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George Dale "The Fox" Williams (November 5, 1917 – April 17, 1988) was a musician, composer, and an arranger for a number of major big bands, including Jimmie Lunceford, Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Sonny Dunham, and Ray Anthony.
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Career
He also wrote numerous hit songs, including "Whamboogie" and "It Must Be Jelly ('Cause Jam Don't Shake like That)" for Glenn Miller, "Hamp's Boogie" for Lionel Hampton, "Gene's Boogie" for Krupa, as well as Anthony's hit songs "Lackawanna Local", "The Fox," and "The Bunny Hop," and almost all of Anthony's recorded arrangements. He later wrote arrangements for Harry James, Vaughan Monroe, Charlie Ventura, and his own recording band, for which he produced two LPs and an EP in the late 1950s as a leader. In addition, he arranged and conducted the music for Barbra Streisand's first commercial single, "Happy Days Are Here Again". Williams also served as ghostwriter for the arrangements featured on Jackie Gleason's television show. He also went on to arrange several of Gleason's successful series of "mood music" albums that were released in the 1950s and 1960s. As with his work on Gleason's television show, Williams served as ghostwriter and did not receive any credit for his work until the end of the 1950s, albeit only in small print on the back of album covers
Discography
As Arranger/Conductor
With Louis Bellson
With Roy Eldridge