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 501-525 of 544 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	402W-404W	10-in.	2/20/1925	She’s my Sheba, I’m her sheik	Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	476W-477W	10-in.	2/26/1925	Everybody loves my baby	Irving Kaufman	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Brunswick	577W-579W	10-in.	3/20/1925	Get it fixed	Rosa Henderson	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance trio	composer
Brunswick	1337W-1339W	10-in.	9/11/1925	Give me just a little bit (Of your love)	Peggy English	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Brunswick	1347W-1349W	10-in.	9/15/1925	I ain't got nobody (And nobody cares for me)	Tennessee Tooters	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	[Br (U.K.) cat 138-a]	10-in.	approximately Oct. 1927	I ain’t got nobody	Fred Elizalde	Piano solo	composer
Brunswick	517	10-in.	March 1928	Arkansas	Fred Elizalde Hot Music	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Edison	4943	10-in.	8/22/1916	Shim-me-sha-wabble	National Promenade Band	Band	composer
Edison	6096	10-in.	3/31/1918	Three pickaninnies	Collins and Harlan	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	7423	10-in.	6/24/1920	Mississippi bound	Al Bernard	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	lyricist
Edison	8932	10-in.	4/18/1923	Snakes' hips	Jazz-O-Harmonists	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	8964	10-in.	5/9/1923	Tell me, Gypsy (Where my lovin' daddy's gone)	Broadway Dance Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	9104	10-in.	7/30/1923	'Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do	Charles A. Matson's Creole Serenaders	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Edison	9163	10-in.	9/14/1923	She walked right up and took my man away	Ellen Coleman	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	9579	10-in.	6/23/1924	Black Star Line	Ernest Hare	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Edison	9734	10-in.	9/24/1924	Everybody loves my baby (But my baby don't love nobody but me)	Georgia Melodians	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Edison	10913	10-in.	4/7/1926	I've found a new baby	Georgia Melodians	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Edison	11914	10-in.	9/26/1927	I ain't got nobody much	Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	18198	10-in.	1/27/1928	I ain't got nobody (And nobody cares for me)	Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers]	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	18438	10-in.	4/24/1928	Careless love	Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	lyricist
Edison	18548	10-in.	5/29/1928	Fireworks	Duke Yellman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Edison	18663	10-in.	8/20/1928	Drowsy moonlight	Frank Wallace	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	composer, lyricist
Edison	18664	10-in.	8/20/1928	Swanee blue-jay	Frank Wallace	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	composer, lyricist
Edison	18737	10-in.	9/19/1928	I ain't got nobody (And nobody cares for me)	Vaughn De Leath	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	18795	10-in.	10/9/1928	I will magnify thee, o God	Metropolitan Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet	composer

(Results 501-525 of 544 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Spencer," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

Williams, Spencer. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

"Williams, Spencer." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

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