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mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Williams" title="Joseph Williams – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Joseph Williams" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80%ED%94%84_%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84%EC%8A%A4" title="조지프 윌리엄스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="조지프 윌리엄스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Williams" title="Joseph Williams – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Joseph Williams" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li 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href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Williams_Orebro_Sweden_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Joseph_Williams_Orebro_Sweden_2013.jpg/220px-Joseph_Williams_Orebro_Sweden_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Joseph_Williams_Orebro_Sweden_2013.jpg/330px-Joseph_Williams_Orebro_Sweden_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Joseph_Williams_Orebro_Sweden_2013.jpg/440px-Joseph_Williams_Orebro_Sweden_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3468" data-file-height="3112" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Williams in 2013</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Joseph Stanley Williams</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-09-01</span>) </span>September 1, 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Singer</li> <li>songwriter</li> <li>composer</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Barbara_Ruick" title="Barbara Ruick">Barbara Ruick</a> (mother)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Williams_(drummer)" title="Johnny Williams (drummer)">Johnny Williams</a><br /> (paternal grandfather)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Melville_Ruick" title="Melville Ruick">Melville Ruick</a> <br />(maternal grandfather)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Lurene_Tuttle" title="Lurene Tuttle">Lurene Tuttle</a> <br />(maternal grandmother)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Musical career</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">Hard rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film_score" title="Film score">film score</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adult_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Adult contemporary">adult contemporary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instruments</th><td class="infobox-data note"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Vocals</li><li>keyboards</li><li>tambourine</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1982–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a> <p><b>Signature</b> </p> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:JosephWilliamsSig.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/JosephWilliamsSig.png/90px-JosephWilliamsSig.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/JosephWilliamsSig.png/135px-JosephWilliamsSig.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/JosephWilliamsSig.png/180px-JosephWilliamsSig.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="487" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://joeswill.com/">https://joeswill.com/</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joseph Stanley Williams</b> (born September 1, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter and <a href="/wiki/Film_score_composer" class="mw-redirect" title="Film score composer">film score composer</a>, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band <a href="/wiki/Toto_(band)" title="Toto (band)">Toto</a> from 1986 to 1988 and again since 2010. Williams is a son of actress <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Ruick" title="Barbara Ruick">Barbara Ruick</a> and prolific film composer <a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Outside of Toto, he has worked as a composer and studio vocalist, including providing the singing voice of adult <a href="/wiki/Simba" title="Simba">Simba</a> in the 1994 animated film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King" title="The Lion King">The Lion King</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toto">Toto</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Williams_live_with_TOTO_in_Copenhagen_July_20th_2010.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Joseph_Williams_live_with_TOTO_in_Copenhagen_July_20th_2010.JPG/220px-Joseph_Williams_live_with_TOTO_in_Copenhagen_July_20th_2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Joseph_Williams_live_with_TOTO_in_Copenhagen_July_20th_2010.JPG/330px-Joseph_Williams_live_with_TOTO_in_Copenhagen_July_20th_2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Joseph_Williams_live_with_TOTO_in_Copenhagen_July_20th_2010.JPG/440px-Joseph_Williams_live_with_TOTO_in_Copenhagen_July_20th_2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>Williams (left) with Toto in Copenhagen in 2010</figcaption></figure> <p>Williams was the lead vocalist for Toto during the mid- to late 1980s and was featured on the albums <i><a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit_(Toto_album)" title="Fahrenheit (Toto album)">Fahrenheit</a></i> (1986) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Seventh_One" title="The Seventh One">The Seventh One</a></i> (1988) before leaving due to personal problems. He can also be heard on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Toto_XX" title="Toto XX">Toto XX</a></i> (1998), a compilation of rare and unreleased tracks. He is featured on Toto's 2006 album, <i><a href="/wiki/Falling_in_Between" title="Falling in Between">Falling in Between</a></i>, sharing lead vocals with <a href="/wiki/Steve_Lukather" title="Steve Lukather">Steve Lukather</a> on "<a href="/wiki/Bottom_of_Your_Soul" title="Bottom of Your Soul">Bottom of Your Soul</a>". In addition to his guest spot on <i>Falling in Between</i>, Williams was a guest singer at several Toto concerts. </p><p>Williams rejoined Toto upon its reformation in 2010 and performed on the band's recent live albums and the 2015 studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Toto_XIV" title="Toto XIV">Toto XIV</a></i>. When the group disbanded in 2019 and subsequently reformed in 2020, Williams was the only member from the previous lineup besides Lukather and touring members <a href="/wiki/Warren_Ham" title="Warren Ham">Warren Ham</a> and Dominique "Xavier" Taplin to return. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solo_work_as_a_singer">Solo work as a singer</h3></div> <p>Williams released his first, self-titled solo album in 1982. After his initial tenure with Toto, he has released several more. Many of Toto's members have contributed to his solo work over the years. In 2003, he released an album called <i>Vertigo</i>, a project he initiated, but where he was not in full charge of the production, only recording and supplying the vocals.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second Vertigo album, <i>Vertigo 2</i>, was released in 2006. Williams released an album of cover songs from renowned artists such as <a href="/wiki/Elton_John" title="Elton John">Elton John</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diane_Warren" title="Diane Warren">Diane Warren</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Cronin" title="Kevin Cronin">Kevin Cronin</a> in 2006 called <i>Two of Us</i>, featuring piano and voice only. He returned with two more voice and piano albums in 2007, <i>Smiles</i> and <i>Tears</i>, also consisting of classic hits by popular artists. His latest solo album containing original songs, <i>This Fall</i>, was released in November 2008. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Work_as_a_film_composer">Work as a film composer</h3></div> <p>Joseph Williams has also been busy as a composer of film and drama scores, most notably for episodes of the science fiction series <i><a href="/wiki/Roswell_(TV_series)" title="Roswell (TV series)">Roswell</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lyon%27s_Den" title="The Lyon's Den">The Lyon's Den</a></i> starring <a href="/wiki/Rob_Lowe" title="Rob Lowe">Rob Lowe</a>. </p><p>He was the writer of the original English lyrics for the songs "<a href="/wiki/Lapti_Nek" class="mw-redirect" title="Lapti Nek">Lapti Nek</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Ewok_Celebration" class="mw-redirect" title="Ewok Celebration">Ewok Celebration</a>" from the original 1983 release of <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i>, which was <a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi_(soundtrack)" title="Return of the Jedi (soundtrack)">scored and conducted</a> by his father, <a href="/wiki/John_Williams" title="John Williams">John Williams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both songs were replaced with new compositions in the <a href="/wiki/Changes_in_Star_Wars_re-releases" title="Changes in Star Wars re-releases">1997 Special Edition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He collaborated again with his father on the releases of 1999's <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_I_%E2%80%93_The_Phantom_Menace" title="Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace">The Phantom Menace</a> and the 2002's <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_Episode_II_%E2%80%93_Attack_of_the_Clones" title="Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones">Attack of the Clones</a>. In the former he helped compose Augie's Great Municipal Band which appears during the ending of the film and in the latter 2M4, an untitled composition that appears during the Dex's Diner sequence. </p><p>In 2003, he was nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmy Award">Emmy Award</a> for "Outstanding Main Title Theme Music" for the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Miracles_(TV_series)" title="Miracles (TV series)">Miracles</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The music to the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> <a href="/wiki/Miniseries" title="Miniseries">miniseries</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Category_7:_The_End_of_the_World" title="Category 7: The End of the World">Category 7: The End of the World</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the TV film <i><a href="/wiki/Momentum_(2003_film)" title="Momentum (2003 film)">Momentum</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were composed by him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Session_work">Session work</h3></div> <p>Williams has been in demand as a session vocalist and can be heard on numerous projects by other artists, as well as on <a href="/wiki/Movie_soundtrack" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie soundtrack">movie soundtracks</a>. In 1985 he sang the vocals for the theme song of the animated TV series <a href="/wiki/Disney%27s_Adventures_of_the_Gummi_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears">Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He provided backing vocals on <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cetera" title="Peter Cetera">Peter Cetera</a>'s album <i><a href="/wiki/World_Falling_Down" title="World Falling Down">World Falling Down</a></i> and co-wrote the song "Man in Me", lead vocals for three tracks – "Walk the Wire", "History" and "When You Look in My Eyes" – to <a href="/wiki/Jay_Graydon" title="Jay Graydon">Jay Graydon</a>'s <i>Airplay for the Planet</i> album, subsequently touring with the band and backing vocals on <a href="/wiki/Jon_Anderson" title="Jon Anderson">Jon Anderson</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/In_the_City_of_Angels" title="In the City of Angels">In the City of Angels</a></i> in 1988, most prominently on the song "Top of the World (The Glass Bead Game)". In <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney</a>'s animated feature film <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King" title="The Lion King">The Lion King</a></i>, he can be heard as the singing voice of the <a href="/wiki/Simba" title="Simba">Adult Simba</a>, singing on the songs "<a href="/wiki/Hakuna_Matata_(song)" title="Hakuna Matata (song)">Hakuna Matata</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Can_You_Feel_the_Love_Tonight" title="Can You Feel the Love Tonight">Can You Feel the Love Tonight</a>". He reprised this singing role in the direct-to-video animated film <i><a href="/wiki/Mickey%27s_Magical_Christmas:_Snowed_in_at_the_House_of_Mouse" title="Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse">Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse</a></i>. In 1997 and 1998 respectively, he shared vocal duties on two albums by the <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> covers group The West Coast All Stars, the other vocalists being <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Kimball" title="Bobby Kimball">Bobby Kimball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Champlin" title="Bill Champlin">Bill Champlin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jason_Scheff" title="Jason Scheff">Jason Scheff</a>, whereas Tommy Funderburk replaced Champlin on the <i>Naturally</i> album. He sings background vocals on <a href="/wiki/Chicago_(band)" title="Chicago (band)">Chicago</a>'s "King of Might Have Been" on the 2006 album <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_XXX" title="Chicago XXX">Chicago XXX</a></i> as well as on "<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Take_a_Lifetime" class="mw-redirect" title="Let's Take a Lifetime">Let's Take a Lifetime</a>" on the 1993-recorded/2008-released album <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_XXXII:_Stone_of_Sisyphus" title="Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus">Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus</a></i>. The song "What You're Missing" from the Chicago album <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_16" title="Chicago 16">Chicago 16</a></i> was co-written by him.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also sings backing vocals on five tracks from Steve Lukather's solo album <i><a href="/wiki/Ever_Changing_Times" title="Ever Changing Times">Ever Changing Times</a></i> in addition to lending his vocals to another three of Lukather's solo albums, <i><a href="/wiki/All%27s_Well_That_Ends_Well_(Steve_Lukather_album)" title="All's Well That Ends Well (Steve Lukather album)">All's Well That Ends Well</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/I_Found_the_Sun_Again" title="I Found the Sun Again">I Found the Sun Again</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Bridges_(Steve_Lukather_album)" title="Bridges (Steve Lukather album)">Bridges</a></i>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Williams_Orebro_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Joseph_Williams_Orebro_2013.jpg/220px-Joseph_Williams_Orebro_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Joseph_Williams_Orebro_2013.jpg/330px-Joseph_Williams_Orebro_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Joseph_Williams_Orebro_2013.jpg/440px-Joseph_Williams_Orebro_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Williams in Sweden, 2013, Toto's 35th Anniversary Tour</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toto_albums">Toto albums</h3></div> <ul><li>1986: <i><a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit_(Toto_album)" title="Fahrenheit (Toto album)">Fahrenheit</a></i></li> <li>1988: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Seventh_One" title="The Seventh One">The Seventh One</a></i></li> <li>1998: <i><a href="/wiki/Toto_XX" title="Toto XX">Toto XX</a></i> (lead vocals on "Last Night" and “In A Word”)</li> <li>2006: <i><a href="/wiki/Falling_in_Between" title="Falling in Between">Falling in Between</a></i> (co-lead vocals and background vocals on "Bottom Of Your Soul")</li> <li>2015: <i><a href="/wiki/Toto_XIV" title="Toto XIV">Toto XIV</a></i></li> <li>2018: <i><a href="/wiki/Old_Is_New" title="Old Is New">Old Is New</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solo_albums">Solo albums</h3></div> <ul><li>1982: <i>Joseph Williams</i> (re-released 2002)</li> <li>1996: <i>I Am Alive</i></li> <li>1997: <i>3</i></li> <li>1999: <i>Early Years</i></li> <li>2003: <i><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_(Joseph_Williams)" class="extiw" title="it:Vertigo (Joseph Williams)">Vertigo</a></i></li> <li>2006: <i>Two of Us</i></li> <li>2006: <i>Vertigo 2</i></li> <li>2007: <i>Smiles</i></li> <li>2007: <i>Tears</i></li> <li>2008: <i>This Fall</i></li> <li>2021: <i>Denizen Tenant</i><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="with_Peter_Friestedt">with Peter Friestedt</h3></div> <ul><li>2011: <i>Williams/Friestedt</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="with_CWF_-_Bill_Champlin_/_Peter_Friestedt_/_Joseph_Williams"><span id="with_CWF_-_Bill_Champlin_.2F_Peter_Friestedt_.2F_Joseph_Williams"></span>with CWF - Bill Champlin / Peter Friestedt / Joseph Williams</h3></div> <ul><li>2015: <i>CWF</i></li> <li>2018: <i>10 Miles</i></li> <li>2020: <i>CWF 2</i></li> <li>2023: <i>Carrie</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guest_vocals_(excerpt)"><span id="Guest_vocals_.28excerpt.29"></span>Guest vocals (excerpt)</h3></div> <ul><li>1983: <i>Lapti Nek</i> (Urth)</li> <li>1984: <i>Which One of Us Is Me</i> (Jay Gruska)</li> <li>1985: <i>Save the Night</i> (<a href="/wiki/The_Goonies" title="The Goonies">The Goonies</a> soundtrack)</li> <li>1985: <i>Sleepess Nights</i> (Alan Gorrie)</li> <li>1985: <i><a href="/wiki/Disney%27s_Adventures_of_the_Gummi_Bears" class="mw-redirect" title="Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears">Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears</a></i> (Theme Song Vocals)</li> <li>1988: <i>In the City of Angels</i> (Jon Anderson)</li> <li>1989: <i>My Heart in Red</i> (Ijiima Mari)</li> <li>1990: <i>Tatsuro Songs from L.A.</i> (Compilation)</li> <li>1990: <i>Toy Matinee</i> (<a href="/wiki/Toy_Matinee" title="Toy Matinee">Toy Matinee</a>)</li> <li>1991: <i>Tatsuro Songs from L.A. 2</i> (Compilation)</li> <li>1991: <i>Fade in Love</i> (Compilation)</li> <li>1992: <i>Re-Import</i> (Compilation)</li> <li>1992: <i>Goody's</i> (Compilation)</li> <li>1992: <i>The Radical Light</i> (Vonda Shepard)</li> <li>1993: <i>Airplay for the Planet</i> (Jay Graydon)</li> <li>1993: <i>L.A. Cowboys / Endless Summer</i> (Compilation)</li> <li>1994: <i>Love Stories 3</i> (Compilation)</li> <li>1994: <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lion_King_(1994_soundtrack)" title="The Lion King (1994 soundtrack)">The Lion King</a></i> (Original Movie Soundtrack)</li> <li>1997: <i>California Dreamin'</i> (West Coast All Stars)</li> <li>1998: <i>Naturally</i> (West Coast All Stars)</li> <li>1999: <i>ELT Songs from L.A.</i> (Compilation)</li> <li>1999: <i>In a Dream</i> (Lionel's Dad)</li> <li>2001: <i>Radioactive</i> (Ceremony Of Innocence)</li> <li>2002: <i>LA Project</i> (Peter Friestedt)</li> <li>2006: <i>Avalon</i> (The Richie Zito Project)</li> <li>2008: <i>LA Project II</i> (Peter Friestedt)</li> <li>2008: <i><a href="/wiki/Holy_God_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy God (album)">Holy God</a></i> (Brian Doerksen)</li> <li>2014: <i>My Kind O' Lovin'</i> (Intelligent Music Project II)</li> <li>2015: <i>Touching the Divine'</i> (Intelligent Music Project III)</li> <li>2015: CWF (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)</li> <li>2018: 10 Miles/CWF (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)</li> <li>2020: CWF II (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)</li> <li>2023: Carrie (Champlin, Williams, Friestedt)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Source_music_(excerpt)"><span id="Source_music_.28excerpt.29"></span>Source music (excerpt)</h3></div> <ul><li>1983: <i><a href="/wiki/Return_of_the_Jedi" title="Return of the Jedi">Return of the Jedi</a></i> (lyrics for "Lapti Nek" and an unused source cue)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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