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Spencer Williams (14 Oct 1889 - 14 Jul 1965)

Male Person - United States US jazz composer, pianist & singer

Recordings by (2)

  1. Basin Street Blues 5:08 (1989)
  2. Blue Train Blues (Ticket Agent Take Your Window Down) 3:00 ()

On Recordings (3)

Arranged

  1. Careless Love 9:27 Chris Barber Jazz & Blues Band (1991)

Vocals

  1. My Baby's Gone 2:59 Freddy Johnson, Arthur Briggs & Their All-Star Orchestra (1995)
  2. Sing About the Swanee 3:18 Freddy Johnson, Arthur Briggs & Their All-Star Orchestra (1995)

Credited as (10)

  1. Spencer Williams
  2. Lonnie Johnson & Spencer Williams
  3. Spencer Williams & Jack Palmer
  4. Spencer Williams arr. Alan Fernie
  5. Lonnie Johnson And Spencer Williams
  6. Leonello Casucci / Spencer Williams
  7. Clarence Williams & Spencer Williams
  8. Angelo Verploegen; Ed Verhoeff; Eric Van der Westen; Spencer Williams
  9. Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra; & Spencer Williams
  10. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra & Spencer Williams

Works (63)

Wrote

  1. Tishomingo Blues (1917)
  2. My Man O’ War
  3. I Want a Good Man (And I Want Him Bad)
  4. You'll Want My Love
  5. It’s Naughty but It’s Nice
  6. Shipwrecked Blues
  7. Arkansas Blues
  8. Keeps On a‐Rainin’
  9. Pattin’ That Cat
  10. Can't Stand It Any Longer
  11. Pent Up in a Penthouse
  12. What's the Matter Now?
  13. I Want Every Bit of It
  14. You've Got to Give Me Some
  15. I’m Sending a Letter to Santa Claus
  16. Rockin the Blues
  17. It’s Too Salty for Me
  18. Strut Yo’ Puddy
  19. Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down
  20. I’ve Found a New Baby
  21. Hi Ya, Honey?
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Composed

  1. Tishomingo Blues (1917)
  2. Royal Garden Blues (1919)
  3. I Want to Yodel (1925)
  4. Mazel Tov
  5. Mama Is Waitin' For You
  6. Midnight Blues (A Wee Hour Chant)
  7. I’m Wild About That Thing
  8. Susianna
  9. Basin Street Blues
  10. Fireworks
  11. Everybody Loves My Baby
  12. I Love Dancing
  13. Lonesome Lovesick Blues
  14. West Indies Blues
  15. Mahogany Hall Stomp
  16. Wednesday Night Waltz
  17. I Ain’t Got Nobody
  18. Just a Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody
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Lyrics

  1. I Want to Yodel (1925)
  2. Fireworks
  3. It’s the Bluest kind of Blues My Baby Sings
  4. Tessie the Teaser
  5. When Lights Are Low
  6. Mama Is Waitin' For You
  7. Midnight Blues (A Wee Hour Chant)
  8. I Love Dancing
  9. I’m Wild About That Thing
  10. Susianna
  11. Lonesome Lovesick Blues
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Links (17)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102863
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6057q8g
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/135248930
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13926234v
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/spencer_williams_f1
  6. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80095908
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80095908
  8. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=83538
  9. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1191495

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/576013

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000005340

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931714/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/66654018

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1282480

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/19884

Biographies

  1. http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=287

Discography Pages

  1. http://ragpiano.com/comps/swilliams.shtml