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Mentor Williams (Mentor Ralph Williams) was born on 11 June, 1946 in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., is an American songwriter. Discover Mentor Williams's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

Popular As Mentor Ralph Williams
Occupation Songwriter
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 11 June 1946
Birthday 11 June
Birthplace Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Date of death 16 November, 2016
Died Place Taos, New Mexico, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1946

Mentor Ralph Williams (June 11, 1946 – November 16, 2016) was an American songwriter and producer.

1953

His father died in a car accident in 1953, when Williams was 7 years old, after which the Williams family moved to Long Beach, California, to live with an aunt.

1960

Williams maintained an office at Almo-Irving, in Los Angeles, as staff writer in the late 1960s.

He produced for A&M, MCA, RSO and Columbia Records, commuting between Los Angeles, Nashville, and London.

He worked at The Record Plant with Paul McCartney and Kenney Jones and at Apple Studios in London with Stealers Wheel and Gerry Rafferty.

He produced albums for his brother, as well as for Kim Carnes, John Stewart, and Dobie Gray for who he wrote the standard ~ Drift Away, among others.

Williams was also a post-production/remix engineer for The Muppet Movie, which won a Grammy Award and an Academy Award, and also worked on the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid soundtrack.

He also produced five songs by the Textones, one of which appeared on their album Through The Canyon (Rhino Records).

1969

One of his brothers is John J. Williams, a NASA rocket scientist, who participated in the Mercury and Apollo programs and was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, their highest honor, in 1969.

His other brother is Paul Williams, a Songwriter's Hall of Fame inductee.

Williams pursued a songwriting career in which he received an ASCAP award for his 30 years of songwriting, and won 17 other writing awards.

1972

He is best known for writing "Drift Away", a popular song first performed by Mike Berry in 1972 and popularized by Dobie Gray the following year, and has since been covered by multiple artists.

1980

Williams built a home overlooking Taos, New Mexico, which he shared with country music singer Lynn Anderson; the two were in a romantic relationship from the 1980s until her death in 2015.

He held numerous songwriting seminars and lectures at the college level, in an attempt to help up-and-coming writers learn the craft of putting words and music together.

1984

He also co-wrote the chart-topping song "When We Make Love", recorded by the American country music band Alabama in 1984.

He was the brother of songwriter and actor Paul Williams.

Williams was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Paul Hamilton Williams, an architectural engineer, and his wife, Bertha Mae (née Burnside), a homemaker.

2016

Williams died in 2016 of lung cancer, at age 70, at his home in Taos.