Columbia matrix 3423. Nobody / Bert Williams

TitleSource
Nobody (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
Coon song (Title descriptor)Disc label (RDI)
Abyssinia (Work title)Disc label (RDI)
Authors and ComposersNotes
Bert Williams (composer)
Alex Rogers (lyricist)
Hugh Aspinwall (arranger)
Composer information source: Disc label; ADP.
PersonnelNotes
Bert Williams (vocalist : baritone vocal)
Additional Information
  • Description: Male vocal solo, with orchestra
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Brooks/Rust: "Bert Williams' first recording of his most famous song. A flexible single-face Columbia 'Sample' pressing of this master (-2) has also been found, perhaps representing an early test of the Marconi format."
Additional number: M-764.
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Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
between January and June 1906 New York, New York [1] Unknown
between January and June 1906 New York, New York 2 Master Columbia 3423 10-in.
between January and June 1906 New York, New York 2 Master Columbia A302 10-in.
between January and June 1906 New York, New York 2 Master Climax K79 10-in.
between January and June 1906 New York, New York 2 Master Diamond 3423 10-in.
between January and June 1906 New York, New York 2 Master Standard 3423 10-in.
between January and June 1906 New York, New York 2 Master Pearl GEMM CD 9052 Compact disc
between 1901 and 1907 New York, New York Unknown Master Marconi 0303 10-in.
between 1906 and 1909 New York, New York Unknown Master Star 2248 10-in.
between 1906 and 1909 New York, New York Unknown Master Busy-Bee 2248 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia matrix 3423. Nobody / Bert Williams," accessed December 13, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000138980/3423-Nobody.

Columbia matrix 3423. Nobody / Bert Williams. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 13, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000138980/3423-Nobody.

"Columbia matrix 3423. Nobody / Bert Williams." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 13 December 2025.

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