William Clauson

Aliases: William Clauson with Instrumental Accompaniment
Born: May 2, 1930
Died: September 3, 2017
Country: United States
Comments: Swedish-American Folk singer from Ashtabula, Ohio. His family had emigrated to the United States but returned temporarily to Sweden where William Clauson lived between the ages of two and six years old. On returning to the U.S. his family lived in Los Angeles, California. He studied violin, voice and composition at a conservatory. Later he gave up the violin and studied the guitar. In the 1940s he was an actor and appeared in an Abbot and Costello film. However, he decided to pursue a career in music. He travelled extensively performing and recording in many countries including Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and Scandinavian countries.

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Pål sine høner	William Clauson	1958	(36 artists)
		Sinner Man REC	Wiliam Clauson and His Guitar with John Gregory and His Group	October 1955	(62 artists) Originally by The Sensational Nightingales REL

Covers by William Clauson

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
Är jag född, så vill jag leva	William Clauson	1963	(unknown)
Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair	Wiliam Clauson and His Guitar with John Gregory and His Group	1956	John Jacob Niles
Brevet från Lillan	William Clauson	1963	Evert Taube
Calle Schewens vals	William Clauson	1966	Evert Taube
Canción mixteca	William Clauson	1958	(unknown)
Casey Jones	William Clauson	March 1959	Billy Murray
Fjäriln vingad syns på Haga	William Clauson	1963	Grammophon-kvartetten
Flickan i Havanna	William Clauson	1966	Evert Taube
Fragancia	William Clauson	1963	(unknown)
Fritiof Anderssons paradmarsch	William Clauson	1966	(unknown)
Fritiof Anderssons polka	William Clauson	1966	Evert Taube
Fritiof i Arkadien	William Clauson	1963	Evert Taube
Fritiof och Carmencita	William Clauson - Trio Los Guaramex	1974	Evert Taube
Fritjof och Carmencita	William Clauson	1963	Evert Taube
Guadalajara	William Clauson	1958	Tito Guizar con guitarras
Havsörnsvalsen	William Clauson	1966	Sven-Olof Sandberg med orkester
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	William Clauson and The Delta Rhythm Boys	1974	Rev. F. W. McGee
Jag vet en dejlig rosa	William Clauson	1958	(unknown)
Jeg lagde mig så silde	William Clauson	1958	Halfdan Rode
John Hardy	William Clauson	March 1959	Eva Davis
John Henry	Wiliam Clauson and His Guitar with John Gregory and His Group	1956	Fiddlin' John Carson
John Henry	William Clauson	March 1959	Fiddlin' John Carson
Käraste bröder, systrar och vänner	William Clauson	1963	Sven Scholander
La llorona	William Clauson	1958	Trío Tariácuri
Las mañanitas	William Clauson	1958	(unknown)
Maj på Malö	William Clauson	1966	Evert Taube - Erik Franks orkester
Malagueña	William Clauson	1958	Trío Calaveras
Min älskling	William Clauson	1963	Evert Taube - Sven Arefeldts orkester
Min älskling	William Clauson - Trio Los Guaramex	1974	Evert Taube - Sven Arefeldts orkester
Nå skrufva fiolen	William Clauson	1963	(unknown)
Nocturne (Sov på min arm)	William Clauson, Åke Jelvings orkester	1955	Sven-Bertil Taube REC,REL, Evert Taube BRD
Nota bene	William Clauson	1963	(unknown)
Nudistpolka	William Clauson	1963	Evert Taube
Oh, Sinner Man	William Clauson and The Delta Rhythm Boys	1974	The Sensational Nightingales REL, Wiliam Clauson and His Guitar with John Gregory and His Group REC
Oxdragarsång	William Clauson	1963	Carl-Otto Taube med Curt Åkerlinds ens.
Pål sine høner - Å kjøre vatten	William Clauson - John Kongshaug Ensemble	1974	William Clauson
Per spelmann	William Clauson	1958	Saga Sjøberg - Arne Dørumsgaard - Ensemble sous la direction de Robert Cornman
Pierina	William Clauson	1963	(unknown)
Potifars hustru	William Clauson	1963	(unknown)
Rosa på bal	William Clauson	1963	Evert Taube - Sven Arefeldts orkester
Så länge skutan kan gå	William Clauson	1966	Evert Taube
Så skimrande var aldrig havet	William Clauson	1963	Evert Taube, Olle Adolphson och Sven-Bertil Taube
Sjösala vals	William Clauson	1966	Sven-Olof Sandberg - Willard Ringstrands Orkester
Skye Boat Song	Wiliam Clauson and His Guitar with John Gregory and His Group	1956	Tom Bryce
Sommarnatt	William Clauson	1963	(unknown)
Som stjärnor små	William Clauson	1963	Evert Taube
Sov på min arm	William Clauson	1963	Evert Taube BRD, Sven-Bertil Taube REC,REL
Stockholmsmelodi	William Clauson	1966	Evert Taube
The Wild Colonial Boy	William Clauson	October 1964	(unknown)
Tom Dooley	William Clauson	March 1959	Grayson and Whitter
Ulla min Ulla	William Clauson	1963	Oscar Bergström
Vals ombord	William Clauson	1966	Evert Taube
Veracruz	William Clauson	1958	Agustín Lara

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Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Australia	William Clauson	October 1964	Monitor Records [US1]
Clauson in Mexico!	William Clauson	1958	Capitol Records
Evert Taube favoriter med William Clauson	William Clauson	1963	Polydor
Folk Songs	Wiliam Clauson and His Guitar with John Gregory and His Group	1956	RCA Victor
Folk Songs of Scandinavia	William Clauson	1958	His Master's Voice
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands	William Clauson and The Delta Rhythm Boys	1974	Nett
Scandinavia! Songs & Dances of Denmark, Finland, Norway & Sweden	William Clauson	1974	Monitor Records [US1]
Serenaden i prästgatan - William Clauson sjunger Evert Taube	William Clauson	1966	Polydor
William Clauson sjunger Carl Mikael Bellman	William Clauson	1963	Polydor

EPs

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Evert Taube favoriter [EP]	William Clauson	1963	Polydor
Ulla min Ulla	William Clauson	1963	Polydor
Wanted Dead or Alive - William Clauson Sings Traditional	William Clauson	March 1959	His Master's Voice

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Irish Love Song	William Clauson with Instrumental Accompaniment	October 1955	His Master's Voice
	Jungfru Maria ur Dalmålningar	William Clauson, Åke Jelvings orkester	1955	His Master's Voice

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