Bert A. Williams (1874-1922)
Last updated: 19.01.22
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| Title | Attribution | Instruments | Source | Remarks |
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Dora Dean (1896) | Clifford & Huth (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP |  |
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Fas', Fas' World (1907) | Alex Rogers (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Ma Lady Annabelle (1905) | Earle C. Jones (words) Carroll Johnson (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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That's a Plenty (1909)(w&m) | Henry Creamer (words) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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You're Gwine to Get Somethin' What You Don't Expect (1910) | Vincent Bryan (words) Bert A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910) | Piano, Voice | By L.F. Muir |
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That's a Plenty (1909) | Piano, Voice | By B.A. Williams |
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You're Gwine to Get Somethin' What You Don't Expect (1910) | Piano, Voice | By B.A. Williams |
This list is arranged by composer and contains 13 songs sung by Bert A. Williams who is featured on sheet music covers.
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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Moon Shines on the Moonshine (1920), The | Robert Hood Bowers | Francis De Witt (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) A. Bernard (perf.) Ernest Hare (perf.) |
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Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues (1918) | Henry Creamer(w&m) | Turner Layton (co-author) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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You Can't Shake That Shimmie Here (1919) | Ford T. Dabney | B.A. Williams (perf.) | |
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Land Where the Women Wear the Trousers (1909) | Fred Godfrey(w&m) | Charles Denton (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910) | Lewis F. Muir | William Tracey (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) Ed Morton (perf.) Edward Meeker (perf.) |
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I May Be Crazy, But I Ain't No Fool (1904) | Alexander Rogers | B.A. Williams (perf.) | |
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I'm a Jonah Man (1903) | Alexander Rogers | B.A. Williams (perf.) George Walker (perf.) |
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Nobody (1905) | Alexander Rogers(w&m) | B.A. Williams (perf.) | |
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You'll Never Need a Doctor No More (1921) | Chris Smith | Chris smith (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1908) | Chris Smith | Cecil Mack (words) Ed Morton (perf.) Clarice Vance (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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⇑That's a Plenty (1909) | Bert A. Williams(w&m) | Henry Creamer (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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You're Gwine to Get Somethin' What You Don't Expect (1910) | Bert A. Williams | Vincent Bryan (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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I Ain't Got Nobody Much and Nobody Cares For Me (1916) | Spencer Williams | Roger Graham (words) S. Tucker (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 52 works by Bert A. Williams (1874-1922).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:
(w&m)
(w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Dora Dean | 1896 | Clifford & Huth (perf.) | |
| Mammy's Little Pickaninny Boy | 1896 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| Miss Brown's Cake Walk | 1896 | |
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| Oh! I Don't Know, You're Not So Warm! | 1896 | |
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| Oh, I Don't Know, or, I Thought I Was a Winner | 1896 | |
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| When Miss Maria Johnson Marries Me | 1896 | George Walker (words) | |
| De Darkies' Jubilee | 1897 | ||
| I Don't Like No Cheap Man | 1897 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| Dance of the Toads | 1898 | |
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| He's Up Against the Real Thing Now | 1898 | ||
| I'm a Cooler For the Warmest Coon in Town | 1898 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| ⇑ Not a Coon Came Out the Way That He Went In | 1898 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| Trip to Coontown, A | 1898 | B. Cole (words) J. Weldon Johnson (words) |
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| Why Don't You Get a Lady of Your Own | 1898 | George Walker (words) | |
| Medicine Man, The | 1899 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| Snap Shot Sal | 1899 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Sousa Outdone by the Colored Band | 1899 | George Walker (words) | |
| Blackville Strutters Ball, The | 1900 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| Ghost of a Coon | 1900 | George Walker (words) | |
| I Want to Be a Military Man | 1900 | George Walker (words) | |
| Voodoo Man, The | 1900 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| Fortune Telling Man, The | 1901 | George Walker (words) | |
| She's Getting More Like the White Folks Every Day | 1901 | George Walker (co-author) | |
| When Zacharias Leads the Band | 1901 | ||
| It A'int No Use to Sing Dem Songs to Me | 1902 | ||
| When It's All Goin' Out, and Nothin' Comin' In | 1902 | George Walker (words) | |
| Ma Lady Annabelle | 1905 | Earle C. Jones (words) Carroll Johnson (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Nobody | 1905 | Alex Rogers (words) | |
| Here It Comes Again | 1906 | ||
| Island of by and By, The | 1906 | Alex Rogers (words) Aida Overton-Walker (perf.) |
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| Jolly Jungle Boys, The | 1906 | ||
| Let It Alone | 1906 | Alex Rogers (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Rastus Johnson, U. S. A | 1906 | ||
| Fas', Fas' World | 1907 | Alex Rogers (words) | |
| I Used to Be Afraid to Go Home in the Dark (w&m) | 1908 | E.A. van Alstyne (co-author) | |
| Believe Me | 1909 | ||
| By-Gone Days in Dixie | 1909 | ||
| Chink Chink Chinaman | 1909 | ||
| Dance of the Veiled Mugs, The | 1909 | ||
| Harbor of Lost Dreams, The | 1909 | ||
| My Ole Man | 1909 | ||
| That's a Plenty (w&m) | 1909 | Henry Creamer (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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| Constantly | 1910 | Chris Smith (words) James Burris (words) |
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| ⇑ If I Should Die, Before I Wake, How Will I Know, I'm Dead? | 1910 | ||
| Lovie Joe | 1910 | Chris Smith (words) James Burris (words) |
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| That's Genuine First Class Yiddisha Love | 1910 | Chris Smith (words) James Burris (words) |
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| White Folks Call It Chantecler But It's Just Plain Chicken to Me | 1910 | ||
| You're Gwine to Get Somethin' What You Don't Expect | 1910 | Vincent Bryan (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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