How To Book Paul Williams For Your Event

As a composer, Williams' achievements are virtually unparalleled, having received nine nominations from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and six nominations each from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. He has filled his shelf with Grammys, Golden Globes and an Oscar. He has also been recognized by both ASCAP and BMI for the success of his songs.

Williams' list of acting credits is almost as long as that of his songs. Among his memorable movies have been "The Muppet Movie," "The Doors," "Battle For The Planet Of The Apes," the cult favorite "Phantom of the Paradise" and his running portrayal of "Little Enos" in the three "Smokey and The Bandit" films. His television acting credits include "Star Trek," "Walker, Texas Ranger", "Picket Fences," "Boston Common," "Babylon 5," "Hart to Hart" and a regular role in the CBS daytime drama, "The Bold and The Beautiful." He is also heard as the voice of the Penguin on the animated "Batman" series.

However, it was as a singer/songwriter that Paul Williams first entered the public eye. In addition to previously mentioned hits, such enduring Williams' songs as "We've Only just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays," "Let Me Be The One," "You and Me Against The World," Three Dog Night's hit versions of "The Family of Man" and "Out in the Country," and the Oscar winning "Evergreen" are just a handful of his songs that have become part of our musical landscape and have sold hundreds of millions of records worldwide.

As a performer, he has toured extensively, not only in the United States, but also in Europe, Asia and South America.

Songs written by Paul Williams have been recorded by some of the biggest and most diverse names in the music business, including Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Elvis Presley, Gladys Knight, John Denver, Ella Fitzgerald, The Carpenters, Luther Vandross, Olivia Newton-John, Kenny Loggins, Sarah Vaughan, Art Garfunkel, Helen Reddy, Johnny Mathis, Judy Collins, Ray Charles, Bing Crosby and Vonda Shepard.

Williams' songs have also found favor with such country music artists as Garth Brooks, Anne Murray, Glen Campbell, Crystal Gayle, Kris Kristofferson, and Neal McCoy. In fact, Nashville has become Williams' "home away from home" and many of Country's newer faces have been recording his material. In 1995, along with Steve Winwood, Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues and Michael McDonald, he was honored at Music City's Tin Pan Alley South Music Festival held in the famed Ryman Auditorium.

In addition to "Evergreen," Paul Williams also received Academy Award Nominations for his music from the films "Cinderella," "Liberty," Brian de Palma's "Phantom of The Paradise," "The Muppet Movie" and "Bugsy Malone," for which Paul wrote the songs and score, and which has gone on to become a successful stage production in the both United States and the United Kingdom.

Among his other film music credits include "Rocky IV," "The Secret of Nimh," "The Muppet Christmas Carol" and "Ishtar," which Paul laughingly talks about as "My hardest job ever…to write the 'good' bad songs required for this movie."

Paul Williams is very active on the speakers circuit across the country. He shares stories from his life and career interspersed with some of the classic songs he has written.