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 New Orleans (largest city of the state of Louisiana, United States), Died July 14, 1965 (Flushing (neighborhood in Queens, New York City, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1955

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

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 226-250 of 555 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	W146180	10-in.	4/24/1928	Shake it down	Lillian Glinn	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet, tuba, and piano	songwriter
Columbia	W146508	10-in.	7/6/1928	Ain't got nobody to grind my coffee	Clara Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quartet	composer
Columbia	W146553	10-in.	6/18/1928	I ain't got nobody (And nobody cares for me)	Roy Evans	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	146556	10-in.	6/19/1928	Nameless blues	Bob Fuller	Clarinet solo, with banjo and piano	composer
Columbia	W146642	10-in.	7/16/1928	Shim-me-sha-wabble	Ted Lewis and his Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
Columbia	146763	10-in.	7/21/1928	Drowsy moonlight	Frank Wallace	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Columbia	146764	10-in.	7/21/1928	Swanee blue jay	Frank Wallace	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W146812	10-in.	7/26/1928	Syncopated yodelin' man	Roy Evans	Male vocal solo, with cornet and piano	songwriter
Columbia	W146828	10-in.	8/9/1928	Ain't got nobody to grind my coffee	Clara Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quartet	composer
Columbia	W146847	10-in.	8/15/1928	You can't take my mem'ries from me	Art Gillham	Male vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
Columbia	W146893	10-in.	8/24/1928	Washwoman's blues	Bessie Smith	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with alto saxophone and piano	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W146942	10-in.	9/4/1928	Jazbo Dan and his yodelin' band	Roy Evans ; James P. Johnson	Male vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
Columbia	W146986	10-in.	9/13/1928	You can't take my mem'ries from me	Joe Davis	Male vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
Columbia	W147108	10-in.	10/5/1928	Deck hand blues	Sonny Porter	Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W147307	10-in.	10/26/1928	Cold wave blues	Barbecue Bob	Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W147320	10-in.	10/27/1928	Beggin' for love	Barbecue Bob	Male vocal solo, with guitar	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W147321	10-in.	10/27/1928	Bad time blues	Barbecue Bob	Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W147379	10-in.	11/2/1928	Miss meal cramp blues	Alec Johnson	Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quartet	lyricist, composer
Columbia	W147397	10-in.	12/7/1928	Susianna	Blue Grass Boys ; Lee Morse	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble	composer, lyricist
Columbia	147456	10-in.	11/13/1928	My Tennessee mountain home	Mack Allen	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica	songwriter
Columbia	W147484	10-in.	11/23/1928	Someone's teaching me how to forget	Roy Evans	Male vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
Columbia	147666	10-in.	12/27/1928	Susianna	Lester Cortes ; Jerome Conrad Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Columbia	W147726	10-in.	12/21/1928	If you like me like I like you	Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	W147772	10-in.	1/11/1929	I want a good man (And I want him bad)	Viola McCoy	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano	songwriter
Columbia	147797	10-in.	1/16/1929	You can't take my mem'ries from me	Bar Harbor Society Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra] ; Tommy Weir	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter

(Results 226-250 of 555 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Spencer," accessed January 7, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

Williams, Spencer. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 7, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

"Williams, Spencer." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 7 January 2026.

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/58349 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/58349

Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license

Feedback

Send the Editors a message about this record.