Clarence Williams (08 Oct 1898 - 06 Nov 1965)

Male Person - United States US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader

Releases (20)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1921-1924 1992
  2. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1924-1926 1993
  3. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1926-1927 1993
  4. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1927 1993
  5. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1927-1928 1994
  6. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1928-1929 1994
  7. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1929 1994
  8. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1929-1930 1995
  9. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1930-1931 1995
  10. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1933 1995
  11. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1933-1934 1996
  12. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1934-1937 1996
  13. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1934 1996
  14. The Chronological Classics: Clarence Williams 1937–1941 1997
  15. Jazz Greats, Volume 56: Clarence Williams: Talk of the Town 1998
  16. Vol. 1 1923 1998
  17. With Louis Armstrong & Sidney Bechet 26 Jan 1999
  18. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? 2001
  19. You Rascal You 2005
  20. Clarence Williams Vol. 1

Relationships (17)

Member Of

  1. Clarence Williams' Washboard Five original, eponymous, piano
  2. Clarence Williams Jazz Band original, eponymous, piano
  3. Clarence Williams’ Trio original, eponymous, piano
  4. Clarence Williams and His Novelty Four original, eponymous, piano
  5. Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings original, eponymous, piano
  6. Clarence Williams and His Washboard Band original, eponymous, piano
  7. Clarence Williams’ Blue Five original, eponymous, piano
  8. Clarence Williams and His Orchestra original, eponymous, piano
  9. The King Bechet Trio
  10. The Riffers
  11. Blue Grass Foot Warmers
  12. Olympia Orchestra
  13. Barrel House Five Orchestra
  14. The Harlem Trio
  15. Ham & Cabbage Trio

Supporting For

  1. Laura Smith piano

Married

  1. Eva Taylor (1921 - 06 Nov 1965)

Recordings by (142)

  1. The Dance They Call the Georgia Hunch 3:11 (1921)
  2. Close Fit Blues ?:?? (1970)
  3. Baby Won't You Please Come Home ?:?? (1970)
  4. Papa De Da Da ?:?? (1979)
  5. Sugar Blues 3:40 (1991)
  6. If You Don't Believe I Love You (Look What a Fool I've Been) 2:47 (1992)
  7. Roumania 3:18 (1992)
  8. Pullman Porter Blues 3:01 (1992)
  9. Decatur Street Blues 3:00 (1992)
  10. Brown Skin (Who You for) 3:12 (1992)
  11. Mixing the Blues 3:12 (1992)
  12. The Weary Blues 2:33 (1992)
  13. My Own Blues 2:47 (1992)
  14. Gravier Street Blues 2:47 (1992)
  15. I'm a Little Blackbird (Looking for a Bluebird) 3:20 (02 Mar 1993)
  16. Spanish Shawl 3:11 (1993)
  17. Dinah 2:39 (1993)
  18. Jackass Blues 3:03 (1993)
  19. What's the Matter Now? 2:22 (1993)
  20. When I March in April With May 3:12 (1993)
  21. Shooting the Pistol 2:56 (1993)
  22. Organ Grinder Blues 3:25 (1994)
  23. Wildflower Rag 3:08 (1994)
  24. My Woman Done Me Wrong (As Far as I Am Concerned) 3:22 (1994)
  25. Farm Hand Papa 3:09 (1994)
  26. A Pane in the Glass 3:06 (1994)
  27. Too Low 2:58 (1994)
  28. Wild Cat Blues 2:58 (1994)
  29. In the Bottle Blues 2:54 (1994)
  30. Take Your Black Bottom Outside 2:52 (15 Aug 1995)
  31. You Rascal You 3:40 (1995)
  32. Michigan Water Blues 3:23 (1995)
  33. No Rest for the Worried 2:08 (1998)
  34. Cake Walking Babies From Home 3:03 (26 Jan 1999)
  35. Everybody Loves My Baby 2:36 (26 Jan 1999)
  36. Shreveport Blues 3:01 (26 Jan 1999)
  37. Mandy, Make Up Your Mind 3:10 (26 Jan 1999)
  38. I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird 3:17 (26 Jan 1999)
  39. Old Fashioned Love 3:10 (26 Jan 1999)
  40. Oh Daddy! 3:12 (26 Jan 1999)
  41. Texas Moaner Blues 3:13 (26 Jan 1999)
  42. Just Wait 'Til You See My Baby Do the Charleston 2:50 (26 Jan 1999)
  43. Papa De-Da-Da 3:06 (26 Jan 1999)
  44. 'Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do 2:51 (26 Jan 1999)
  45. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues 2:55 (26 Jan 1999)
  46. Livin' High Sometimes 2:34 (26 Jan 1999)
  47. Coal Cart Blues 2:54 (26 Jan 1999)
  48. Cast Away 2:54 (26 Jan 1999)
  49. Mean Blues 3:00 (26 Jan 1999)
  50. House Rent Blues (The Stomp) 2:59 (26 Jan 1999)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Nervous Blues ?:?? Esther Bigeou (1921) piano
  2. The Dance They Call the Georgia Hunch 3:11 Clarence Williams (1921) piano
  3. Baby Won’t You Please Come Home Blues 2:57 Bessie Smith (May 1923) piano
  4. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate 2:51 Eva Taylor (1923) piano
  5. Down Hearted Blues 3:27 Bessie Smith (1923) piano
  6. Baby Won't You Please Come Home 2:51 Eva Taylor (1923) piano
  7. Beale Street Mama ?:?? Esther Bigeou (1923) piano
  8. I'm Through With You (As I Can Be) ?:?? Esther Bigeou (1923) piano
  9. Mean Blues 2:58 Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1924) piano
  10. Shreveport Blues 3:00 Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1924) piano
  11. Cake Walkin’ Babies From Home 2:58 Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (Apr 1925) piano
  12. Cushion Foot Stomp ?:?? Clarence Williams and His Washboard Band (Jun 1927) piano
  13. P. D. Q. Blues ?:?? Clarence Williams and His Washboard Band (Jun 1927) piano
  14. Kitchen Man 2:58 Bessie Smith (Jul 1929) piano
  15. West End Blues ?:?? Eva Taylor (1929) piano
  16. Have You Ever Felt That Way? ?:?? Eva Taylor (1929) piano
  17. Blind Man Blues 3:10 Sara Martin with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1969) piano
  18. Construction Gang ?:?? Butterbeans and Susie (1969) piano
  19. E Flat Blues 3:03 Margaret Johnson with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1969) piano
  20. In the Bottle Blues ?:?? Clarence Williams and His Novelty Four (1969) piano
  21. Jenny's Ball 3:09 Mamie Smith (1969) piano
  22. Bouncing Around ?:?? Piron's New Orleans Orchestra (1969) piano
  23. Papa, Mama’s All Alone Blues 2:40 Margaret Johnson with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1972) piano
  24. Them 'Has Been' Blues 3:33 Bessie Smith (1972) piano
  25. Changeable Daddy of Mine 2:44 Margaret Johnson with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1972) piano
  26. Santa Claus Blues 2:41 Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1972) piano
  27. Squeeze Me 3:08 Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1972) piano
  28. What's the Matter Now? 2:46 Bessie Smith (1972) piano
  29. Santa Claus 3:26 Clarence Williams’ Trio (1972) piano
  30. Florida Bound Blues 3:15 Bessie Smith (1972) piano
  31. You Can't Shush Kattie (The Gabbiest Girl in Town) 3:06 Eva Taylor (1972) piano
  32. I Want Ev'ry Bit of It 2:36 Bessie Smith (1972) piano
  33. Baby, I Can’t Use You No More 3:05 Sippie Wallace with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1972) piano
  34. Early in the Morning 3:06 Virginia Liston with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1972) piano
  35. Squeeze Me 2:53 Bessie Smith (1972) piano
  36. Trouble Everywhere I Roam 2:58 Sippie Wallace with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1972) piano
  37. New Gulf Coast Blues 3:23 Bessie Smith (1972) piano
  38. I've Found a New Baby 2:53 James P. Johnson & Clarence Williams (1986) piano
  39. You’ve Got to Give Me Some 2:47 Bessie Smith (1986) piano
  40. Keep It to Yourself 3:34 Bessie Smith (1986) piano
  41. I'm Wild About That Thing 2:54 Bessie Smith (1987) piano
  42. ’Tain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do 3:31 Bessie Smith (24 Feb 1989) piano
  43. Wild Cat Blues 3:01 Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (Jun 1989) piano
  44. You've Got to Give Me Some 2:42 Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams & Eddie Lang (1989) piano
  45. Mandy, Make Up Your Mind 3:11 Clarence Williams’ Blue Five (1989) piano
  46. You've Got to Give Me Some 2:47 Bessie Smith (1989) piano
  47. I'm Wild About That Thing 2:55 Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams & Eddie Lang (1989) piano
  48. Keep It to Yourself 3:28 Bessie Smith, Louis Bacon, Charlie Green, Garvin Bushell & Clarence Williams (1989) piano
  49. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 3:03 Bessie Smith, Ed Allen, Garvin Bushell, Greely Walton, Clarence Williams & Cyrus St. Clair (1989) piano

Vocals

  1. The Dance They Call the Georgia Hunch 3:11 Clarence Williams (1921)

Credited as (37)

  1. Clarence Williams
  2. Clarence Williams & James P. Johnson
  3. Clarence Williams, Chris A. Smith & H. Troy
  4. Clarence Williams & Henry Troy
  5. Alger "Texas" Alexander with King Oliver, Clarence Williams & Eddie Lang
  6. Bessie Smith & Clarence Williams
  7. Bessie Smith with Ed Allen, Garvin Bushell, Greely Walton, Clarence Williams & Cyrus St. Clair
  8. Bessie Smith with Louis Bacon, Charlie Green, Garvin Bushell & Clarence Williams
  9. Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams & Eddie Lang
  10. Jimmy Johnson & Clarence Williams
  11. Joe Sims & Clarence Williams
  12. Clarence Williams & Sara Martin
  13. Clarence Williams & Clarence Todd
  14. Jimmy Johnson and Clarence Williams
  15. Ethel Waters & Clarence Williams
  16. Esther Bigeou / Clarence Williams
  17. Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams
  18. Eva Taylor & Clarence Williams
  19. Clarence Williams, Fletcher Henderson, Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces, The Rhythmakers
  20. Lonnie Johnson And Clarence Williams
  21. Bessie Smith, Ed Allen, Garvin Bushell, Greely Walton, Clarence Williams & Cyrus St. Clair
  22. Bessie Smith, Louis Bacon, Charlie Green, Garvin Bushell & Clarence Williams
  23. Eva Taylor & Clarence Williams with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
  24. Sara Martin duet with Clarence Williams
  25. Luke Jones with Joe Alexander's Highlanders, vocals Clarence Williams
  26. James P. Johnson, Clarence Williams
  27. Clarence Williams & Spencer Williams
  28. James P. Johnson With Clarence Williams
  29. Jimmy Johnson And Clarence Williams
  30. James P. Johnson & Clarence Williams
  31. Sara Martin & Clarence Williams
  32. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, Lil Armstrong & Clarence Williams
  33. Eva Taylor and Clarence Williams with Clarence Williams’ Blue Five
  34. James P. Johnson, Clarence Williams
  35. Bessie Smith with Clarence Williams
  36. Lonnie Johnson & Clarence Williams with James P. Johnson
  37. Jimmy Johnson & Clarence Williams

Works (62)

Wrote

  1. Sugar Blues (1920)
  2. I Want Every Bit of It
  3. What's the Matter Now?
  4. I’m Falling for You
  5. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
  6. Jail House Blues
  7. Toothache Blues, Part II
  8. Organ Grinder Blues
  9. Jungle Dancing
  10. Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
  11. Toothache Blues, Part 1
  12. Tomorrow Night
  13. You Don’t Know My Mind
  14. You’re Some Pretty Doll
  15. Overwork Blues
  16. You Ain't Nothin' Daddy
  17. Michigan Water Blues
  18. Coal Cart Blues
  19. Shout, Sister, Shout
  20. I'm Coming Home
  21. Music Man Part 1 and 2
  22. I Let My Daddy Do That
  23. Hop Off
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Composed

  1. Royal Garden Blues (1919)
  2. The Gulf Coast Blues (1923)
  3. Kansas City Man Blues
  4. Mama's Got The Blues
  5. Achin' Hearted Blues
  6. Nobody's Blues But Mine
  7. I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None o’ This Jelly Roll
  8. I Don’t Dig It
  9. I Can't Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants
  10. Texas Moaner Blues
  11. Papa De Da Da
  12. Trombone Blues
  13. Outside of That, He's All Right With Me
  14. You Ain't Treating Me Right
  15. West Indies Blues
  16. Lovin's Been Here and Gone to Mecca Flat
  17. Sugar Blues
  18. Wild Cat Blues
  19. Where Did You Stay Last Night
  20. My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
  21. Harlem Joys
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Lyrics

  1. The Gulf Coast Blues (1923)
  2. My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
  3. I Don’t Dig It
  4. I Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None o’ This Jelly Roll
  5. West End Blues
  6. Squeeze Me
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Links (14)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82078500
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82078500
  3. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w68s4qz0
  4. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103691
  5. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=4857
  6. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1111397
  7. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134580249

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/307393

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000783288

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/67811115

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q162530

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/19976

Biographies

  1. http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/clarence_williams.htm
  2. http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C286