Spencer Williams (October 14, 1889 - July 14, 1965) was a USA jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer. October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong was one of the best loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert For other senses of this word, see singer (disambiguation). ...

Spencer Williams was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He usually gave the dates as October 14, 1889, although he may have been older. Williams was reserved or contradictory in talking about his early life, perhaps because he grew up with underworld ties in the Storyville District. For information on the events of Hurricane Katrina, see effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. ... Storyville was the legalized prostitution district of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1897 through 1917. ...

Williams was performing in Chicago by 1907, and moved to New York City about 1916. Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

Williams toured Europe with bands from 1925 to 1928; during this time he wrote for Josephine Baker at the Folies Bergères in Paris. Williams then returned to New York for a few years. In 1932 he moved to Europe for good, spending many years in London before moving to Stockholm in 1951 where he spent most of the rest of his life. World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second-smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Josephine Baker, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Josephine Baker (June 3, 1908 - April 12, 1975), born Freda Josephine McDonald, was an African American dancer, actress and singer, sometimes known as The Black Venus. ... Costume, c. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...   Stockholm? is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

Spencer Williams returned to New York shortly before his death in Flushing, New York on July 14, 1965. Flushing is a section of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. ...

His hit songs included "I Ain't Got Nobody", "Royal Garden Blues", "Basin Street Blues", "Mahogany Hall Stomp", "I Found A New Baby", "Everybody Loves My Baby", "Squeeze Me", "Shimmy-Sha-Wobble", "Boodle Am Shake", and "Tishomingo Blues".

External link

• Spencer Williams on Riverwalk site