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William Russell was born in 1947 in Whiston, Lancashire, and attended school until the age of 15. After secondary school, he became a ladies’ hairdresser, which he continued to do for five years, eventually running his own salon. In his early twenties, after a successful career in hairdressing, Russell decided to return to college, where he trained to be a teacher. His experiences about the power of education to transform lives are a pivotal theme in some of his works, such as Educating Rita.

During his time teaching, Russell started writing short dramas, and he performed three one-act plays at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1972. It was here that his plays were seen by the playwright John Peter McGrath. McGrath was well established in the theatre world and recommended Russell’s work to the Liverpool Everyman, where Russell’s first professional production took place.

Two years later, Russell had his first major theatrical success with his play based on the Beatles, entitled John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert, which won the Evening Standard and London Theatre Critics Award for Best Musical.

The 1980s were Russell’s most prolific decade for writing plays. In 1980 he wrote Educating Rita about a working-class woman who wants to study for a degree at the Open University. The play was so successful that in the same year it premiered at the Warehouse, London, it was transferred to the West End. Educating Rita received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, and a feature film of the play was made in 1983.

Russell’s other runaway success, Blood Brothers, was also written and produced at this time. Set in Liverpool, it chronicles the lives of a pair of twins separated at birth and the different lives they experience due to the social environments in which they mature. This play includes many of the same themes of class, education and social inequality which were prominent in Educating Rita. Like Educating Rita,

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Willy William

Willy William in 2016

Background information

Born 14 April 1980 (age 37)

France

Genres Dance, mix and reggaeton

Occupation(s) DJ, music producer, singer, songwriter

Years active 2003 present

Labels [Scorpio Music]

Willy William is a French DJ, music producer and singer songwriter and artist famous for his club
remixes and vocal collaborations with a number of dance music artists.
He came to prominence in 2003 with his work with DJ Flex in the dancefloor hit B Boyz Shake da
Body and in 2004 as producer of Tragedie using the pseudonym "Lord William".[1] He later joined
the French music collective Collectif Mtiss,[2] also continuing to produce his own materials.

Contents
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1Discography
o 1.1Albums
o 1.2Singles
2References
3External links

Discography
Albums

Peak
positions

Year Album Track listing

1. "Te quiero" (radio edit)

Irish highwayman

William "Willy" Brennan (also known as John) was an IrishHighwayman caught and hanged in Cork in either 1804 1809 or 1812, whose story was immortalised in the ballad "Brennan on the Moor".

According to The Reminiscences of a Light Dragoon published in 1840, Brennan was hanged at Caher as witnessed by the author. Whilst no date is mentioned for the hanging, the author arrived in Ireland in 1808 or shortly afterwards, making an 1809 or later date for Brennan's demise more realistic. The reminiscences describe some of Brennan's exploits, his character, his partner-in-crime and ultimately his capture, trial and hanging.

"Brennan on the Moor"

The earliest version of the ballad dates to the middle 19th century, either the 1830s or to 1859, and various versions of the song were extant in Ireland, Great Britain, Canada and the United States in the 19th century. The song's writer is unknown. It has been recorded by Burl Ives, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Philip James, Neil Morris, and The Marshmen.

"Rambling, Gambling Willie," a song by Bob Dylan with a melody derived from "Brennan on the Moor" (which Dylan had first heard performed by his friends, The Clancy Brothers), but with completely different lyrics, was recorded by Dylan in April 1962 for the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. It was not included on that album, but was finally released in 1991 on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3.

References

French DJ (born 1981)

Musical artist

Willy Fauade William (born 27 June 1981) is a French DJ, record producer and singer famous for his club remixes and vocal collaborations with a number of dance music artists. He is most famous for his French hit "Ego" and his Latin hit "Mi Gente", the latter with J Balvin.

Early life

Willy Fauade William was born on 27 June 1981 in Fréjus, France, to a Guadeloupean father and an Ethiopian mother from Eritrea. He was raised in Champagné, a commune in the department of Sarthe.

Career

William came to prominence in 2003 with his work with DJ Flex in the dancefloor hit "B Boyz Shake da Body" and in 2004 as producer of "Tragedie" using the pseudonym "Lord William". He later joined the French music collective Collectif Métissé, also continuing to produce his own materials.

He collaborated with a great number of artists producing their songs and taking part in vocals as featured artists. He charted with collaborative songs with DJ Assad with "Li tourner", Les Jumo with "C Show" and "L'Italienne", and with Keen'V in "On s'endort?", Ridsa in "Je n'ai pas eu le temps" that also featured Ryan Stevenson on drums and many others.

In 2016, William got his major French hit with "Ego" which was produced and sung by himself. It was the main single from his 2016 album Une seule vie and his biggest French hit as a solo artist. "Ego" charted in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Poland amongst many others.

In 2017, he became an international sensation after the release of "Mi Gente" a collaboration with the superstar Colombian artist J Balvin. The huge international success of the song led to a version that also featured Beyoncé in a new remix. The song received a Latin Billboard Music Award and the music video amassed over 2 billion views and received in 2018 an MTV Video Music Award for Best Latin Video, maintained #1 Spotify Globa