Birth name Spencer Williams Name Spencer Williams Origin New Orleans, U.S. Role Actor | Genres Jazz, popular music Spouse Eula Williams (m. ?–1969) Instruments Piano | |
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Born October 14, 1889 ( 1889-10-14 ) Occupation(s) Composer, pianist, singer Associated acts Fats Waller, Josephine Baker Died December 13, 1969, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies and TV shows Amos 'n' Andy, The Blood of Jesus, Son of Ingagi, Go Down - Death!, Dirty Gertie from Harlem U Similar People Tim Moore, Alvin Childress, Charles Correll, Freeman Gosden, Al Christie | ||
Education University of Minnesota | ||
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Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 – July 14, 1969) was an African-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.
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Biography
Spencer Williams was born in New Orleans. He was educated at St. Charles University in New Orleans.
Williams was performing in Chicago by 1907, and moved to New York City about 1916. After arriving in New York, he co-wrote several songs with Anton Lada of the Louisiana Five. Among those songs was "Basin Street Blues", which became one of his most popular songs and is still recorded by musicians to this day.
Williams toured Europe with bands from 1925 to 1928; during this time he wrote for Josephine Baker at the Folies Bergère in Paris. Williams then returned to New York for a few years. In 1932, he moved to Europe for good, spending many years in London before moving to Stockholm in 1951, where he spent most of the rest of his life. Williams was married to Pat Castleton (a stage name of Agnes Bage). They had two daughters together called Della and Lindy. Williams returned to New York shortly before his death in Flushing, New York on July 14, 1965.
His hit songs include "Basin Street Blues", "She'll Be Comin Around That Mountain", "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "Mahogany Hall Stomp", "I've Found a New Baby", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Shimmy-Sha-Wobble", "Boodle Am Shake", "Tishomingo Blues", "Fireworks", "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll", "Arkansas Blues", "Paradise Blues", "When Lights Are Low","Dallas Blues", and "My Man o’ War".
Williams was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Filmography
Music Department
1986
Branford Marsalis: Royal Gardens (Music Video short)
1984
David Lee Roth: Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (Music Video)
1967
Brigitte Bardot: Everybody Loves My Baby (Music Video short)
1929
The Hoose-Gow (Short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
1929
They Go Boom! (Short) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
Composer
1957
Holiday (Documentary short)
Soundtrack
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Darker Than You Think (writer: "I've Found a New Babe") (announced)
2023
Fuzzy Head (writer: "Everybody Loves My Baby")
2023
Jesus Revolution (writer: "I Found a New Baby")
2022
Elämäni Biisi (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Uudenvuoden spesiaali (2022) - (writer: "Just a Gigolo (I Ain't Got Nobody)")
2022
Marlowe (writer: "I've Found a New Baby")
2022
Living (lyrics: "When Lights Are Low") / (music: "When Lights Are Low")
2021
The Suicide Squad (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Just a Gigolo (I Ain't Got Nobody)")
2020
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Children of the Royal Sun (2020) - (writer: "Royal Garden Blues")
2019
The Man in the High Castle (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Hexagram 64 (2019) - (writer: "Farewell to Storyville")
2019
Sound of Metal (writer: "Careless Love")
2019
Just a Gigolo (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2019
Mira lo que has hecho (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- La noche de la iguana (2019) - (writer: "Just a Gigolo (I Ain't Got Nobody)")
2018
America's Musical Journey (Documentary short) (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
2018
Eighth Grade (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody" (1915) - uncredited)
2017
Suburbicon (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2017
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story (TV Mini Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Becoming Mr. Playboy (2017) - (writer: "Careless Love" - uncredited)
2017
Family Guy (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Cop and a Half-Wit (2017) - (writer: "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody")
2016
20th Century Women (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
2016
Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past (Documentary) (writer: "Tishomingo Blues", "Everybody Loves My Baby")
2015
Gotham (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Rise of the Villains: Strike Force (2015) - (music: "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody" - uncredited)
2015
Bessie (TV Movie) (writer: "Papa De Da Da")
2014
Grantchester (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5 (2014) - (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2014
Cássia Eller (Documentary) (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2014
The King's Surrender (lyrics: "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody")
2014
Poison Pen (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2014
Marcus Finds a Voice (Short) (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2013
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (writer: "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody")
2012
Boardwalk Empire (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Resignation (2013) - (writer: "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Good Time Flat Blues (aka Farwell to Storyville)" - uncredited)
- Margate Sands (2012) - (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody" - uncredited)
2013
BioShock Infinite (Video Game) (writer: "I'm Wild About That Thing")
2012
The Roth Show (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Love Train-ing/Howard Stern/The Boom (2012) - (lyrics: "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody")
2011
Enlightened (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Now or Never (2011) - (writer: "Corrina, Corrina" - uncredited)
2011
The Footy Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Grand Final Footy Show (2011) - (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody" - uncredited)
2010
When Lights Are Low (Video short) (writer: "When Lights Are Low")
2010
Treme (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Shallow Water, Oh Mama (2010) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
2009
Gracie! (TV Movie) (writer: "I'm Sending a Letter to Santa Claus" - uncredited)
2009
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV Mini Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Going Home: 1920-1933 (2009) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
2009
Blind Date (Short) (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
2008
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (Video documentary) (writer: "Everybody Loves My Baby")
2008
Me and Orson Welles (writer: "I'm a Hundred Percent For You")
2008
Ambros pur! II (Video) (writer: "Corrina, Corrina")
2008
Aufgspuit! (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Schmidbauer mit Wolfgang Ambros (2008) - (writer: "Corrina, Corrina")
2008
Skins (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Chris (2008) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
2008
Be Kind Rewind (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2007
I'm Not There (writer: "Corrina, Corrina")
2007
We Own the Night (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2007
Reign Over Me (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2007
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (Documentary) (writer: "Corrina Corrina")
2006
Jools's Hootenanny (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jools' 14th Annual Hootenanny (2006) - (writer: "Careless Love")
2006
Canadian Idol (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Top 3: Standards (2006) - (writer: "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody")
2006
Deadwood (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Catbird Seat (2006) - (writer: "Mad Mama Blues" - uncredited)
2006
A Prairie Home Companion (lyrics: "Tishomingo Blues") / (music: "Tishomingo Blues")
2005
Cinderella Man (writer: "Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble")
2005
Where the Truth Lies (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody (And There's Nobody Cares for Me)")
2004
The Aviator (writer: "Fireworks")
2004
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie ("Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody")
2004
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (writer: "I've Found a New Baby")
2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (Documentary) (writer: "Careless Love")
2003
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (TV Special) (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
2002
Road to Perdition (music: "Everybody Loves My Baby")
2001
The Cat's Meow (writer: "Everybody Loves My Baby")
2000
Pollock (writer: "Mahogany Hall Stomp")
1999
The Bachelor (writer: "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (Medley)")
1999
Kulkuri ja kaunottaret (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.7 (1999) - (writer: "Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody")
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A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1999) (music - 1 episode, 1999)
- Episode dated 16 January 1999 (1999) - (lyrics: "TISHOMINGO BLUES" (Opening theme)) / (music: "TISHOMINGO BLUES" (Opening theme))
1999
The New Addams Family (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Green Eyed Gomez (1999) - (writer: "Just a Gigolo (I Ain't Got Nobody)" - uncredited)
1997
Lolita (writer: "Royal Garden Blues")
1997
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- The Mole People (1997) - (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody" - uncredited)
1995
Casino (writer: "Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South")
1995
Mighty Aphrodite (writer: "I've Found a New Baby")
1994
Exit to Eden (writer: "Careless Love")
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Baseball (TV Mini Series documentary) (lyrics - 1 episode, 1994) (music - 1 episode, 1994) (writer - 1 episode, 1994)
- A National Heirloom (1994) - (lyrics: "Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody But Me)") / (music: "Everybody Loves My Baby (But My Baby Don't Love Nobody But Me)") / (writer: "Fireworks")
1994
Corrina, Corrina (writer: "Corrine, Corrina")
1993
Beavis and Butt-Head (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Eating Contest (1993) - (lyrics: "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody")
1993
Aqui na Terra (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
1993
Mad Dog and Glory (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
1992
Mac (lyrics: "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody")
1991
Bix (writer: "Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble")
1991
Voyager (writer: "Careless Love")
1990
Mermaids (writer: "I've Found a New Baby")
1990
Strangers in Good Company (writer: "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll")
1990
Texasville (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
1990
Pretty Woman (writer: "You Don't Understand")
1989
American Masters (TV Series documentary) (music - 1 episode)
- Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1989) - (music: "Basin Street Blues")
1989
New York Stories (writer: "I've Found A New Baby")
1988
Rockin' the Night Away (TV Special) (writer: "Corrine, Corrina")
1988
Mystic Pizza (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
1987
Angel Heart ("Basin Street Blues")
1986
David Lee Roth (Video short) (writer: "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody")
1985
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Arthur, or the Gigolo (1985) - (lyrics: "Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody")
1984
David Lee Roth: Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody (Music Video) (music: "I AIn't Got Nobody")
1983
Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone (1983) - (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody" - uncredited)
1981
Remember When... (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Birds and the Bees - (writer: "Basin Street")
1981
The George Burns (Early) Early, Early Christmas Special (TV Special) (music: "Tea for Two/I Ain't Got Nobody" - uncredited)
1981
Fantasy Island (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Basin Street/The Devil's Triangle (1981) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
1981
WKRP in Cincinnati (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Secrets of Dayton Heights (1981) - (writer: "I've Found a New Baby" - uncredited)
1980
Raging Bull (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
1980
Coeur bleu (music: "Everybody Loves My Baby")
1979
Saint Jack (writer: "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll", "Basin Street Blues")
1977
The George Burns One-Man Show (TV Special) (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody")
1974
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 3 September 1976 (1976) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
- Michael Landon/Carl Reiner/Joanna Cassidy/Gloria Loring (1974) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
1974
Young Frankenstein (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me)" - uncredited)
1974
Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- If You Were the Only Girl in the World (1974) - (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody" - uncredited)
1974
8th Annual Country Music Association Awards (TV Special) (writer: "Corina, Corina")
1973
Three Giant Men (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
1973
Iltatähti (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 6 November 1973 (1973) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
1970
Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Teddy Wilson, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan, Swinging Era (1970) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
1970
Five Easy Pieces (writer: "When There's a Fire in Your Heart")
1969
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #9.57 (1969) - (writer: "Everybody Loves My Baby")
1968
Brigitte Bardot (TV Movie) (music: "Everybody Loves My Baby")
1967
Rosie! (music: "Everybody Loves My Baby" - uncredited)
1967
Bandstand (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 29 July 1967 (1967) - (music: "Everybody Loves My Baby")
1967
The Jokers (writer: "Royal Garden Blues" - uncredited)
1967
Thoroughly Modern Millie (lyrics: "I Found a New Baby", "Everybody Loves My Baby") / (music: "I Found a New Baby", "Everybody Loves My Baby")
1966
Herbie (Short) (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
1966
The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #4.9 (1966) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
1966
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.14 (1966) - (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody (and There's Nobody Cares for Me)" - uncredited)
1965
Hollywood a Go Go (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.16 (1965) - (writer: "Corrina Corrina")
1963
Karel Gott & Rudolf Cortés: Nestálá láska (Music Video short) (writer: "Nestálá láska (Careless Love)")
1963
Revue pro banjo (TV Movie) (writer: "Nestálá láska (Careless Love)")
1963
The Lively Ones (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jaye P. Morgan, Benny Goodman, Professor Irwin Corey (1963) - (writer: "I've Found a New Baby")
1963
Age tendre et tête de bois (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 11 May 1963 (1963) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
1962
Ring-A-Ding Rhythm! (writer: "Everybody Loves My Baby" - uncredited)
1961
Glenn Miller Time (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.1 (1961) - (music: "The Royal Garden Blues" - uncredited)
1959
NDR Jazz Workshops (TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes)
- No. 22 (1961) - (writer: "I've Found a New Baby")
- No. 12 (1960) - (writer: "I've Found A New Baby")
- No. 08 (1959) - (writer: "I've Found A New Baby", "Royal Garden Blues")
- No. 04 (1959) - (writer: "When Lights Are Low")
1961
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tab Hunter (1961) - (writer: "I Ain't Got No Body")
1961
Stagecoach West (TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Blind Man's Bluff (1961) - (lyrics: "Careless Love" - uncredited)
1954
The Jack Benny Program (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Variety Show (1961) - (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody" - uncredited)
- The Jam Session Show (1954) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
1960
The Revlon Revue (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A 70th Birthday Salute to Paul Whiteman (1960) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
1959
The Gene Krupa Story (writer: "Royal Garden Blues" - uncredited)
1959
Startime (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- George Burns in the Big Time (1959) - (writer: "I Ain't Got Nobody" - uncredited)
1958
Ranch Party (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.21 (1958) - (writer: "Corrine, Corrina")
1958
Jazz Party (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 25 December 1958 (1958) - (writer: "Careless Love")
- Episode #1.22 (1958) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
1958
Timex All-Star Jazz Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 30 April 1958 (1958) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
1958
St. Louis Blues (lyrics: "Careless Love")
1957
The Rosemary Clooney Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Vincent Price (1957) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
1956
Swing it, fröken (music: "Closer, Closer")
1955
Show Time at the Apollo (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Beale Street Revue - (writer: "My Basin Street Blues")
1955
Mister Peepers (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Wally Cox Story (1955) - (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
1955
Love Me or Leave Me (music: "Everybody Loves My Baby (but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me)" - uncredited)
1954
The Glenn Miller Story (writer: "Basin Street Blues" - uncredited)
1952
Connee Boswell and Ada Leonard (Short) (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
1951
Teresa Brewer and the Firehouse Five Plus Two (Short) (music: "Everybody Loves My Baby (but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me)" - uncredited)
1951
The Strip ("Basin Street Blues")
1949
Hour of Glory (writer: "Soft Shoe Shuffle" - uncredited)
1947
New Orleans (lyrics: "Farewell to Storyville" - uncredited) / (music: "Farewell to Storyville" - uncredited) / (writer: "Basin Street Blues", "Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble", "Mahogany Hall Stomp" - uncredited)
1945
Rhythm Round-Up (writer: "Corrine, Corrina")
1944
Sweet and Low-Down (writer: "I've Found a New Baby" (1926) - uncredited)
1944
Atlantic City (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody Much (And Nobody Cares for Me)")
1944
The United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corps Band (Short) (writer: "Corrine, Corrina" - uncredited)
1938
Oh Boy! (writer: "Swanee Swing" - uncredited)
1936
Swing It (Short) (writer: "Basin Street Blues")
1935
Poor Little Me (Short) (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody" - uncredited)
1933
Barber Shop Blues (Short) (writer: "Careless Love" - uncredited)
1933
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #3 (Short) (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody Much (and Nobody Cares for Me)" - uncredited)
1932
I Ain't Got Nobody (Short) (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody Much (and Nobody Cares for Me)")
1931
Somebody Stole My Gal (Short) (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody (and Nobody Cares for Me)" - uncredited)
1929
The Opry House (Short) (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody Much (and Nobody Cares for Me)" - uncredited)
1928
Gus Arnheim and His Ambassadors (Short) (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody Much (and Nobody Cares for Me)" - uncredited)
1928
The Jazzmania Quintette (Short) (music: "I Ain't Got Nobody Much (and Nobody Cares for Me)" - uncredited)
References
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