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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 (Results 151-175 of 544 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 81095 10-in. 6/22/1923 Nobody in town can bake a sweet jelly roll like mine Fletcher Henderson ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano songwriter  
Columbia 81241 10-in. 9/26/1923 Cemetery blues Jimmy Jones ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo, with piano songwriter  
Columbia 81436 10-in. 12/21/1923 West Indies blues Piron's New Orleans Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 81670 10-in. 4/5/1924 Ticket agent, ease your window down Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with violin and piano composer  
Columbia 81695 10-in. 4/17/1924 West Indies blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and ukulele songwriter  
Columbia 81720 10-in. 4/23/1924 Banjo blues Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with banjo lyricist, composer  
Columbia 81803 10-in. 6/3/1924 Black Star Line George Gray ; Roscoe Wickham Male vocal duet, with ukulele songwriter  
Columbia 81860 10-in. 7/3/1924 Arkansas blues Little Ramblers Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 81861 10-in. 7/3/1924 How can I get it, when you keep on snatchin' it back? Alabama Joe ; Bessie Brown Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar lyricist, composer  
Columbia 81862 10-in. 7/3/1924 Hoodoo blues Alabama Joe ; Bessie Brown Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar lyricist, composer  
Columbia 81881 10-in. 7/22/1924 Lou'siana low-down blues Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with alto saxophone and piano composer  
Columbia 81882 10-in. 7/22/1924 Mountain top blues Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with alto saxophone and piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia 81887 10-in. 7/29/1924 I can do what you do Bessie Brown ; George W. Williams Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with cornet, trombone, and piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia 81888 10-in. 7/29/1924 When I get the devil in me Bessie Brown ; George W. Williams Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with cornet and piano songwriter  
Columbia 81889 10-in. 7/29/1924 Chain gang blues George W. Williams Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia 81916 10-in. 8/19/1924 Mississippi Delta blues Bessie Brown Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with tenor saxophone and piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia 140134 10-in. 11/13/1924 Box car blues Maggie Jones Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with trombone and piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia 140135 10-in. 11/13/1924 Western Union blues Maggie Jones Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with trombone and piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia 140148 10-in. 11/24/1924 Everybody loves my baby Georgians Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 140171 10-in. 12/9/1924 Poor house blues Maggie Jones Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia 140175 10-in. 12/10/1924 Thunderstorm blues Maggie Jones Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano songwriter  
Columbia 140191 10-in. 12/17/1924 Good time flat blues Maggie Jones Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia 140267 12-in. 1/17/1925 Shipwrecked blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia 140372 10-in. 1/29/1925 Everybody loves my baby Blossom Seeley Female vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Columbia W140429 10-in. 3/13/1925 She's my Sheba, I'm her sheik Bessie Brown ; George W. Williams Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with clarinet, trombone, and piano songwriter  
(Results 151-175 of 544 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Spencer," accessed November 14, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

Williams, Spencer. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 14, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

"Williams, Spencer." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 14 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863

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