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 301-325 of 543 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
OKeh	S-7824	10-in.	Mar. 1921	Sandman blues	Black and White Melody Boys ; Ray Miller	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-7834	10-in.	Mar. 1921	He's my man, you'd better leave him alone	Black Devil Orchestra ; J. Tim Brymn	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-7866	10-in.	Apr. 1921	Arkansas blues	Black Devil Orchestra ; J. Tim Brymn	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	9253	10-in.	July 1925	She's my Sheba, I'm her sheik	Birmingham Society Serenaders ; Jack Linx	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	9327	10-in.	Sept. 1925	I never had the blues (Until I left old Dixie Land)	Emmett Miller ; Walter Rothrock	Male vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
OKeh	9533	10-in.	2/26/1926	Georgia grind	Lil Hardin Armstrong ; Louis Armstrong ; Hot Five	Jazz/dance ensemble, with female-male vocal duet	lyricist, composer
OKeh	S-70141	10-in.	Sept. 1921	Arkansas blues	Mamie Smith and her Jazz Band	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
OKeh	S-70211	10-in.	10/11/1921	Roumania	Johnnie's Jazz Boys	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
OKeh	S-70239	10-in.	10/11/1921	The dance they call the Georgia hunch	Clarence Williams	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
OKeh	S-70497	10-in.	Feb. 1922	She walked right up and took my man away	Lizzie Miles	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
OKeh	S-70535	10-in.	Mar. 1922	State Street blues	Lizzie Miles	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
OKeh	S-70790	10-in.	Aug. 1922	Got to cool my doggies now	Jazz Hounds ; Mamie Smith	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
OKeh	S-70833	10-in.	Sept. 1922	Strutting at the Strutter's Ball	Markel's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-70990	10-in.	Nov. 1922	Achin' hearted blues	Sara Martin ; Clarence Williams	Female vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
OKeh	S-71079	10-in.	Dec. 1922	I ain't gonna give nobody none o' this jelly roll	Jazz Hounds ; Mamie Smith	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
OKeh	S-71141	10-in.	January 1923	Loose feet	Tampa Blue Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71390	10-in.	April 1923	Keeps on a-rainin'	Sara Martin ; Clarence Williams	Female vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
OKeh	S-71415	10-in.	April 1923	Snakes' hips	Red Caps	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71513	10-in.	May 1923	Church Street sobbin' blues	Eva Taylor ; Clarence Williams	Female vocal solo, with piano	lyricist
OKeh	S-71554	10-in.	May 1923	Midnight blues	Alice Carter	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
OKeh	S-71632	10-in.	June 1923	Nobody in town can bake a sweet jelly roll like mine	Sara Martin ; Clarence Williams	Female vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
OKeh	S-71797	10-in.	August 1923	Achin' hearted blues	Clarence Williams’ Blue Five	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
OKeh	S-72175	10-in.	12/14/1923	West Indies blues	Esther Bigeou ; Piron's New Orleans Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
OKeh	S-72478	10-in.	Apr. 1924	Mississippi blues	Virginia Liston	Female vocal solo, with piano	songwriter
OKeh	S-72515	10-in.	May 1924	West Indies blues	Jamaica Jazzers	Jazz/dance quartet	composer

(Results 301-325 of 543 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Spencer," accessed April 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

Williams, Spencer. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

"Williams, Spencer." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 April 2024.

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