![]() The Williams Brothers' song "Still Here" is about the resilience and strength of the human spirit. You made through the trials, you are still here tonight (I'm still here)Ĭome on let me see those hands in the air tonight God has kept arms around you, yes he did (yes, I made it) Tears in your eyes wandering what the next day was gonna bring (I made it) Have anyone had to lay awake all night long sometimes (I'm still here) I have to lay awake in the midnight hour, sometimes tossing and turning (I made it) God kept me here (kept his arms around me)Ī lot of folks say that I wouldn't be here tonight, but I made it (I made it)īy the grace of God, Yall (yes, I made it) Through it all I've made it through (through it all I've made it through) In 1999, the group was inducted into the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame, which is located in Detroit, Michigan.I've made it through (I've made it through)ĭark days, I've had my share of dark daysĭisappointments, I've had so many disappointments The group has received five Grammy Award nominations during their tenure in the Best Traditional Gospel Album category, at the 34th edition for the album This Is Your Night, at the 37th edition for In This Place, at the 43rd edition for The Concert, at the 47th edition for Still Here, and at the 52nd edition for The Journey Continues. They have had 23 albums chart on the Billboard magazine charts, mainly on the Gospel Albums chart, and those were the following: Feel the Spirit, Blessed, Hand in Hand, A New Beginning, Ain't Love Wonderful, The Is Your Night, The Williams Brothers Greatest Hits Volume 1, The Williams Brothers, The Best Of And More "Live", In This Place, Still Standing, The Concert, Still Here, SoulLink Live, Greatest Hits Plus, Soullink Live 3: Man in the Mirror, On Broken Pieces: A Hurricane Relief Effort, The Journey Continues, My Brother's Keeper, Celebrating 50 Years, Live At The Hard Rock: Part I, My Brother's Keeper II, and Songs Of Worship, Praise & Deliverance. ![]() The group released 42 albums with a myriad of labels from 1960 until 2014, and those labels were the following: Word Records, Nashboro Records, Savoy Records, CBS Records International, New Birth Records, Malaco Records, A&M Records, Melendo Records, Blackberry Records, Compendia Records, Warner Bros. Over the years, the group added Derrick Horne, Maulty "Tuff" Jewell IV, Pharis "June Bug" Evans Jr., Ralph Lofton, and Terrell Midge Gatlin to their rostrum. ![]() ![]() At their origination, they were made up of three brothers, Doug Williams, Leonard Williams (born July 1, 1951), Melvin Williams, and their cousin, Henry Green. Another early member of the group was Franklin Delano Williams (born Jand Died: March 22, 1993, Savannah, GA). The Jackson, Mississippi-based traditional black gospel group, The Williams Brothers started in 1960 by Leon "Pop" Williams (November 24, 1908/1909 – September 6, 1989), who was the father of the Williams Brothers and an early member of the group, died in a car accident. In 1999, the group was inducted into the International Gospel Music Hall of Fame, which is in Detroit, Michigan. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Gospel Album category at the 34th, 37th, 43rd, 47th, and the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. They released 42 albums with various labels during their tenure, and 23 albums charted on the Billboard charts, mostly on the Gospel Albums chart. Later on the group would add Derrick Horne, Maulty "Tuff" Jewell IV, Pharis "June Bug" Evans Jr., Ralph Lofton Jr., and Terrell Midge Gatlin. At its inception, The group consisted of three brothers, Doug Williams, Leonard Williams, Melvin Williams, and their cousin, Henry Green and a non-family member Maurice Surrell. The Williams Brothers is an American traditional black gospel music group from Jackson, Mississippi, they were formed in 1960 by Leon "Pop" Williams, who was the Williams' father, and early on the Williams' brother Frank Douglas was a member. Word, Nashboro, Savoy, CBS, New Birth, Malaco, A&M, Melendo, Blackberry, Compendia, Warner Bros., Myrrh, MCAįacebook. Gospel, urban contemporary gospel, traditional black gospel, southern gospel ![]()
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