caption height_ft weight_lbs playing_years databasefootball death_date death_place birth_place image_size article_title position playing_teams birth_date height_in pfr image college name
williams , 1920 5 174 1921 1921 -- 1923 1924 1924 1925 1925 -- 1926 williink01 2 january 1980 chicago , illinois pine bluff , arkansas 200px j. mayo williams
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j. mayo williams

jay mayo `` ink '' williams -lrb- september 25 , 1894 -- january 2 , 1980 -rrb- was a pioneering african-american producer of recorded blues music .
ink williams earned his nickname by his ability to get the signatures of talented african-american musicians on recording contracts .
he was the most successful `` race records '' producer of his time breaking all previous `` race record '' sales .
