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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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 501-525 of 543 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick 373W-375W 10-in. 2/16/1925 Everybody loves my baby Tennessee Tooters Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Brunswick 402W-404W 10-in. 2/20/1925 She’s my Sheba, I’m her sheik Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 476W-477W 10-in. 2/26/1925 Everybody loves my baby Irving Kaufman Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Brunswick 577W-579W 10-in. 3/20/1925 Get it fixed Rosa Henderson Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance trio composer  
Brunswick 1337W-1339W 10-in. 9/11/1925 Give me just a little bit (Of your love) Peggy English Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Brunswick 1347W-1349W 10-in. 9/15/1925 I ain't got nobody (And nobody cares for me) Tennessee Tooters Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick [Br (U.K.) cat 138-a] 10-in. approximately Oct. 1927 I ain’t got nobody Fred Elizalde Piano solo composer  
Brunswick 517 10-in. March 1928 Arkansas Fred Elizalde Hot Music Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Edison 4943 10-in. 8/22/1916 Shim-me-sha-wabble National Promenade Band Band composer  
Edison 6096 10-in. 3/31/1918 Three pickaninnies Collins and Harlan Male vocal duet, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 7423 10-in. 6/24/1920 Mississippi bound Al Bernard Male vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
Edison 8932 10-in. 4/18/1923 Snakes' hips Jazz-O-Harmonists Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 8964 10-in. 5/9/1923 Tell me, Gypsy (Where my lovin' daddy's gone) Broadway Dance Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 9104 10-in. 7/30/1923 'Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do Charles A. Matson's Creole Serenaders Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Edison 9163 10-in. 9/14/1923 She walked right up and took my man away Ellen Coleman Female vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Edison 9579 10-in. 6/23/1924 Black Star Line Ernest Hare Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Edison 9734 10-in. 9/24/1924 Everybody loves my baby (But my baby don't love nobody but me) Georgia Melodians Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Edison 10913 10-in. 4/7/1926 I've found a new baby Georgia Melodians Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Edison 11914 10-in. 9/26/1927 I ain't got nobody much Ernie Golden ; Hotel McAlpin Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 18198 10-in. 1/27/1928 I ain't got nobody (And nobody cares for me) Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 18438 10-in. 4/24/1928 Careless love Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Edison 18548 10-in. 5/29/1928 Fireworks Duke Yellman Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 18663 10-in. 8/20/1928 Drowsy moonlight Frank Wallace Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar composer, lyricist  
Edison 18664 10-in. 8/20/1928 Swanee blue-jay Frank Wallace Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar composer, lyricist  
Edison 18737 10-in. 9/19/1928 I ain't got nobody (And nobody cares for me) Vaughn De Leath Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
(Results 501-525 of 543 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Spencer," accessed March 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

Williams, Spencer. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

"Williams, Spencer." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 March 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

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

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