After recording with Bing Crosby led to a nightclub act backing Kay Thompson, they broke up in the early 1950s and went their separate ways.
Sometimes referred to as the second generation, twins Andrew and David (Andy's nephews) began as teen idols and a musical duo in the 1970s, performing extensively on radio, television, and in movies and nightclubs.
They entertained on radio stations, first at WHO in Des Moines, Iowa, and later at WLS in Chicago and WLW in Cincinnati, before they moved to Los Angeles in 1943, where they were under contract with the MGM film studio.
They toured night-clubs and cabarets in the United States and internationally with great success and appeared on radio and television establishing a loyal cult following with their jazz-based harmonies and flamboyant performance style.
He also performed in a singing quartet group, The Masquers, with Burl Ives in a 1951 music video under "Snader Telescriptions" titled "Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord".
[10] Liza Minnelli has paid tribute to the Kay Thompson and the Williams Brothers act in The South Bank Show (2008).
The show won a Tony Award, and was subsequently released on a double CD- preserving the nightclub material in a state-of-the-art recording.