Spencer Williams

Spencer Williams

Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1965) was an American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. He is best known for his hit songs "Basin Street Blues", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "I've Found a New Baby", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Tishomingo Blues", and many others.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 14, 1889 (New Orleans), Died July 14, 1965 (Flushing)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, songwriter, vocalist, piano, percussion

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 426-450 of 544 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	4859	10-in.	approximately Dec. 1920	Royal garden blues	Benny Krueger’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	9815	10-in.	approximately Feb. 1923	I ain’t got nobody	Marion Harris ; Benny Krueger	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band and saxophone solo	composer
Brunswick	10828	10-in.	6/13/1923	You’re always messin’ ‘round my man	Desdemona Jones	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	10830	10-in.	6/13/1923	Low-down papa	Minerva Green	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	3901-3903	10-in.	approximately July 1920	Mississippi bound	Al Bernard	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	8272-8274	10-in.	approximately June 1922	State Street blues	Cotton Pickers	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	8427-8429	10-in.	approximately July 1922	Struttin' at the Strutter's Ball	Benny Krueger’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	8926-8928	10-in.	approximately Oct. 1922	Got to cool my doggies now	Cotton Pickers	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Brunswick	9489-9491	10-in.	approximately Dec. 1922	Loose feet	Cotton Pickers	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	10126-10128	10-in.	3/17/1923	Snakes' hips	Cotton Pickers	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	10856-10858	10-in.	6/18/1923	My pillow and me	Lizzie Miles ; Spencer Williams	Female vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Brunswick	10862-10864	10-in.	6/18/1923	Black man (Be on yo’ way)	Lizzie Miles ; Spencer Williams	Female vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano, composer, lyricist
Brunswick	10865-10867	10-in.	6/18/1923	You’re always messin’ ‘round with my man	Edna Hicks	Female vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	10868-10870	10-in.	6/18/1923	Low-down papa	Lizzie Miles	Female vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	10874-10876	10-in.	6/18/1923	She walked right up and took my man away	Lizzie Miles	Female vocal solo	songwriter
Brunswick	11061-11063	10-in.	7/9/1923	Shim-me-sha-wabble	Oriole Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	12516-12517	10-in.	2/13/1924	Do right blues	Viola McCoy	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	songwriter
Brunswick	12520-12521	10-in.	2/13/1924	I’m a good gal (But I’m a thousan’ miles from home)	Rosa Henderson	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	lyricist, composer
Brunswick	12846-12847	10-in.	4/10/1924	West Indies blues	Rosa Henderson	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet	composer
Brunswick	14965-14968	10-in.	2/17/1925	Everybody loves my baby	Gene Rodemich’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E7369	10-in.	6/13/1928	Fireworks	The Original Memphis Five	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E27669	10-in.	6/8/1928	Melancholy yodel blues	Jack Major	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E27670	10-in.	6/8/1928	Tennessee mountain gal	Jack Major	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	E27772	10-in.	6/25/1928	Tishomingo blues	Duke Ellington Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	E28681	10-in.	approximately Nov. 1928	I ain’t got nobody (And nobody cares for me)	The Midnight Broadcasters	Jazz/dance band, with vocal	composer

(Results 426-450 of 544 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Spencer," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

Williams, Spencer. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

"Williams, Spencer." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.

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