Jerry Lynn Williams

Jerry Lynn Williams was a rock music singer and composer. He wrote such hits as Forever Man, See What Love Can Do, Somethings Happening, Running on Faith and Pretending for Eric Clapton. He contributed two songs, Real Man and I Will Not Be Denied to Bonnie Raitts 1989 Grammy Award winning album Nick of Time. He had previously written material for Raitts 1986 album Nine Lives. He also wrote songs for Robert Plant, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmie Vaughan. As a performer, he released albums on Warner Bros. Records and CBS Records during the 1970s, and his break as a songwriter came when Delbert McClintons cover of a song from his second album, Givin It Up for Your Love, reached the Top 40.

Williams was born in 1948 in Dallas, Texas. He died at age 57 from kidney and liver failure on his yacht on November 25, 2005 in St. Maarten, after suffering from liver cancer. At the time of his death he was insolvent due to a divorce settlement and a judgement related to litigation over the copyrights to several of the songs he wrote.

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