Bert Williams
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Egbert Austin Williams (November 12, 1875 – March 4, 1922) was the pre-eminent Black entertainer of his era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He was by far the best-selling black recording artist before 1920.
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- The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at his own misfortunes.
- Bert Williams, reported in Jacqueline Sweeney (1997). Incredible Quotations: 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes With Prompts to Spark Students' Writing, Thinking and Discussion, Teaching Resources/Scholastic. p. 26. ISBN 0590963783.
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- Songwriters Hall of Fame, biography of Bert Williams
- DuBois Learning Center, biography
- Bert Williams and George Walker
- Williams and Walker
- Bert Williams cylinder recordings, from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara Library
- Bert Williams at the Internet Movie Database
- Bert Williams at Find-A-Grave
- Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams, 1899-1981 (bulk 1959-1962)
- Bert Williams at Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
