Brian Doerksen)
  • 2014: My Kind O' Lovin' (Intelligent Music Project II)
  • 2015: Touching the Divine' (Intelligent Music Project III)
  • 2015: CWF (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)
  • 2018: 10 Miles/CWF (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)
  • 2020: CWF II (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)
  • 2023: Carrie (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)

Source music (excerpt)

References

  1. ^ "Joseph Williams talks about music, life during Toto's 40th trip around the sun". The Slate.
  2. ^ a b "Interviews: Joseph Williams". Melodicrock.com. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
  3. ^ Traynor, Cian (December 15, 2016). "Jabba the Hutt's favourite disco song". Little White Lies. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Raftery, Brian (December 21, 2005). "The 9 Best Songs Ever Played in a Star Wars Movie". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Full cast and crew for Category 7: The End of the World". IMDb.com. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  6. ^ "Full cast and crew for Momentum". IMDb.com. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  7. ^ "Disney Song #48: Gummi Bears / The Silvershers: A Conversation". themacgyverproject.blogspot.it. September 28, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  8. ^ "What You're Missing – Chicago | Listen, Appearances, Song Review". AllMusic. July 22, 2003. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  9. ^ "Joseph Williams - Denizen Tenant Released 26th February 2021 Via The Players Club / Mascot Label Group". Rock 'N' Load. January 14, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.