"Claire Carpentier Paul Williams Collection".
Claire Carpentier has a series of pages detailing her vast collection of Paul Williams memorabilia. A must for all Paul Williams 'fans'.
"An Old Fashioned Web Page". This Web page, written by Justin Winn, was one of the first pages dedicated to Paul Williams. In December 1998 it went off air. R.I.P. Thanks Justin for all the help.
"Sentimental Fellow". Kevin O'Shea's page contains a biography & list of Paul Williams albums. Kevin changed the address and look of this page on 7th February 1999
"JJ's Mood Music Page". JJ's page is dedicated to not only the music of Paul Williams but also The Carpenters, Carol King and Bonnie
Raitt.
Paul Williams: Reconsidered. Diana Graham, alias Cosmic Tribe, has produced a recent
addition to the Paul Williams family of web sites. See what she's done to pictures of
Paul....a feast to the eyes
Paul Williams Humanitarian Web Site. This site is dedicated to Paul's many
humanitarian activities and the causes he supports. They also have for
sale a DVD containing over 75 pictures
of Paul Williams in aid of the 'Forgotten
Angles Foundation / Rescue'. You can find the details via the popup windows
here.
Buzz payes tribute to Paul Williams on his home page and also has some lyrics pages of Pauls songs.
All-Music Guide has a discography of Paul's A&M releases as well as information on other music projects he has been involved in, and a list of some other artists who have sung his songs.
"I think in the beginning drugs and alcohol were a way to deal with this amazing paralyzing fear" "I went to U.C.L.A. got my certificate as a drug and alcohol counselor". These are quotes from Paul Williams in an interview he gave in the magazine STEPS in 1995, about his struggle with alcohol and drugs, and how he used this experience to help others. Paul also talks about the effects of alcohol and drugs on his career in an interview with "The New York Daily News" in July 1998 as well as in interviews in "Treatment Today" and "Nashville Scene" in the summer of 1998.
Other interviews with Paul Williams can also be found in the "Nashville Banner" from April 1995 and in an "AOL" interview also from 1995. On July 3rd Judy 1998 Reboy interviewed Paul Williams for "ANiMATO" magazine.
On 26th September 1998 I added what I feel is one of the best interviews I have seen with Paul. It was in the Spring 1992 edition of the magazine "SongTalk".
This 1991 biography by Elizabeth Wenning for Music Boulevard was the first biography I could found about Paul Williams. Other biographies on the Web are linked to Paul's work in films. One such biography can be found on a Web page about the 1995 film, in which Paul Williams stared, called "Headless Body In Topless Bar", whilst another is at the bottom of a Web page about the music used in Jim Henson productions, called "Muppet Music Mania". Paul Williams agent, Kelly Newby, has also sent me an "Official Biography" about Paul.
Information About Paul Williams Acting Career
I have now found these pages about Paul Williams acting career
There are an increasing number of Web pages dedicated to 1974 film 'Phantom Of The Paradise' which was written and directed by Brian De Palma, and stared Paul Williams (who also wrote and sang on the soundtrack), William Finley and Jessica Harper. (Thanks to Sarah for telling me about some of these links).
"Paul Williams - Phantom Of The Paradise". See my increasing number of web pages
dedicated to the film, including an interview with Brian DePalma, information from the "Phantom Of The Paradise
Songbook" and the "Swan Picture Gallery".
"Phantompalooza". Inspired by media coverage of the 30th anniversary, a
group of local fans in Winnipeg, Canada begins a series of meetings that lead to
the wildly successful 'Phantompalooza' - a 30th anniversary celebration of
Winnipeg's love affair with Phantom of the Paradise - on April 23, 2005. They
also have a Phantompalooza Mailing List
"Directed by Brian DePalma". Bill Fentum has a series of web pages dedicated to films, included 'Phantom Of The Paradise', directed by Brian DePalma.
"Grand Central's - Phantom Of The Paradise Page". As well as containing information and images on 'Phantom Of The Paradise' it also links to other pages, in English and French, about the career of the films writer/director Brian De Palma
Paul Williams appeared as Little Enos, in three "Smokey And The Bandit" films, imaginatively entitled "Smokey And The Bandit" (1977),"Smokey And The Bandit Pt.2" (1980) and "Smokey And The Bandit Pt. 3" (1983). You can find out more about these films on Internet Movie Database and join other "Smokey And The Bandit" fans in the "Smokey And The Bandit Fan Club" (When checked on 15th June 1999, this page did not appear to be on line - Thanks to Sarah for telling me about this page).
Headless Body Topless Bar
In 1995 Paul Williams acted in the film "Headless Body In Topless Bar". This thriller is based on a true story about a 23-year-old security guard who shot and killed the owner of a Queens, NY topless bar and held a group of people hostage. The film was written and co-produced by Peter Koper. Paul Williams stars as wheelchair-bound hostage Carl Levin. Independent Edge Releasing sell the video.
Since 1992 Paul Williams has been the voice of The Penguin in the animated version of Batman. Warner Brothers have a series of pages dedicated to Batman. (Thanks to Claire for telling me about this page).
"Batman - The Animated Series" began life in 1992 and continued until 1995. Throughout that time Paul Williams provided the voice to the villainous "Penguin". You can also hear and see
audio and
video extracts from the shows including some with the voice of Paul Williams in full flow.
"The New Batman Adventures" started in the summer of 1998 and continues the adventures of Batman, Robin and Batgirl as they fight against evil. Paul Williams continues to provide the voice to the master criminal "Penguin" who now runs a night club, "The Iceberg Lounge", in Gotham City. You can hear Paul Williams in a video extract entitled
Barbara and Dick attend the Penguins club.
Between 7th July 1998 and 21st October 1998 Paul Williams Was A Regular In CBS TV's - 'The Bold and The Beautiful'. Read about Pauls character Bailey here.
Information About Paul Williams Music Soundtracks
I have now found these pages about Paul Williams music soundtracks in addition to those about 'Phantom Of The Paradise', in which Paul acted and wrote the soundtrack, mentioned above.
The Secret Of NIMH
There are an amazing number (391 at a recent count) of Web pages mentioning this 1982 animated film where Paul Williams wrote the lyrics with Jerry Goldsmith supplying the music. (Thanks to Sarah for telling me about some of these pages).
"The Secret Of NIMH" is produced by Jeremy Hodges and was one of the first pages I found contained some audio highlights as well as lots of information about the film.
"FIEVEL'S HOMEPAGE
" is produced by Kelvin Goh and contains a large number of pages about the film including links to other NIMH pages as well as a page where you can download the entire NIMH Soundtrack. Paul Williams sings on track 7 "Flying Dreams". To see the lyrics for 'Flying Dreams' click here.
Steve Vanden-Eykel's "The Secret Of NIMH Archive" also contains a large number of pages about the film including an article about the music, written by Jerry Goldsmith, and the lyrics, written by Paul Williams.
Paul Williams And The Muppets
Paul Williams wrote the soundtrack to "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas" (1977) for TV as well as both "The Muppet Movie" (1979) and "The Muppet Christmas Carol" (1982) for the cinema.
"Rare
Lyrics" pages have a lyrics page dedicated especially to the Muppets most
popular songs.
Ishtar
Paul Williams wrote
many of the songs to the 1986 movie 'Ishtar'. Although the movie was not a
commercial success, Paul is still proud of his songwriting contribution to the
film. A soundtrack album was recorded but never released, and remains in the
vaults somewhere.
The
Ishtarthemovie.com web site has some great sound clips from the movie as well as
interviews with Paul Williams.
Michiel and Dolly Ten Brug have a series of pages dedicated to that great singer/songwriter John Denver. John Denver is a singer who, along with Paul Williams, has had a great influence on me. On their "BBC shows 1973" page they give details of six T.V. shows that John Denver did for the BBC in 1973. (And I'm old enough to remember how great they were!). On show four of this series John had as his guest PAUL WILLIAMS. From that show Michiel and Dolly have included a LIVE
AUDIO RECORDING of John and Paul singing a duet of Paul's brother Mentor's song "Drift Away". To hear John's introduction of Paul, along
with this unusual version of the song, click here and then
left click your mouse on the "Drift Away"
link on
BBC SHOW 4 - ITEM 10. If you want to download the song,
click here and then
right click your mouse on the "Drift Away"
link on BBC SHOW 4 - ITEM 10,
and choose 'Save Target
As'. You will then be able to choose where on your hard drive you want to
download it to. You may find that it will take some time to load this 'wav' file, but be patient it's worth it.
You can also see a video of Paul and John Singing 'Drift Away' on YouTube
here. It comes after John's
'Magic Act' part of the show.
In January 1999 I sent Paul a copy of the above performance of 'Drift Away', this was what he had to say about it:
"I too was very moved to hear John and I singing my brother Mentors song. I remember going to England to shoot several different television shows including the John Denver Show. It was produced and directed by Stanley Dorfman who created the `In Concert' series for BBC2...The vocals may have been pre-recorded... Maybe not. I honestly don't remember.
To tell you the truth I don't remember specifics of the shoot. Just that John was a charming and generous man. Several years later when I performed at a benefit in Florida I had a scheduling problem that was solved when John sent his Lear Jet to pick me up after my show in Washington State. A long and expensive trip I'm sure but John was like that. His Dad flew and I enjoyed spending some time with him too. God Bless You. Paul."
If anyone has copies of any of these shows I would love to have the opportunity to see them again.
Theseaudio extracts from the film "Phantom Of The Paradise", are part a series of pages (in French) dedicated to the films writer/director Brian De Palma.
"THE DAILY WAV" provides many audio extracts including some from "Phantom Of The Paradise".
"THE SOUND ERA" provides a 'Quicktime Video Clip' from "Phantom Of The Paradise".(Thanks to Sarah for telling me about this page).
"FIEVEL'S HOMEPAGE" is produced by Kelvin Goh and contains a page where you can download the entire NIMH Soundtrack. All tracks are in RealAudio
format and therefore far from CD quality. However, the small size of the files would save lots of downloading time. Paul Williams sings on track 7 "Flying Dreams".
7 Back in 1998 I had an email from Dave Smith who wrote the song "Breathe In The Good Sunshine" which Paul sang on an episode of the cartoon show "Dexter's Laboratory". I have just discovered that you buy the CD of Paul singing the song, and can hear an extract of Paul singing it. I have added this information to my "Meeting With Paul Williams For Dexter's Laboratory" account.
Other Paul Williams Film & T.V. Information
FANSITES is a directory of motion picture and television stars that helps fans find sites related to their favorite actors.They now have a Paul Williams page which includes a link to REEL who sell and rent videos of some of Paul Williams films.
By searching Internet Movie Database, under Paul Williams (III), you will find a comprehensive account of Paul's Film and T.V appearances, as well as his Film soundtracks.You will also find a limited biography and list of the awards he has won for his music
Videoflicks is Toronto's oldest Video Store, and tells you about many of Paul Williams films and which ones it can get on video. (Thanks to Sarah for telling me about this page)
This Web page also gives an up-to-date filmography of Paul William's work as an actor from 1965 to 1996.
page by Tony Tay is full of lots of great information about The Carpenters.
Michel Colombier.
Back at the start of Paul's career, he collaborated with Michel by providing the lyrics to
the album Wings
as well as singing one of the songs,
"Doesn't Anybody Know".
This is a very unusual project for Paul...a jazz orientated album. See all about the album
on my web pages here, and
on Michel's web page
here. In 2002 this album was released on CD. The GEMM web page,
here, lists sites where you can purchase the CD.
contacted
me in September 2000 saying "I played guitar with Paul for many years and quite
a few sound tracks including the Muppet Movie." Ernie in
fact worked with Paul for 7 years from 1974 to 1981. Ernie played on the Bugsy Malone and A Star Is Born
soundtracks, and also toured with Paul and his band on their 1980 South American Tour. Ernie himself has a new album out called 'Rock & Roll High School'.
page. In 2003
Melissa began regularly touring with Paul Williams.
The Jim Photoglo page all about singer/songwriter Jim Photoglo, whose great new album 'Fly Straight Home' contains two songs he wrote with Paul Williams, called 'Maybe In A Dream' and 'The Place Your Love Calls Home'. You can hear Real Audio samples of them on Jim's page.
John Lee Sanders' Page. John
has been Paul Williams saxophonist for many years including at Paul's recent concerts in
Las Vegas, in June 2005. John is also a recording artist in his own right. See more details about the
Las Vegas concerts
here.
Lothar Struf & Bob Terry's Page.
Lothar & Bob
have been Paul Williams guitarist and bass player for many years including at Paul's recent concerts in
Las Vegas, in June 2005. Lothar & Bob are also recording artists in his own
right. See more details about the Las Vegas concerts
here.
John Vezner.
John Vezner has been an important influence on Paul's resurging career throughout the
1990's. He has written a number of songs with Paul, including the Diamond Rio hit
"You're Gone" and
the Vonda Shepard song from Ally McBeal
“I Know Him By Heart”.
Both these songs, along with a new Williams / Vezner composition "Wiser Man Than Me", can
be found on John's album "Vezner & Songs". Find out more about the album
here.
OTHER
Paul Williams longtime musical arranger Chris Caswell , and his business partner Tom Jankowski, have set up a web site, called anote4you.com, which specialises in music greeting cards. Since the day it began operation, 10% of the pre-tax profits from anote4you.com have been allocated to worthwhile causes. While the individual foundations and charitable institutions will change over time, anote4you is intent on creating and maintaining financial affiliations with compassionate organizations dedicated to the betterment of our world
Paul Williams has made a number of greetings which you can purchase and attach to your
greetings card. A donation for Paul's patience with the crazy bunch at anote4you was donated in Paul's name to Community High School
Thanks to Sarah for this information.
The Association of Recovery Schools. Paul
Williams has been been actively involved in the work of both
Community High School in Nashville,
where he is a member of their Advisory Council, as well as the work of their 'umbrella'
association The Association of Recovery Schools.
The Association of Recovery Schools brings together students, secondary and post-secondary
schools, and helping professionals to support students in recovery from alcohol or other
drug dependence. As components of the recovery continuum of care, ARS members advocate for
the strengthening and expansion of high school and college programs dedicated to achieving
both academic and recovery goals. See what Paul himself says about the work
here.
Forgotten Angels.
Paul Williams supports the work of Forgotten Angels Animal Foundation/Rescue
who believe that animals, as living creatures, are entitled to a quality life, with
respect and compassion. Since humans are responsible for having domesticated animals, we
have a moral and ethical obligation to care for the animals, especially those we have
domesticated who are abandoned, unwanted, or otherwise in need.
Songwriter Magazine has announced it's 'Songwriter Magazine's Hall Of Fame' as voted by Readers Of Songwriter Magazine, and Visitors to their site during 2000. The wonderful news is that Paul is amongst them. See here for the evidence!!
"The Official Website of Paul Williams". This website, launched in April 2013, is where to find out all the latest news on Paul Williams
"The
Rainbow Connection Mailing List". June (JJ) Jones
is the list manager of "The Rainbow Connection Mailing List" where Paul's admirers can correspond with each
other. 
"Claire Carpentier Paul Williams Collection".
Claire Carpentier has a series of pages detailing her vast collection of Paul Williams memorabilia. A must for all Paul Williams 'fans'.
"An Old Fashioned Web Page". This Web page, written by Justin Winn, was one of the first pages dedicated to Paul Williams. In December 1998 it went off air. R.I.P. Thanks Justin for all the help.
"Sentimental Fellow". Kevin O'Shea's page contains a biography & list of Paul Williams albums. Kevin changed the address and look of this page on 7th February 1999 
Paul Williams Humanitarian Web Site.
This 1991 biography by Elizabeth Wenning for 
"Phantompalooza"
This Web page contains a very impressive collection of graphics, images and audio samples from the film.
Paul Williams 
"Penguin".
"Penguin" 
Between 7th July 1998 and 21st October 1998 Paul Williams Was A Regular In CBS TV's - 'The Bold and The Beautiful'. Read about Pauls character Bailey 
"Rare
Lyrics"
Michiel and Dolly Ten Brug have a series of pages dedicated to that great singer/songwriter 
"THE DAILY WAV"
"THE SOUND ERA"
REEL
Rick
Alegria's Page
The Carpenters Page
Michel Colombier
Ernie Corallo
The Melissa Manchester
The Jim Photoglo 
John Lee Sanders' Page
John Vezner
, and his business partner Tom Jankowski, have set up a web site, called 
The Association of Recovery Schools
Forgotten Angels
Songwriter Magazine
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