Talk:Bert Williams

message: He's listed under 1874 in music#Births but his birth year is given here as 1875 (and google searches, anyway, give a high number of hits for both years, but that says next to nothing.) Does anyone have a good source for either year? Thanks! Schissel : bowl listen July 3, 2005 18:11 (UTC)
: Someone has now changed this, but still without citing a reference. - Jmabel | Talk 04:16, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Born 1874 or 1875? 

message: This article has two different versions of the same WC Fields quote. "the funniest man I ever saw—and the saddest man I ever knew." and "Funniest man I ever saw, saddest man I ever knew." Which one is correct? Kevin143 06:28, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quote discrepancy

message: This series of edits removes all mention of "African American" because he was born in the West Indies. While "African American" in the narrowest sense would exclude that, it is still a pretty common designation for black people born in any English-speaking part of the Americas who immigrate as children and are reasonably assimilated to African American culture. Stokely Carmichael would be another good example. PBS, The Schomburg Institute, and The St. Petersburg Times Floridian all refer to Williams this way.
I'll allow a bit of time for a reply, rather than simply reverting. - Jmabel | Talk 21:20, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  African American 

message: It says, "In 1893, in San Francisco he formed the team of Williams and Walker, his partner being equally celebrated straight man George Walker."
Williams played the straight man. The straight man always got top billing. 75.36.151.35 (talk) 19:22, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Billing 

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thread_title:  Possible copyright problem 

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