Clarence Williams  (1898-1965)
Last updated: 01.02.24
p_williamsc.jpgClarence Williams was an American jazz an artist and entrepreneur. He was born near New Orleans, the son of Choctaw Indian having Creole heritage. His father was a bass player and hotel owner Clarence Williams started his musical education performing in the family hotel and singing in the streets leaving homer aged 12 to commence a long career in jazz of which he claimed to be the first user of the word in printed sheet music. He was variously a piano player, prolific composer, recording artist and producer, agent, cabaret manager, publisher and enormously influential in the jazz world of his day.
Together with Thomas Waller, Clarence Williams is credited with being the co-composer of Wildcat Blues (1923).


Websites:
url15.gif Clarence Williams (musician) Biography by wikipedia.org.  
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Brass Music CDs:
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Jazz Music CDs:
cd15.gif Bix Beiderbecke Jazz Masters: From Original Recordings flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Acker Bilk The Very Best of Acker Bilk flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Jack Teagarden Jack Teagarden - Big T: A Hundred Years from Today flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Jack Teagarden Time for T: Classic Big Band Recordings from the Swing Era flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Stumptown Jazz On Track flag15us.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Stumptown Jazz Hot Time in the Old Town flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Sidney Bechet The Creole Prodigy flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Sidney Bechet Les Oignons flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif The Olympia Brass Band Music of New Orleans flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif  Thomas Waller Career Perspective 1922-1943 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Thomas Waller Centennial Collection CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif
cd15.gif Thomas Waller Fats Waller: 1922-26 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif Thomas Waller Golden Greats flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Thomas Waller Part 2 I'm Gonna Sit Right Down: The Early Years flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Thomas Waller Low Down Papa CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Thomas Waller Sugar Blues CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Peter Bocage Peter Bocage with the Creole Serenaders CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Chris Barber Band Box, Vol. 1-2 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Chris Barber The Absolutely Essential 3CD Collection flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Chris Barber The Very Best of Chris Barber flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif  Monty Sunshine Remembering Monty Sunshine CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Boswell Sisters Shout Sister Shout flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Ferdinand Morton The Chronological Jelly Morton (1930-1939) CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
Ragtime Music CDs:
cd15.gif Clarence Williams Clarence Williams 1934-1937 CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Clarence Williams Whoop It Up! Volume 1: 1927-1929 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Ted Lewis Is Everybody Happy?: Ted Lewis and His Band flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Ted Lewis Jazzworthy 1929-33 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Boogie Woogie Blues CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Cotton Club: A Nostalgic Collection flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists The Hits of '22: Do It Again! flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists New Orleans Jazz flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif  Various Artists The Obscure & Neglected Chicagoans flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Player Piano Memories CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists The Riverside History of Classic Jazz flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists That Devilin' Tune CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Various Artists Whiplash CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra Creole Belles CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Claude Bolling Original Blues CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Claude Bolling Original Ragtime/Original Boogie Woogie/Original Piano Blues CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif James Price Johnson Harlem Stride Piano flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif James Price Johnson Harlem Stride Piano 1921-1929 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif  James Price Johnson James P. Johnson 1921-44 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif James Price Johnson James P. Johnson 1928-38 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif James Price Johnson James P. Johnson 1938-42 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif James Price Johnson Parlor Piano Solos from Rare Piano Rolls CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif
cd15.gif James Price Johnson Runnin' Wild (1921-1926) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif James Price Johnson Snowy Morning Blues CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Paul Lingle Live at the Jug Club flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Trebor Jay Tichenor Those Southern Blues
cd15.gif Trebor Jay Tichenor Wild Flower Rag
cd15.gif Lightnin' Wells Ragtime Millionaire flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Willie 'The Lion' Smith Lion Roars: His Greatest 1934-44 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
cd15.gif  Muggsy Spanier The Great 16 flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif Handy's Memphis Blues Band W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Eubie Blake Memories of You CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band Preserves flag15us.gif
cd15.gif Wilbur C. Sweatman Jazzin' Straight Thru' Paradise CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif White-Gresty Ragtimers Mugsy Remembered flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Sue Keller I Got What It Takes CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Sue Keller Those Irresistible Blues CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif George Lewis George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 07 flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Butch Thompson Butch Thompson's King Oliver Centennial Band flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Butch Thompson Lincoln Avenue Blues flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif
cd15.gif  Johnny Maddox Back Home in Tennessee CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15it.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Johnny Maddox Dixieland Blues CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif flag15es.gif
cd15.gif Bill Edwards The Two Sides of Perfessor Bill
Item Title Available €     £     $     Other
             
DBE642 Wild Flower Rag (1916)
A/T/T/B/GB(B), approx. 3 mins
1-2 days
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     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Achin' Hearted Blues (1922) C. Williams (music)
S. Williams (words)
C. Johnson (words)
Piano, Voice Kirk wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Sugar Blues (1919) C. Williams (music)
Lucy Fletcher (words)
Piano, Voice Kirk wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Wild Flower Rag (1916) C. Williams (music) Piano IMSLP Pub.
pdf15.gif You're Some Pretty Doll (1917) C. Williams (w&m) Piano IMSLP wvicon.gif
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 90 works by Clarence Williams (1898-1965). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Beat It While Your Shoes Are Good 1905
Brown Skin, Who You For 1915  wvicon.gif
I Can Beat You Doing What You're Doing Me 1915 Armand J. Piron (co-author)  Pub.
You Missed A Good Woman 1915
Barrel House Rag 1916 Fate Marable (co-author)  Pub.
If You Don't Want Me, Please Don't Dog Me 'round 1916  Pub.
That Ought to Do It 1916
Wild Flower Rag 1916 Midi Ragtime Recorder Ensemble (perf.)  Pub. audiomidi15.gif audiodbemp315.gif
I Never Knew What the Blues Were 1917 Clarence Williams (perf.)  Pub.
You're Some Pretty Doll (w&m) 1917  wvicon.gif
No More Cabarets in Town 1918 Sophie Tucker (perf.)
You Can Have It, I Don't Want It 1918 May Hill (co-author)
Armand J Piron (co-author)
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Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? 1919 Charles Warfield (words)  wvicon.gif
Dance They Called the Georgia Hunch 1919
I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jellyroll 1919 Spencer Williams (co-author)  Pub.
Royal Garden Blues (w&m) 1919 Spencer Williams (co-author)
Sugar Blues 1919 Lucy Fletcher (words)  Pub.
Don't Tell Your Monkey Man 1920
Look What a Fool I've Been 1921
Achin' Hearted Blues 1922 Spencer Williams (words)
Clarence Johnson (words)
 Pub.
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Got to Cool My Doggies Now 1922
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate 1922  wvicon.gif
Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness if I Do 1922 Porter Grainger (words)
Graham Prince (words)
Gulf Coast Blues 1923  wvicon.gif
Jailhouse Blues 1923 Bessie Smith (co-author)
Kansas City Man Blues 1923 Clarence Johnson (words)
Kiss Me Again 1923 Thomas Waller (co-author)
Mixing the Blues 1923  Pub.
West Indies Blues 1923 Spencer Williams (words)
Edgar Dowell (words)
 Pub.
Michigan Water Blues 1924
Omaha Blues 1924
Darktown Capers 1925 Clarence Johnson (co-author)  Pub.
Gravier Street Blues 1925  Pub.
My Own Blues 1925  Pub.
Papa, De-Da-Da 1925 Clarence Todd (words)
Spencer Williams (words)
Charleston Hound 1926 Spencer Williams (co-author)
"Fats" Waller1 (co-author)
Eddie Rector (co-author)
 Pub.
Midnight Stomp 1926 Thomas Waller (co-author)  Pub.
Nobody But My Baby Is Getting My Love 1926 Andy Razaf (co-author)
Old Folks Shuffle 1926 Thomas 'Fats' Waller (co-author)
What's the Matter Now 1926 Spencer Williams (co-author)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Cushion Foot Stomp 1927
Close Fit Blues 1928  wvicon.gif
Let Me Forget 1928 James White (co-author)
Ben Garrison (co-author)
Organ Grinder Blues 1928  youtube15.jpg
I've Got What It Takes 1929 Hezekiah Jenkins (words)
Wild Flower 1929
Shout, Sister, Shout! 1930 Alex Hill (words)
Tim Brymn (words)
Boswell Sisters (perf.)
 Pub.
Harlem Rhythm Dance 1933 Andy Razaf (words)  Pub. youtube15.jpg
I Can't Dance, I Got Ants in My Pants 1934 Charlie Gaines (co-author)
Larry Wagner (co-author)
 Pub.
Let Every Day Be Mother's Day 1935 Taushe Hammed (words)
Willie "The Lion" Smith (words)
 Pub.
Keystone Blues 1940  Pub.
Red Onion Blues 1940  Pub.
Mama's Got It 1942 A. J. Piron (co-author)
Ugly Chile 1946 George Brunis (words)  wvicon.gif
Bottomland [I'm Goin' Back to Bottomland] ? Jo Trent (words)
Bozo ?
Candy Lips ?
Chizzlin' Sam ?
Church Street Sobbin' Blues ?
Dixieland Jazz ?
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Harlem Joys ? Walter Bishop (words)
Willie "The Lion" Smith (words)
Have You Ever Felt That Way? ?
I'm Busy and You Can't Come In ?
I'm Getting My Bonus in Love ? Porter Grainger (words)
I'm Goin' Back to Bottomland [Bottomland] ? Jo Trent (words)
If You Don't, I Know Who Will ? Chris Smith (words)
Tim Brymn (words)
In Our Cottage of Love ?
Lazy Mama ?
Log Cabin Blues ?
Longshoreman's Blues ?
Mississippi Blues (Home Town Toddle) ?
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl ? W.A.D. Danny Small (words)
Tim Brymn (words)
Pane in the Glass, A ?
Red River Blues ?
Roumania ? Spencer Williams (words)
Dave Peyton (words)
Shake It Down ?
Steamboat Days ?
Sweet Emmanlina ?
Take You Black Bottom Outside ?
Terrible Blues ?
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Texas Moaner Blues ? Fae Barnes (words)
That Streamline Gal of Mine ? Cecil Scott (words)
Willie "The Lion" Smith (words)
Walk That Broad ?
What Makes Me Love You So?, (Oh Baby) ? Fred Longshaw (words)
What Ya Want Me to Do? ? Joe Oliver (words)
Whip Me With Plenty of Love ? Louis Urquhart (words)
Whoop It Up ?
You Don't Know My Mind ? Virginia Liston (words)
Sam H. Gray (words)
You Don't Understand ? Spencer Williams (words)
James Price Johnson (words)
You've Got to Give Me Some ?
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youtube15.jpg C. Williams Harlem Rhythm Dance (2:21) Ragtime Dorian Henry
youtube15.jpg C. Williams Organ Grinder Blues (0:00) Ragtime Dorian Henry