| ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Pianist Griff Williams led a society dance band from the 1930s to the 1950s. Born in Oregon, he fronted his own college band at Stanford University before joining Anson Weeks in 1932. The following year he left Weeks to form his own dance orchestra. The new band debuted at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in San Francisco in late 1933. The vocalist was Cora Lee Scott. Williams moved the orchestra to Chicago in the early 1940s, where it remained throughout the war years. The group recorded for the Okeh and Varsity labels. Other vocalists included Buddy Moreno, Bob Kirk, Lois Lee, Walter King, and the Williams Trio. After the war Williams continued to work in both Chicago and San Francisco before disbanding in 1953. He occasionally organized groups throughout the 1950s and appeared on his own local Chicago television program until his death from a heart attack in 1959. Griff Williams -Biography |
 |  |
| Copyright 2013 Hindsight Records All Rights Reserved Webmaster/Developer Todd C. Page |
