Terry Williams
- United Kingdom
- born 1948, Swansea
Terry Williams is an artist from the United Kingdom, born on 11 January 1948 in Swansea. Terry Williams is known as a member of Dire Straits. With Dire Straits, Terry Williams is on two albums in the collection. With the group, four records reached the Dutch Top 40, one of them the top spot.
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Source: MusicBrainz and Discogs
Timeline of Terry Williams
The years of Terry Williams with Dire Straits. The thin lines are the albums, the red ones the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line and click for the album or the weekly chart. The name of the group links to its page.
Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40
Albums with Dire Straits
2 albums Terry Williams made together with Dire Straits, by year of release.
Dire Straits in the Dutch Top 40
In the years Terry Williams was part of it, Dire Straits had four records in the Dutch Top 40. The best-charting record comes first; the badge shows the peak position, the title opens the full run.
week 40, 198231weeks in the chart
with 4 records1982first entry
week 37, 19821986latest entry
week 7, 19864years with an entry
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1982Dutch Top 40: peak position 1 in week 40 of 1982, 11 weeks in the chart Private Investigations 6:46
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1983Dutch Top 40: peak position 5 in week 8 of 1983, 7 weeks in the chart ExtendeDanc"EP"lay : Twisting By The Pool 3:31
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1985Dutch Top 40: peak position 20 in week 2 of 1986, 8 weeks in the chart Walk Of Life 4:09
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1985Dutch Top 40: peak position 31 in week 18 of 1985, 5 weeks in the chart So Far Away 5:06
All Dutch Top 40 entries of Dire Straits
Source: top40.nl
Together with Terry Williams
In Dire Straits, Terry Williams played with Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, Pick Withers, David Knopfler, Alan Clark, Hal Lindes, Guy Fletcher and Jack Sonni.
Frequently asked questions
Which group does Terry Williams belong to?
To Dire Straits. The page shows the albums and Dutch Top 40 hits of the group from the years of membership, with those years on the timeline. The group is in the side column, with a link to its page.
Which Dutch Top 40 hits did Dire Straits have while Terry Williams was part of it?
Four records made the Dutch Top 40, one of them at number 1. The best-charting record is Private Investigations, which reached number 1 in week 40 of 1982. The graph next to each record shows its run from week to week.
How many albums by Terry Williams are in the collection?
Terry Williams has no album of their own in the collection, but is on two albums by Dire Straits.
Where can you see and hear Terry Williams?
The Dutch Top 40 entries have a round Spotify button. A cover opens the album with the tracks per side and the whole album on Spotify. The music plays in the player at the bottom and keeps going while you browse on, after one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.

