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 |
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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 |
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.
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LCNAR: Williams, Spencer, 1889-1965 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80095908
Wikidata: Spencer Williams - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1282480
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/66654018
MusicBrainz: Spencer Williams - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3fed4b6e-ecbf-432e-93f5-2ae4b49f2a1d
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