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 101-125 of 555 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-030450	10-in.	12/19/1938	Royal Garden blues	Mezzrow-Ladnier Quintet	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-030451	10-in.	12/19/1938	Everybody loves my baby	Mezzrow-Ladnier Quintet	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-030452	10-in.	12/19/1938	Ain't gonna give nobody none of my jelly-roll	Mezzrow-Ladnier Quintet	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	PBS-036063	10-in.	3/22/1939	Basin Street blues	Gloria King	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-037729	10-in.	6/19/1939	Royal Garden blues	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-038212	10-in.	6/28/1939	What a pretty miss	Fats Waller and his Rhythm	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-038291	10-in.	7/19/1939	I've found a new baby	Bud Freeman ; Summa Cum Laude Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-041539	10-in.	8/10/1939	I found a new baby	Delta Rhythm Band ; Bob Zurke	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-043247	10-in.	10/30/1939	I've found a new baby	Lionel Hampton Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-045944	10-in.	1/16/1940	Bullfrog and the toad	Deep River Boys	Male vocal quartet, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-045948	10-in.	1/17/1940	Shim-me-sha-wabble	Don Redman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-057083	10-in.	11/6/1940	Everybody loves my baby	Fats Waller and his Rhythm	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-057617	10-in.	11/11/1940	Basin Street blues	Barefooted Dixieland Philharmonics ; Henry Levine	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-063826	10-in.	4/28/1941	I ain't gonna give nobody none o' this jellyroll	Sidney Bechet ; New Orleans Feetwarmers	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	BS-066128	10-in.	6/23/1941	Careless love	The Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Lena Horne ; Henry Levine	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-071148	10-in.	10/9/1941	I found a new baby	Bill Mounce ; Sons of the South	String band	songwriter
Victor	E0VB-3034	10-in.	1/10/1950	Careless love	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra ; Jimmy Mitchell	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	F4PB-0427	10-in.	2/7/1955	Light's on	Ben Light		songwriter
Victor	D6VB-2131	10-in.	9/3/1946	Royal garden blues	Duke Ellington Orchestra ; Duke Ellington	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D6VB-2194	10-in.	10/17/1946	Mahogany Hall stomp	Louis Armstrong ; Dixieland Seven	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	D6VB-3282	10-in.	11/19/1946	Basin Street blues	Mullen Sisters ; Tony Mottola Orchestra	Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance septet	composer
Victor	D9VB-0655	10-in.	6/1/1949	I ain't gonna give nobody none of this jelly roll	Phil Harris Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	D9VB-0873	10-in.	2/3/1949	Wednesday night waltz	"Sister" Billie Rose Atkins ; Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins)	Female-male vocal duet, with string band	composer
Victor	D9VB-1267	10-in.	4/11/1949	Careless love	Four Tunes	Male vocal quartet, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter
Victor	[Trial 1920-04-14-01]	Not documented	4/14/1920	Barcelona	Lada's Society Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer

(Results 101-125 of 555 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Spencer," accessed January 6, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

Williams, Spencer. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 6, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863.

"Williams, Spencer." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 6 January 2026.

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

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