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O’Neill Spencer (25 Nov 1909 - 24 Jun 1944)

Male Person - United States

Relationships (6)

Member Of

  1. Jack Sneed & His Sneezers
  2. John Kirby Sextet drums (drum set)
  3. Mills Blue Rhythm Band
  4. Buster Bailey and His Rhythm Busters
  5. The Spencer Trio
  6. John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys

Recordings by (2)

  1. Front and Center 2:54 (10 May 1999)
  2. Sweet Patootie 3:20 (16 Oct 2000)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Cotton 3:09 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder (Aug 1935) drums (drum set)
  2. Truckin’ 2:45 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder (Aug 1935) drums (drum set)
  3. Ride, Red, Ride 3:00 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder (Sep 1935) drums (drum set)
  4. Congo Caravan 2:43 Mills Blue Rhythm Band under the direction of Lucky Millinder (Sep 1935) drums (drum set)
  5. Where or When 2:34 Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders (1937) drums (drum set)
  6. The Onyx Hop 2:48 Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders (1937) drums (drum set)
  7. Easy Living 2:49 Frankie Newton and His Uptown Serenaders (1937) drums (drum set)
  8. Viper Mad 3:04 Noble Sissle’s Swingsters (1938) drums (drum set)
  9. Sweet Patootie 3:19 Noble Sissle’s Swingsters (1938) drums (drum set)
  10. Light Up 2:46 Buster Bailey and His Rhythm Busters (1976) drums (drum set)
  11. 20th Century Closet 2:49 John Kirby and His Orchestra (1978) drums (drum set)
  12. St. Louis Blues 2:38 Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra (1980) drums (drum set)
  13. When the Sun Sets Down South 3:08 Noble Sissle’s Swingsters (1989) drums (drum set)
  14. Blackstick 2:48 Noble Sissle’s Swingsters (1989) drums (drum set)
  15. Last Night the Nightingale Woke Me 2:11 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  16. Polonaise, Opus 53 2:13 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  17. Twentieth Century Closet 3:03 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  18. The Lass With the Delicate Air 1:56 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  19. Mood in Question 3:24 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  20. The Heart You Stole From Me 2:57 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  21. Milumbu 3:16 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  22. Valse, Opus 64 2:27 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  23. Front and Center 2:53 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  24. Ida (Sweet as Apple Cider) 2:02 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  25. Calm as the Night 2:07 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  26. Oh! No, John 2:07 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  27. St. Louis Blues 3:08 Maxine Sullivan acc. by John Kirby and His Orchestra (1990) drums (drum set)
  28. Prelude for Trumpet (AKA Charlie’s Prelude) 2:29 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  29. Pomaine 1:56 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  30. You Mean So Much to Me 2:39 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  31. Double Talk 2:24 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  32. The Peanut Vendor 2:53 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  33. Revolutionary Etude 2:42 Maxine Sullivan And John Kirby (1990) drums (drum set)
  34. Knock-Kneed Sal (On the Mourner's Bench) 2:34 Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra (1991) drums (drum set)
  35. Trixie Blues 3:18 Trixie Smith (1991) drums (drum set)
  36. He May Be Your Man, but He Comes to See Me Sometimes 2:47 Trixie Smith (1991) drums (drum set)
  37. Jack I'm Mellow 2:46 Trixie Smith (1991) drums (drum set)
  38. Safely Locked Up in My Heart 3:02 Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra (1991) drums (drum set)
  39. My Daddy Rocks Me, Part II 2:50 Trixie Smith (1991) drums (drum set)
  40. Everything's Wrong, Ain't Nothing Right 3:06 Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra (1991) drums (drum set)
  41. My Daddy Rocks Me, Part I 3:00 Trixie Smith (1991) drums (drum set)
  42. Harlem on Saturday Night 2:43 Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Orchestra (1991) drums (drum set)
  43. Old Yazoo 3:00 Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1992) drums (drum set)
  44. Mighty Sweet 3:06 Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1992) drums (drum set)
  45. Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia 2:49 Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1992) drums (drum set)
  46. Heat Waves 3:14 Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1992) drums (drum set)

Vocals

  1. Viper Mad 3:04 Noble Sissle’s Swingsters (1938)
  2. Sweet Patootie 3:19 Noble Sissle’s Swingsters (1938)
  3. Blackstick 2:48 Noble Sissle’s Swingsters (1989)
  4. When the Sun Sets Down South 3:08 Noble Sissle’s Swingsters (1989)

Credited as (2)

  1. O’Neill Spencer
  2. Sidney Bechet with Noble Sissle’s Swingsters feat. O’Neill Spencer

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107086
  2. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13899967r
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94048915
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n94048915
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6g2919q

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/313134

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000651551

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/22328868

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2043379