Bert A. Williams  (1874-1922)
Last updated: 06.01.24
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Websites:
url15.gif Bert Williams Biography by wikipedia.org.  
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Dat's Harmony (1912) B.A. Williams R.S. Roberts Edison Amberol: 887
cylinder15.gif Dat's Harmony (1912) B.A. Williams Arthur Collins U.S. Everlasting Record: 437
cylinder15.gif He's a Cousin of Mine (1906) B.A. Williams R.S. Roberts Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9412
cylinder15.gif Let It Alone (1907) B.A. Williams Ada Jones Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9507
cylinder15.gif Nobody (1905) B.A. Williams Arthur Collins Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9084
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Dat's Harmony (1911) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Vampire (1914), The James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
audioextmp315.gif I'm Tired of Eating in the Restaurants (1906) B.A. Williams B.A. Williams Columbia Phonograph Company: 32990
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Dora Dean (1896) B.A. Williams (music)
Billie S. Clifford (perf.)
Maud Huth (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Fas', Fas' World (1907) B.A. Williams (music)
Alex Rogers (words)
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pdf15.gif Ma Lady Annabelle (1905) B.A. Williams (music)
Earle C. Jones (words)
Carroll Johnson (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Nobody (1905) B.A. Williams (music)
Alex Rogers (words)
Clifford & Burke (perf.)
Lew Dockstader (perf.)
Geo Sydney (perf.)
Tom Lancaster (perf.)
Emile Subers (perf.)
Matthews & Ashley (perf.)
R. Cox (perf.)
La Petite Mignon (perf.)
Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif That's a Plenty (1909) B.A. Williams (w&m)
H. Creamer (words)
B.A. Williams (perf.)
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pdf15.gif You're Gwine to Get Somethin' What You Don't Expect (1910) B.A. Williams (music)
V. Bryan (words)
B.A. Williams (perf.)
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  As performer        
pdf15.gif Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910) L.F. Muir (music)
W. Tracey (words)
B.A. Williams (perf.)
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This list is arranged by composer and contains 18 works performed 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) ER
     Title Composer Attribution Remarks
         
perf15.jpg Eve Cost Adam Just One Bone (1921) Charles A. Bayha Bert A. Williams (perf.)
perf15.jpg Moon Shines on the Moonshine (1920), The Robert Hood Bowers Francis De Witt (words)
Al. Bernard (perf.)
Ernest Hare (perf.)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Ev'rybody's Crazy 'bout the Doggone Blues (1918) Henry Creamer(w&m) Turner Layton (co-author)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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perf15.jpg You Can't Shake That Shimmie Here (1919) Ford T. Dabney Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Land Where the Women Wear the Trousers (1909) Fred Godfrey(w&m) Charles Denton (perf.)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
perf15.jpg Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910) Lewis F. Muir William Tracey (words)
Edward Meeker (perf.)
Ed Morton (perf.)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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perf15.jpg I'm a Jonah Man (1903) Alexander Rogers George Walker (perf.)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
perf15.jpg I May Be Crazy, But I Ain't No Fool (1904) Alexander Rogers Bert A. Williams (perf.)
perf15.jpg Nobody (1905) Alexander Rogers(w&m) Bert A. Williams (perf.)
perf15.jpg You Can't Get Away From It (1913) Jean Schwartz William Jerome (words)
Grant Clarke (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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perf15.jpg  You're in the Right Church But the Wrong Pew (1908) Chris Smith Cecil Mack (words)
Ed Morton (perf.)
Clarice Vance (perf.)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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perf15.jpg You'll Never Need a Doctor No More (1921) Chris Smith Chris smith (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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perf15.jpg I Ain't Got Nobody Much and Nobody Cares For Me (1916) Spencer Williams Roger Graham (words)
Marion Harris (perf.)
Sophie Tucker (perf.)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 54 works by Bert A. Williams (1874-1922). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Dora Dean 1896 Billie S. Clifford (perf.)
Maud Huth (perf.)
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Mammy's Little Pickaninny Boy 1896 George Walker (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Miss Brown's Cake Walk 1896  wvicon.gif
Oh! I Don't Know, You're Not So Warm! 1896  Pub.
Oh, I Don't Know, or, I Thought I Was a Winner 1896  Pub.
When Miss Maria Johnson Marries Me 1896 George Walker (words)  wvicon.gif
De Darkies' Jubilee 1897
I Don't Like No Cheap Man 1897 George Walker (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Dance of the Toads 1898  wvicon.gif
He's Up Against the Real Thing Now 1898
I'm a Cooler For the Warmest Coon in Town 1898 George Walker (co-author)  Pub.
Not a Coon Came Out the Way That He Went In 1898 George Walker (co-author)  Pub.
Trip to Coontown, A 1898 Bob 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)  Pub.
Snap Shot Sal 1899 George Walker (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Sousa Outdone by the Colored Band 1899 George Walker (words)
Blackville Strutters Ball, The 1900 George Walker (co-author)  wvicon.gif
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)  Pub.
Fortune Telling Man, The 1901 George Walker (words)
She's Getting More Like the White Folks Every Day 1901 George Walker (co-author)  wvicon.gif
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)
Clifford & Burke (perf.)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
Ray Cox (perf.)
Lew Dockstader (perf.)
Tom Lancaster (perf.)
Matthews & Ashley (perf.)
La Petite Mignon (perf.)
Emile Subers (perf.)
Geo Sydney (perf.)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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He's a Cousin of Mine 1906 Robert S. Roberts (perf.)   cylinder15.gif
Here It Comes Again 1906
I'm Tired of Eating in the Restaurants 1906 Bert A. Williams (words)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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Island of by and By, The 1906 Alex Rogers (words)
Aida Overton Walker (perf.)
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Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Jolly Jungle Boys, The 1906
Let It Alone 1906 Alex Rogers (words)
Ada Jones (perf.)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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Rastus Johnson, U. S. A 1906
Fas', Fas' World 1907 Alex Rogers (words)  wvicon.gif
I Used to Be Afraid to Go Home in the Dark (w&m) 1908 Egbert A. van Alstyne (co-author)  wvicon.gif
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)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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am 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)
That's Genuine First Class Yiddisha Love 1910 Chris Smith (words)
James Burris (words)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
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)
Bert A. Williams (perf.)
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Dat's Harmony 1911 Grant Clarke (words)
Arthur Collins (perf.)
Robert S. Roberts (perf.)
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Borrow From Me 1912  Pub.
Darktown Poker Club, The 1914  Pub.
Vampire, The 1914 Earl Jones (words)
Gene Buck (words)
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