8 on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart.

Released in 1976 This Is Niecy rose to Nos. 48 on the Billboard Top R&B Albums chart. 1 song "Let's Hear It for the Boy", much to her record company's disdain. "[68] In pointing to Williams's similar vocal ability as her former musical icon and colleague (Minnie Riperton), Mark Anthony Neal, in referencing Jill Scott's agility in displaying vocal acrobatics, states, "Scott draws on her upper register recalling the artistry of the late Minnie Riperton and "songbird" Deniece Williams. [6][49][48][5], During 1987 she released her tenth studio album, Water Under the Bridge, which rose to No. [57], Williams went on to appear on Nancy Wilson's 1990 LP A Lady with a Song, George Duke's 1992 album Snapshot, Stevie Wonder's 1995 LP Conversation Peace and Spyro Gyra's 1995 album Love & Other Obsessions. 14 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart. 14 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart and No. [28][29][30], William's fourth studio recording, When Love Comes Calling was issued in 1979 by ARC Records (ARC), Maurice White's vanity label on Columbia.

During 1999 she released another Gospel album, This Is My Song, on Harmony Records. In May 1981, Williams married actor and minister Christipher Joy. She said, "I got a part-time job singing at a club, Casino Royal, and I liked it. 41 on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. [6], She left Wonder in 1975 to sign a deal with Columbia Records and Kalimba Productions. – By Adrian Room, "Deniece Williams: This is Niecy (Top R&B Hip Hop Albums)", "Deniece Williams: This is Niecy (Billboard 200)", "BPI Certification for Deniece Williams: This Is Niecy", "Deniece Williams: Free (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)", "Deniece Williams: Songbird (Top R&B Albums)", "Review: Deniece Williams - Song Bird (BBR)", "Deniece Williams: Baby, Baby My Love's All For You (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)", "Weather Report: the life and times of the group on record", "Deniece Williams and Johnny Mathis: That's What Friends Are For (Top Soul Albums)", "Deniece Williams and Johnny Mathis: That's What Friends Are For (Billboard 200)", "Deniece Williams & Johnny Mathis: That's What Friends Are For", "Deniece Williams and Johnny Mathis: Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (Hot 100)", "Deniece Williams and Johnny Mathis: Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (Hot Soul Songs)", "Deniece Williams: Too Much, Too Little, Too Late (Adult Contemporary Songs)", "Deniece Williams: When Love Comes Calling (Top Soul Albums)", "Deniece Williams: I've Got The Next Dance", "Deniece Williams: My Melody (Top Soul Albums)", "Deniece Williams: Silly (Hot Soul Songs)", "Deniece Williams: Niecy (Top Soul Albums)", "Deniece Williams: Niecy (Billboard 200)", "Deniece Williams: It's Gonna Take a Miracle (Hot Soul Songs)", "Deniece Williams: It's Gonna Take a Miracle (Hot 100)", "Deniece Williams: I'm So Proud (Top R&B Albums)", "EXCLUSIVE: Deniece Williams Preps For Oakland Shows This Weekend, Remembers Collaborations With Mathis, Natalie Cole, and Sandi Patty", "Deniece Williams: So Glad I Know (Top Christian Albums)", "Deniece Williams: Water Under The Bridge (Top R&B Albums)", "Deniece Williams: Never Say Never (Dance Club Songs)", "Deniece Williams: Never Say Never (Hot R&B Songs)", "Deniece Williams: As Good As It Gets (Top R&B Albums)", "Deniece Williams: I Can't Wait (Hot R&B Songs)", "Deniece Williams: This Is As Good As It Gets (Hot R&B Songs)", "Deniece Williams: Special Love (Top Christian Albums)", "Deniece Williams: This Is My Song (Top Gospel Albums)", "Deniece Williams: Love, Niecy Style (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums", "Wanda Vaughn, Deniece Williams & Sherree Brown: Grateful (Adult R&B Songs)", "CD review - Cliff Richard: Soulicious (EMI)", "Jill Scott: Experience: Jill Scott 826+", "Music Review: Time just can't stop energized O'Jays train", JET Magazine – Marriage On The Rocks, Deniece Williams Separates From Husband – August 30, 1982, Contemporary Musicians – Gale Research, Incorporated, 1989, JET Magazine – Celebrities: Deniece Williams Talks About New Album, New BabyAnd Major Weight Loss – October 17, 1988, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deniece_Williams&oldid=985561240, American expatriates in the United Kingdom, American rhythm and blues singer-songwriters, Articles with dead external links from April 2017, Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected biographies of living people, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 October 2020, at 17:25.

"Free" is a 1976 song by Deniece Williams that was included on her album This Is Niecy. She went on to sing at Casino Royal, as well as work as a ward clerk at a Chicago hospital. 1 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart.

Williams has received four awards out of thirteen nominations. The single got to No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in May 1977. featuring Wyann Vaughn.

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... Brad Westering, and Christopher Joy. "Free" was Williams' breakthrough single reaching No. 3 and 33 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Billboard 200 charts. Williams went on to work on her first studio album with both White and Stepney as its producers. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was featured on the soundtrack to Footloose.

[65] 32 UK Singles chart. She became a backup vocalist for Stevie Wonder as part of "Wonderlove", lending her vocals on his albums Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs in the Key of Life. Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1951[1][2][3]) is an American singer, songwriter and producer.

[62] On April 29, 2008, Williams announced that she was preparing a proposal to establish a program called KOP—Kids of Promise—in her hometown of Gary, Indiana. 1988)[74] and Logan.

Deniece Williams.

1972) and Kevin (b. [4] Williams has won four Grammys with twelve nominations altogether.

Together they had two sons, Kendrick Jr. (b.

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