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J. Mayo Williams

b. 1894, Monmouth, Illinois, USA, d. 2 January 1980, Chicago, Illinois, USA. A university graduate, Williams was nicknamed ‘Printer ink’ by music artists; he was the very first, and in his period the most effective, black executive in america record sector. In 1924, he became a member of Paramount, which …

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