Bert A. Williams (1874-1922)
Last updated: 05.03.23
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Dat's Harmony | Edison Amberol: 887 | Bob Roberts |
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Dat's Harmony | U.S. Everlasting Record: 437 | Arthur Collins |
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He's a Cousin of Mine | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9412 | Bob Roberts |
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I'm Tired of Eating in the Restaurants | Columbia Phonograph Company: 32990 | B.A. Williams |
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Let It Alone | Columbia Record: 33025 | B.A. Williams |
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Let It Alone | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9507 | Ada Jones |
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Nobody | Columbia Phonograph Co.: 33011 | B.A. Williams |
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Nobody | Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9084 | Arthur Collins |
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Dat's Harmony (1911) | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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Vampire (1914), The | Midi | James Pitt-Payne |
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Dora Dean (1896) | B.A. Williams (music) Clifford & Huth (perf.) |
Piano | IMSLP |  |
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Fas', Fas' World (1907) | B.A. Williams (music) Alex Rogers (words) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Ma Lady Annabelle (1905) | B.A. Williams (music) Earle C. Jones (words) Carroll Johnson (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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That's a Plenty (1909) | B.A. Williams (words & music) H. Creamer (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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You're Gwine to Get Somethin' What You Don't Expect (1910) | B.A. Williams (music) V. Bryan (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
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Play That Barber Shop Chord (1910) | L.F. Muir (music) W. Tracey (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP | |
This list is arranged by composer and contains 19 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)
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Eve Cost Adam Just One Bone (1921) | Charles A. Bayha | B.A. Williams (perf.) | |
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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'm a Jonah Man (1903) | Alexander Rogers | B.A. Williams (perf.) George Walker (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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Nobody (1905) | Alexander Rogers(w&m) | B.A. Williams (perf.) | |
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You Can't Get Away From It (1913) | Jean Schwartz | William Jerome (words) Grant Clarke (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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You'll Never Need a Doctor No More (1921) | Chris Smith | Chris smith (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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Nobody (1905) | Bert A. Williams | Alex Rogers (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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I'm Tired of Eating in the Restaurants (1906) | Bert A. Williams | B.A. Williams (words) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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Let It Alone (1906) | Bert A. Williams | Alex Rogers (words) Ada Jones (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.) Marion Harris (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:
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(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 | 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) | |
| 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) | Pub. |
| ⇑ Not a Coon Came Out the Way That He Went In | 1898 | George Walker (co-author) | Pub. |
| 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) | Pub. |
| Snap Shot Sal | 1899 | George Walker (co-author) | |
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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) | Pub. |
| 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) Arthur Collins (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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| He's a Cousin of Mine | 1906 | Bob Roberts (perf.) | |
| Here It Comes Again | 1906 | ||
| I'm Tired of Eating in the Restaurants | 1906 | B.A. Williams (words) B.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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| Jolly Jungle Boys, The | 1906 | ||
| Let It Alone | 1906 | Alex Rogers (words) Ada Jones (perf.) B.A. Williams (perf.) |
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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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| Dat's Harmony | 1911 | Grant Clarke (words) Arthur Collins (perf.) Bob 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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