Clarence Williams

Clarence Williams (October 8, 1898 or October 6, 1893 – November 6, 1965) was an American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 8, 1893 (Acadiana), Died November 6, 1965 (Queens)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1916 - 1954

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, leader, composer, songwriter, lyricist, jug, baritone saxophone, speaker, director, organ, kazoo, arranger, percussion

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 651-675 of 712 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick E35910 10-in. 1/9/1931 Papa-de-da-da King Oliver Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio songwriter  
Brunswick E36102 10-in. 2/18/1931 Sugar blues King Oliver Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E36655 10-in. 4/23/1931 Shout, Sister, shout Boswell Sisters Female vocal trio, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Brunswick E37392 10-in. 11/19/1931 Baby, won’t you please come home Mills Brothers Male vocal quartet, with guitar songwriter  
Brunswick E3247-E3249 10-in. 6/17/1926 Chicken rag Versatile Three Male vocal trio, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Brunswick E3250-E3252 10-in. 6/17/1926 Papa-de-da-da Versatile Three Male vocal trio, with piano instrumentalist, piano, songwriter  
Brunswick E4394-E4396 10-in. 1/19/1927 Baby won't you please come home Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick E4857-E4859 10-in. 4/27/1927 Take your black bottom dance outside Clarence Williams’ Blue Five Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo leader, composer  
Brunswick E4860-E4862 10-in. 4/27/1927 Baltimore Clarence Williams’ Blue Five Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo leader  
Brunswick E21786-E21787 10-in. 3/8/1927 Cushion foot stomp Clarence Williams’ Washboard Band Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo leader, composer, lyricist  
Brunswick E21788-E21789 10-in. 3/8/1927 P.D.Q. blues Clarence Williams’ Washboard Band Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo leader  
Brunswick E23499-E23502 10-in. 6/7/1927 Slow river Bottomland Orchestra ; Clarence Williams Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo; without vocal (take E23502) leader, arranger  
Brunswick E23503-E23505 10-in. 6/7/1927 Zulu wail Bottomland Orchestra ; Clarence Williams Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo; without vocal (take E23505) leader, arranger  
Brunswick C1907 10-in. 4/28/1928 Baby, won’t you please come home? Louisiana Rhythm Kings Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick C1908 10-in. 4/28/1928 Baby, won’t you please come home Louisiana Rhythm Kings Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick C1979 10-in. 5/25/1928 Baby, won’t you please come home Ray Mayer Piano solo songwriter  
Brunswick C2403 10-in. 10/5/1928 You can’t come in Bert M. Mays Male vocal solo, with piano composer  
Brunswick C2544 10-in. 11/9/1928 You can’t come in Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Brunswick C1290-C1291 10-in. 10/12/1927 Royal Garden blues Original Wolverines ; Richard Dick Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick C1804-C1805 10-in. 3/27/1928 Baby, won’t you please come home Chicago Rhythm Kings Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Brunswick DAL174 10-in. 9/27/1935 I can't dance (I got ants in my pants) Roy Newman and his Boys String band, with male vocal solo composer  
Edison 9104 10-in. 7/30/1923 'Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do Charles A. Matson's Creole Serenaders Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Edison 9579 10-in. 6/23/1924 Black Star Line Ernest Hare Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Edison 9608 10-in. 7/9/1924 Sugar blues Emma Johnson Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Edison 9622 10-in. 7/17/1924 Gulf Coast blues Emma Johnson Female vocal solo, with orchestra composer, lyricist  
(Results 651-675 of 712 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Clarence," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103691.

Williams, Clarence. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103691.

"Williams, Clarence." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103691

Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license

Feedback

Send the Editors a message about this record.