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Spouse of William B. Daniels, and mother of Liam Daniels, Patricia Javier and Alyssa Cruz.

Son of William B. Daniels and Gigi Daniels.

Daughter of William B. Daniels and Gigi Daniels.

Ally is married to Benjamin Franklin Cruz III.

Daughter of William B. Daniels and Gigi Daniels.

Sister of Liam Daniels and Ally Cruz.

Christened Jack Anthony Daniels in Brighton on England’s South Coast in 1954. Jack grew up 200 miles north in the small Lancashire town of Barnoldswick. ‘Good at Drawing’ Jack attended Bradford Art College 1970-74 where following a Foundation Year, he studied Interior Design and left with a Diploma and a job having been poached by City of Bradford Architects Department who formed an Interior Design Department where Jack designed the furniture for the first purpose built school for the hearing impaired and developed a modular school furniture system. “Education was the client and the design work was constant and varied”.

In 1980 Jack joined Barratt Shoes Shop fitting Department managing a chain of 350+ stores re-fits and re-furbishments, new store fit-outs and concessions “They had stores in every part of the UK and when not shop fitting we handled the general maintenance of the stores” Based in Bradford central to the UK in 1989 Jack branched out on his own and formed shop-fitting contractors EuroShopfitters UK Ltd whose clients included Swinton Insurance, Superdrug, Mackays Stores and JD Sports “It was a ‘one man band’ at first made possible by the newly introduced mobile phone which meant you could work whilst travelling. There’s 5 days in the working week and I often had 5 sites in progress, attending to all by phone whilst travelling between them”.

Homework’s UK Ltd receivership in June 2001 at the end of EuroShopfitters fit-out of their new store in Kendal eventually led to voluntary liquidation of the company in 2002. Jack was immediately asked to project manage the installation of lifts in Mackays (M&Co) Stores… “The chairman Iain McGeough was a visionary he saw his customers pushing prams as mobility impaired so he installed lifts to re-located Children’s Departments. I would fly Leeds Bradford to Glasgow for the Monday progress meetings then fly Glasgow EasyJet to Bristol, hire a car for a couple of days, site surveying lift travel distances, staying in Travel Inns then get a flight from Southampton to Aberdeen, to spend the day surveying the Aberdeen store then back to Leeds Bradford, where the car was left on Monday morning. It was distances you’d spend all week driving” It took 5 years to install 55 platform and passenger lifts from Lerwick, Shetland, to Liskeard, Cornwall. “I got to the point where with a tape measure, an A4 pad, a scale ruler and a biro I could diagram and cartoon the whole operation” When British Gas hiked energy costs over 30% in June 2007 it was terminal for many branches and Mackays ceased development works and focused more online in January 2008.

In April 2008 Jack joined Claremont Interiors in Warrington and Project Managed the centennial re-furbishment of the Royal Liver Building. The Liverpool landmark was 100 years old in 2012. Floor 9 Core was the first phase completed in 2008 ”When stripping out back to the shell we kept opening old lift landings with no doors and suddenly exposed open drops so it was hazardous but when completed in 2011 enormously satisfying” Jack formed his own consultancy Jack Pearce Daniels Consulting Ltd in 2013 and has been engaged since on major projects locally – Project Planner on a new office building and research facility for Johnson & Johnson, De Puy Synthes in Beeston, Leeds. The new Harrogate Borough Council Headquarters in 2017, Finishing Manager for Harry Fairclough Construction and Project Manager on extension buildings for Rolls Royce turbofan manufacture in Barnoldswick for Mitie “I was back in my home town where my Grandfather had turned bolts for the Merlin’s. I spent my early childhood at 4 Weets View a stone throw from the factory where the jet engine was born”.

Jack discovered his biological father was Billy Daniels when his mother revealed his identity on the eve of Jacks first trip to the US with his wife Jane in 1995 “My life changed at 40 when my mother told me of their 3 year relationship before they drifted apart…I had to find out all I could about my father” Contacting Perri his father’s widow via the Church of the Good Shepherd where his father was buried Jack visited Perri in La Costa, Carlsbad, California “I was lucky he was in show-business so my father’s working life was documented. Perri graciously loaned me my father’s archive. When you’re researching you need to cross reference so a book developed and I ended up spending four years writing it and I still don’t know what to call it!”

Brother of William B. Daniels, and son of Billy Daniels.

In loving memory of Bruce Daniels.

William Boone Daniels (September 12, 1915 – October 7, 1988), better known as Billy Daniels, was an American singer active in the United States and Europe from the mid-1930s to 1988, notable for his hit recording of "That Old Black Magic" and his pioneering performances on early 1950s television. He was one of the first African-American entertainers to cross over into the mainstream. Daniels was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1977.

Daniels was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, where his father was a postmaster and notary. His mother was a schoolteacher and organist. Daniels had a heritage of Portuguese sailor, Native American (Choctaw), African American, and frontiersman Daniel Boone.

Daniels was married four times: Gladys Gordan (divorced 1940); Florence Clotworthy (died 1947); Martha Braun (divorced 1953); and Pierrette (from 1955 to his death in 1988).

Daniels and Gladys Gordan had one child; Yvonne Daniels. He had three children with his second wife Florence Clotworthy; Diane, Billy Jr, Bruce. Clotworthy died in 1947.[5] In 1950, Daniels married socialite Martha Braun. Braun filed for divorce in Juarez, Mexico, citing mental cruelty. He did not contest the action.[6] After the divorce Daniels married Pierette Cameron, whom he hired as governess for his children. Pierrette had two daughters with Daniels; Andrea and Dominique.

Pierrette H. Daniels, Daniels' widow (deceased 2011), and their daughter Dominique Daniels founded a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, the Billy Daniels Foundation, raising money for under served youths seeking Arts Education support in her late husband's name.[7] Dominique Daniels, is Chief Executive Officer of the Billy Daniels Foundation.

In 1935, Daniels moved from Jacksonville to New York to attend Columbia University. He planned to become a lawyer, but he was sidetracked during the Depression. His grandmother was a seamstress in Harlem for the Ziegfeld Follies, and she encouraged her grandson to sing at Dickie Wells, the club where he first worked as a dishwasher, then a singing waiter. There he was discovered by bandleader Erskine Hawkins, who hired him as a featured vocalist. He toured with the Erskine Hawkins Band in 1935–36 and then returned to Harlem. Throughout 1938, he sang daily on New York radio for 12 different sponsors. "It was me or the horse racing," Daniels remarked.

Daniels performed frequently at nightclubs on New York's 52nd Street, where he was one of the first singers to leave the big-band scene and pursue a solo career. He sometimes made three 52nd Street club performances per night. In 1945, he played intermission with Charlie Parker at the Spotlite Club on 52nd Street.

Daniels had several accompanists, including Nat Cole, while in New York. In 1948, he teamed with ex-big-band pianist Benny Payne, who had been Cab Calloway's pianist in the Cotton Club. Payne remained as accompanist for the rest of Daniel's career.

Daniels' first trademark song from his time on New York radio was the song "Diane," which he recorded on Bluebird in 1941. His later signature song was "That Old Black Magic", by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer, which Daniels first recorded for Apollo Records in 1948. His 1950 recording on Mercury became a hit, selling in the millions.

His sensational performance in 1950 in Bill Miller's Riveria Club led to holdover appearances. Following Park Avenue residences, Daniels record holdover at 1952 New York Copacabana Club still stands. Daniels was popular in Europe after he headlined at the London Palladium in 1952, having broken the house records. He toured the UK's Moss Theatre circuit in the 1950s as "America's most exciting singer." His forte was as a nightclub entertainer, and he was the biggest cabaret draw in New York throughout the 1950s, appearing alongside the comedian Jimmy Durante. His vocal stylings and trademark dance movements were widely imitated by the impressionists of the era. In 1958, Daniels was the first entertainer to sign a longterm contract to appear in Las Vegas for three years at the Stardust.

Daniels had performed in musicals on Broadway early in his career with a minor role in a short-lived musical, Memphis Bound (1945). More notable was the long run (700+ performances) of Golden Boy with Sammy Davis Jr. in 1964, directed by Arthur Penn.[1] Daniels toured the US in 1975 with Pearl Bailey in the all-black Hello, Dolly!, and in London's West End, he headlined a 1978 presentation of Bubbling Brown Sugar.[1] He was popular in Australia where he first toured with the Andrews Sisters in 1954.

Daniels was a pioneer in the new medium of television with his own television series on ABC in 1952. The Billy Daniels Show was sponsored by Rybutol, a popular vitamin tablet at the time. This 15-minute show, telecast from New York on Sunday evenings from what was later to become The Ed Sullivan Theater (and now The Late Show) was a milestone: the first sponsored network television series starring a black performer. He appeared on television in the US and UK and Australia and Canada throughout the 1950s and 1960s with performances on The Milton Berle Show and 'The Ed Sullivan Show.

His films include When You're Smiling (Columbia, 1950) On the Sunny Side of the Street (Columbia 1951) and Columbia's Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (Columbia, 1952).

In the original script for the movie Goodfellas (working title: "Wiseguys") the narration of the character Karen Hill was to include, "One night, Billy Daniels sent us champagne. There was nothing like it." However, in the final version of the movie, the name was changed to Bobby Vinton.

Daniels died on October 7, 1988, from stomach cancer at the age of 73 in Los Angeles, California. He is buried at the El Camino Memorial Park in Sorrento Valley, San Diego, California.

Listen on Spotify: Mr Black Magic - Billy Daniels at the Crescendo

Mother of William B. Daniels II.

In loving memory of Florence Daniels.

William B. Daniels II's uncle Colonel Dan Daniels, "The Commander" in the Tuskegee Air Force.

List of Pilot Graduates including: Daniels, Virgil A. 44-A-TE 1/7/1944 Flt. Officer T61867 Jacksonville FL

Buck was married to Lucille.

In loving memory of Bernard "Buck" Daniels.

Grandparents of William B. Daniels, II. Father and Mother of Billy Daniels.

In loving memory of Agustus William Daniels and Hattie Mae Boone.