Paul Williams (cantautor)

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Paul Williams
Vida
Nacimientu	Omaha, 19 de setiembre de 1940 (83 años)
Nacionalidá	Estaos Xuníos
Llingua materna	inglés
Estudios
Estudios	Universidá de California en Los Angeles Woodrow Wilson Classical High School (en)
Llingües falaes	inglés
Oficiu	actor, guionista, compositor, cantante, actor de cine, actor de televisión, compositor de cantares, compositor de bandas sonoras (es) , actor de voz, cantautor
Trabayos destacaos	We've Only Just Begun Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
Premios	ver Estrella del Paséu de la Fama de Hollywood
Nominaciones	ver Academy Award for Best Original Song Score (en) (24 febreru 1975): Phantom of the Paradise Academy Award for Best Original Song Score (en) (10 febreru 1977): Bugsy Malone Academy Award for Best Original Song Score (en) (25 febreru 1980): The Muppet Movie
Xéneru artísticu	música folk
Instrumentu musical	voz
Discográfica	A&M Records (es)
IMDb	nm0931437
paulwilliamsofficial.com

Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr. (Omaha 19 de setiembre de 1940) ye un músicu, compositor, autor, y actor d'Estaos Xuníos.

Carrera musical

Paul Williams ye un prolíficu compositor y cantante d'un númberu importante de cantares d'ésitu na década de 1970, inclusive dellos ésitos de la banda Three Dog Night (An Old Fashioned Love Song, "The Family of Man", y "Out in the Country"), Helen Reddy ("You and Me Against the World"), y el gran exito "We've Only Just Begun" de The Carpenters ("Rainy Days and Mondays," "I Won't Last a Day Without You". Collaboró tempranamente con Roger Nichols ("Someday Man").

Ye un artista completu, actor, cantante, compositor y arreglista, el so llabor non solo cinxir al mercáu discográficu, sinón tamién a tol mundu de la música y l'actuación. Foi creador de cantares pa shows y series de televisión, amás d'ambicioses bandes sonores, foi'l compositor de la banda sonora del filme de cultu La pantasma del paraísu (1974) de Brian de Palma, onde amás ye'l villanu de la película'l malváu "Swan", tamién canta delles temes.

En 1977 llévose'l óscar xunto a Barbra Streisand pola composición conxunta del cantar "Evergreen" la tema d'amor de la película "Naz una estrella" (1976)

Dende mediaos de los años 70' hasta empiezos de los 80', ye un asiduo convidáu nes mas conocíes series de tv, de la dómina.

Como cantautor

Álbumes

• Words & Music
• The Holy Mackerel (1969)
• We've Only Just Begun
• Someday Man (1970)
• Just an Old Fashioned Love Song (1971)
• Life Goes On (1972)
• Here Comes Inspiration (1974)
• A Little Bit of Love (1974)
• Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
• Ordinary Fool (1975)
• Classics (1977)
• A Little on the Windy Side (1979)
• Crazy for Loving You
• The Muppet Movie (1979)

Grabaciones esitoses

• "(Just An) Old Fashioned Love Song" (from "An Old Fashioned Love Song" [1971])
• "Bitter Honey" (from "The Holy Mackerel" [1969])
• "Don't Call It Love" (from "Ordinary Fool" [1975])
• "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" (from "Classics" [1977])
• "The Family of Man" (from "A Little Bit Of Love" [1974])
• "Faust" (from "Phantom of the Paradise" [1974])
• "Flash" (from "Ordinary Fool" [1975])
• "For Goodness Sake" (from "A Little On The Windy Side" [1979])
• "The Hell of It" (from "Phantom of the Paradise" [1974])
• "Here's Another Fine Mess" (from "A Little On The Windy Side" [1979])
• "If We Could Still Be Friends" (from "Here Comes Inspiration" [1974])
• "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (from "Life Goes On" [1972])
• "Let Me Be the One" (from "An Old Fashioned Love Song" [1971])
• "A Little Bit of Love" (from "A Little Bit Of Love" [1974])
• "Loneliness" (from "A Little Bit Of Love" [1974])
• "Ordinary Fool" (from "Ordinary Fool" [1975])
• "Out in the Country" (from "Life Goes On" [1972])
• "Rainy Days and Mondays" (from "Here Comes Inspiration" [1974])
• "Sad Song (That Used to Be Our Song)"
• "Save M'a Dream" (from "A Little on the Windy Side" [1979])*
• "Someday Man" (from "Someday Man" [1970])
• "To Put Up with You" (from "Someday Man" [1970])
• "Trust" (from "Someday Man" [1970])
• "Waking Up Alone" (from "Classics" [1977])
• "We've Only Just Begun" (from "An Old Fashioned Love Song" [1971])
• "When I Was All Alone" (from "An Old Fashioned Love Song" [1971])
• "You and Me Against the World"(from "Here Comes Inspiration" [1974])
• "Touch (cantar) (collaboración con Daft Punk) [2013]
• "Beyond (collaboración con Daft Punk) [2013]

Cantares esitosos

Paul Williams nuna fiesta en 1976.

• "Evergreen"
• "Rainy Days and Mondays"
• "We've Only Just Begun"
• "Rainbow Connection"
• "When the River Meets the Sea"
• "One More Angel"
• "Theme to the Love Boat"
• "Moonlight Becomes You"
• "You're Gone"
• "Waking Up Alone" (his biggest single as a performer)

Música de películes

• Cinderella Liberty, 1973
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, 1974
• La pantasma del paraísu, 1974
• The Day of the Locust, 1975
• Bugsy Malone, 1975
• A Star Is Born, 1976
• Lifeguard, 1976 (theme song "Time and Tide")
• One on One, 1977
• Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, 1977
• The End, 1978
• Agatha, 1979
• The Muppet Movie, 1979
• The Secret of NIMH, 1982
• Ishtar, 1987
• The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992
• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, 2008

Música pa teatru

• Bugsy Malone, 1997
• Happy Days, 2009

Como actor

Películes

• The Loved One, 1965
• The Chase, 1966
• Watermelon Man, 1970
• Battle for the Planet of the Apes, 1973
• La pantasma del paraísu, 1974
• Smokey and the Bandit, 1977, as Little Enos, a recurring part
• The Cheap Detective, 1978
• The Muppet Movie, 1979
• Stone Cold Dead, 1979
• Smokey and the Bandit II, 1980
• Rooster, 1982
• Smokey and the Bandit Part 3, 1983
• The Night They Saved Christmas, 1984, as Ed
• Frog, 1987
• The Doors, 1991
• Headless Body in Topless Bar, 1995
• The Rules of Attraction, 2002
• The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, 2004, as Lord Harmony
• Georgia Rule, 2007

Teatru

• Under the Sycamore Tree
• Tru on Broadway, 1989

Televisión

• Hawaii Five-O
• B. J. and the Bear
• Hardy Boys
• The Love Boat
• The McLean Stevenson Show
• Match Game
• The Gong Show
• It Takes Two
• Sugar Time!
• Baretta
• Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas, producíu por Jim Henson
• The Muppet Show
• The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson
• The Brady Bunch Hour
• The Donny & Marie Show
• The Mary Tyler Moore Hour
• The Odd Couple ~ Temporada 5 1974-1974" (Episodiu 101: The Paul Williams Show)
• Fantasy Island--Man who wanted to be Don Quixote
• Babylon 5
• Walker: Texas Ranger
• Star Trek: Voyager
• Yo Gabba Gabba
• Dexter's Laboratory,as Professor Williams
• A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, 2008, as the Head Elf
• Courage the Cowardly Dog, 2004, as Professor Llambe

Enllaces esternos

• Paul Williams Connection — site includes biography, discography, acting bio, photos, media downloads any thing and everything Paul Williams including information on service organizations.
• Paul Williams na Internet Movie Database (n'inglés)
• Paul Williams en Memory Alpha, una wiki de Star Trek.
• Paul Williams' Music & Acting Page
• Jim Bennett's interview with Paul Williams
• Songfacts Interview
• Songwriters Hall of Fame Biography

• Datos: Q927415
• Multimedia: Paul Williams (songwriter)