Willie Nelson | Willie Mays | Willie Horton | Willie Dixon | Willie Brown | Bobo-Dioulasso | Willie Colón | Willie Brown (politician) | Willie Revillame | Willie Miller | Bobo Stenson | DJ BoBo | Willie Stargell | Willie Perdomo | Willie Pep | Willie Mitchell | Willie Thorne | Willie Sutton | Willie Roaf | Willie | Steamboat Willie | Shotgun Willie | Charles "Bobo" Shaw | Willie Worsley | Willie Wells | Willie Totten | Willie Savage | Willie Redmond | Willie Randolph | Willie Pearse |
In addition, Franklin has played and recorded with Gene Harris & the Three Sounds, Hampton Hawes, Freddie Hubbard, Bobbi Humphrey, Willie Bobo, Archie Shepp, O.C. Smith, Count Basie, Stevie Wonder and Al Jarreau.
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In 1968, after a year-long tour of the East Coast playing with Willie Bobo and working gigs on his days off with Archie Shepp, Lamont Johnson, Beaver Harris and Roswell Rudd, Hugh Masekela heard Henry play and made him an offer.