In 1966, the Pozo-Seco Singers had a pop hit with "Time," which climbed into the Top 50. The following year, the band signed a contract with Columbia Records. Williams and Kline recruited another singer, Susan Taylor, and formed the Pozo-Seco Singers, a folk-pop group, in 1964. After completing high school, he formed his first band with a friend named Lofton Kline. As a teenager, he played in a variety of country, rockabilly, folk, and rock & roll bands. ![]() Williams began playing guitar when he was child, learning the instrument from his mother. Williams was never known as an innovator, but his ballads were immensely popular in the course of his career, he had a total of 17 number one hits. With his laid-back, straightforward vocals and large, imposing build, Don Williams came to be known as "the Gentle Giant." That nickname was bestowed on him in the early '70s, when he began a string of countrypolitan hits that ran into the early '90s.
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