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 151-175 of 544 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Spencer," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

Williams, Spencer. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

"Williams, Spencer." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.

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