Williams, Clarence

Clarence Williams African-American composer and publisher Plaquemine, Louisiana, October 8, 1893; Jamaica, New York, November 6, 1965. In 1915, Williams formed Williams and Piron Music Publishers with violinist-orchestra leader Armand John Piron (1888–1943) in New Orleans. It was the third black publishing firm, and the second of that decade. The company was formed to issue Williams’s first song, “You Missed a Good Woman When You Picked All Over Me.” The firm’s partners published their first…