Frances Williams (1901-1959)

Overview

All that can presently (August 2023) be gleaned about Frances Williams from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 13 works published between 1924 and 1934.
Her portrait on the left is taken from is Loud Speakin' Papa (1925) music by Lew Pollack, words by Jack Yellen and published by Ager, Yellen & Bornstein Inc., New York, USA.
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	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Loud Speakin' Papa (1925)	L. Pollack (music) J. Yellen (words) Frances Williams (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


P. Charig	Sunny Disposish (2:03)	Frances Williams
C. Friend	Bigger and Better Than Ever (2:50)	Frances Williams
C. Friend	Bottoms Up (2:52)	Frances Williams
B. Green	It's Unanimous Now (2:55)	Frances Williams

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 13 works performed by Frances 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)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Hard Hearted Hannah (1924)	Milton Ager(w&m)	Bob Bigelow (co-author) Chas. Bates (co-author) Frances Williams (perf.)
Fun to Be Fooled (1934)	Harry Arlen	E W Harburg (words) Ray Bolger (perf.) Luella Gear (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.)
What Can You Say in a Love Song? (1934)	Harry Arlen	E W Harburg (words) Ray Bolger (perf.) Luella Gear (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.)	Pub.
You're a Builder Upper (1934)	Harry Arlen	Ira Gershwin (words) E. Y. Harburg (words) Ray Bolger (perf.) Luella Gear (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.)	Pub.
When My Sugar Walks Down the Street (1924)	Gene Austin	Jimmy McHugh (co-author) Irving Mills (co-author) Frances Williams (perf.)
Sunny Disposish (1926)	Philip Charig	Ira Gershwin (words) Frances Williams (perf.)
Africa (1924)	Henry Creamer	James F. Hanley. (co-author) Frances Williams (perf.)
Bigger and Better Than Ever (1929)	Cliff Friend	George White (words) Frances Williams (perf.)
Bottoms Up (1929)	Cliff Friend	George White (words) Frances Williams (perf.)
It's Unanimous Now (1929)	Bud Green(w&m)	Sam H. Stept (co-author) Frances Williams (perf.)
⇑As Time Goes By (1931)	Herman Hupfeld(w&m)	Frances Williams (perf.)	Pub.
Loud Speakin' Papa (1925)	Lew Pollack	Jack Yellen (words) Elsie Clark (perf.) Sophie Tucker (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.)	Pub.
Doin' the Uptown Lowdown (1933)	Harry Revel	Mack Gordon (words) Russ Columbo (perf.) Constance Cummings (perf.) Eddie Foy (perf.) Texas Guinan (perf.) Paul Kelly (perf.) Abe Lyman (perf.) Blossom Seeley (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.)