Paul Williams is an Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe winning Hall of
Fame songwriter. "We’ve Only Just Begun," "Rainy Days and Mondays,"
"You and Me Against the World," "An Old Fashioned Love Song," "I Won't
Last a Day Without You," "Rainbow Connection" and "Let Me Be The One" are among his timeless standards.

His songs have been recorded by such diverse musical icons as Elvis
Presley, Frank Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Ella Fitzgerald, David Bowie,
Ray Charles, R.E.M., Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughn, Johnny Mathis, Luther
Vandross and Kermit the Frog.

Bugsy Malone and Phantom of the Paradise are among his song scores for
film. "The Rainbow Connection" from the children's classic The Muppet
Movie and "Evergreen" from A Star is Born are two of his songs that grace the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie songs of all times.

Having completed the music and lyrics for the Garry Marshall musical
Happy Days, Williams joined forces with the Henson Company to produce a new Christmas musical based on the perennial favorite, Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas. In 2008, NBC aired A Muppet Christmas: Letter To Santa, an original Christmas special with both story and songs by Williams.

Publicly lauded for his work as a songwriter, performer, actor and humanitarian, Williams predicts he'll be most remembered for playing Little Enos in the Smokey and the Bandittrilogy and for his lyrics to "The Love Boat" theme. As a devoted husband to writer Mariana Williams and proud father, he considers his son Cole and daughter Sarah to be his best work.

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