- Was the first African-American producer at a major record label and the most successful record producer of music by black performers, particularly blues and jazz, from the 1920s through the 1940s.
- In 2004, he was posthumously inducted into the Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame.
- The only man to be inducted into both the National Football Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame.
- In the early 1920s, Williams became one of the first black players in the National Football League (NFL), which was in its infancy. He played for the Indiana-based Hammond Pros, ending his career in 1926.
- Was called "Ink" because he had an ability to talk musical artists into signing contracts.
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