Thanks Vinyl... I saw Danny live in Gaumant Cinema/Theatre back in the 60's. He was a gentleman and had an awesome voice. Moon River has always been a favourite song of mine. I asked for his Autograph after his performance, back stage.
"Hey, mate, can I have your autograph?" Danny was amused by this and laughingly replied- " yeh, he calls me mate".... Nice guy. Just one of those moments in life that will be treasured.
@steveinjakarta . . .Danny was a really happy-go-lucky guy, nothing pretentious about him. I met him in a pub in Earl's Court, London, in the 70s with his lady friend. It was a jazz pub, The Coleherne, on Sunday afternoon when it was usually packed with jazz lovers. DW was the centre of attraction of course, and so was Jon Pertwee cracking jokes. Like Matt Monroe I reckon Danny should have been around earlier in the fifties, as more Rock Bands took over the scene in the 60s and 70s.
@macvatu ...We must have crossed paths. I moved to London around 1968. I used to go to the same Pub. The one opposite Earls Ct Tube station. I rented a bedsit in Empress Place behind the Earls Court Exhibition.
@steveinjakarta ....we might have met indeed, I too moved to Earl's Court from north Lond in '68 to a bedsit in W Cromwell Rd...many colonials lived there, and was known as Kangaroo valley, lively it was too. The Courtfields is the pub opp Tube station in Earl's Court Rd, or The King's Head at the back thru Hogarth Rd.
The Coleherne was located in Old Brompton Rd and next door to it is The Troubadour Club which dates back 200 years and still going strong. The Coleherne is now The Pembroke.
I had the pleasure to meet Danny a year before his sad death,my daughter got to sing a duet with him at a gig that they shared in Stonehouse Glos.One beautiful and generous man.To me his version of Moonriver is the best ever.
Had the great pleasure of knowing Danny as a very young man in Port Elizabeth before he left for the U.K in the early sixties. One of the many talents from the friendly city in South Africa
I had the greatest of pleasure to meet and chat over a drink in the bar with Danny in the early 70s at a night club near Lewis, he was very charming and was willing to sit with me and chat..
One of the first records my family bought in London together with "Sailor, stop your roaming" by Petula Clark & " My Kinda Girl" by Matt Munro. Wow, this takes me back. One of the finest versions this is. Thank you for this 'vinylrecordboy".
jesus wept.
ProphetEdomiteSlayer 10 months ago
Thanks Vinyl... I saw Danny live in Gaumant Cinema/Theatre back in the 60's. He was a gentleman and had an awesome voice. Moon River has always been a favourite song of mine. I asked for his Autograph after his performance, back stage.
"Hey, mate, can I have your autograph?" Danny was amused by this and laughingly replied- " yeh, he calls me mate".... Nice guy. Just one of those moments in life that will be treasured.
steveinjakarta 1 year ago
@steveinjakarta . . .Danny was a really happy-go-lucky guy, nothing pretentious about him. I met him in a pub in Earl's Court, London, in the 70s with his lady friend. It was a jazz pub, The Coleherne, on Sunday afternoon when it was usually packed with jazz lovers. DW was the centre of attraction of course, and so was Jon Pertwee cracking jokes. Like Matt Monroe I reckon Danny should have been around earlier in the fifties, as more Rock Bands took over the scene in the 60s and 70s.
macvatu 4 months ago in playlist danny williams
@macvatu ...We must have crossed paths. I moved to London around 1968. I used to go to the same Pub. The one opposite Earls Ct Tube station. I rented a bedsit in Empress Place behind the Earls Court Exhibition.
Small world :)
steveinjakarta 4 months ago
@steveinjakarta ....we might have met indeed, I too moved to Earl's Court from north Lond in '68 to a bedsit in W Cromwell Rd...many colonials lived there, and was known as Kangaroo valley, lively it was too. The Courtfields is the pub opp Tube station in Earl's Court Rd, or The King's Head at the back thru Hogarth Rd.
The Coleherne was located in Old Brompton Rd and next door to it is The Troubadour Club which dates back 200 years and still going strong. The Coleherne is now The Pembroke.
macvatu 4 months ago
I had the pleasure to meet Danny a year before his sad death,my daughter got to sing a duet with him at a gig that they shared in Stonehouse Glos.One beautiful and generous man.To me his version of Moonriver is the best ever.
creativeacademi 1 year ago
Jeez will somebody PA-LEEEZE upload " a kind of loving" by Danny Williams (B-side of "wonderful world") ?
tenniscollector 1 year ago
Had the great pleasure of knowing Danny as a very young man in Port Elizabeth before he left for the U.K in the early sixties. One of the many talents from the friendly city in South Africa
Bouah01 1 year ago
Became Danny Williams' hit song.
nancyfloressantos 1 year ago
I had the greatest of pleasure to meet and chat over a drink in the bar with Danny in the early 70s at a night club near Lewis, he was very charming and was willing to sit with me and chat..
hyonrty 2 years ago
One of the first records my family bought in London together with "Sailor, stop your roaming" by Petula Clark & " My Kinda Girl" by Matt Munro. Wow, this takes me back. One of the finest versions this is. Thank you for this 'vinylrecordboy".
taildragger51 2 years ago
i love this song. wonderful version. thanks.
Breakfast at Tiffany's - when she sings it, it makes me cry.
ZANTEDESH 2 years ago
Miss you loads Danny..
See you again soon!
Chris Tucker x
MrChrisTRoss 2 years ago
I remember listening to this as a teenager - I know it may seem 'naff' but this must be one of the best recordings of that era. Wonderful.
clive2677 2 years ago 2
Excellent!!
AlexTube2006 2 years ago 4
Fantastic voice - anyone got him singing Today while the blossom?
yonderberry 2 years ago
Definitely the best version.
ssjshires 2 years ago 4
Best version ever without a doubt!
PernillaU 2 years ago 8
sheer class best version ever
hilly1690 2 years ago 3
yep -the best.
QQQQQman 3 years ago 3
the best version of this song by a long shot, still have my origial copy
mandypjackson 3 years ago 3
i used to sing this on the bus when i lived in islington when i was a kid very early 60s
suewant 3 years ago
dam man
thats down
i love oldies
i just wish more people from my generation would appreciate them
im 15 ha.
bigdudegman123 2 years ago 4
I mean definitively the best ... heh heh (just noticed that comments cannot be neither modified nor removed after they have been posted - strange).
kuaran 3 years ago 2
For my ears the definitively best version of Moon River ... :-)
kuaran 3 years ago 2
for my money the best and definitive version of Moon River.
keith490783 3 years ago 2
Anyone heard Passing breeze by Danny ? sounds so much like Johnny Mathis.
Thecityslicker 3 years ago
fantastic - my fave version of this great song!
ogdroadsong 3 years ago
nice one, I did my first 'scratching' on this 45 trying to learn lyrics, lol....love this song and danny williams, cheers! thank you so much v
beatnikko 3 years ago
Thanks for posting vinylrecordboyoldchap. The definitive version. Love it.
denpunk666mitsos 3 years ago 6