Coon-Sanders Orch. - I Ain't Got Nobody, Victor 1927 (USA)
NOTE: \"I Ain't Got Nobody\" was written (as it seems) by Spencer Williams in c. 1915. Publisher Roger Graham received co-composer credits (Williams's copyright entry from 1916 credits the composition to Williams and Dave Peyton, and the lyrics to publisher Roger Graham). However, the composer Charles Warfield claimed to have originally written the song and there exists copyright entry from April 1914 crediting Warfield with the music, David Young with the lyrics, and Marie Lucas with the arrangement. Whoever genuinely was the author of the song, it became a perennial standard, recorded many times over following generations, in styles ranging from pop to jazz to country music. Famous hit versions in the 1920s included those of Bessie Smith, Fats Waller, and Louis Armstrong. In the 1930s it was a hit for Bing Crosby, the Mills Brothers, Cab Calloway, Wingy Manone, and Chick Webb. Other notable recordings of include those of Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, Coleman Hawkins and Rosemary Clooney.
