I Ain't Got Nobody
- ROGER A. GRAHAM & SPENCER WILLIAMS
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THE MILLS BROTHERS - I AIN'T GOT NOBODY
I AIN'T GOT NOBODY - SCREEN SONGS - 1932
I AIN'T GOT NOBODY - SCREEN SONGS - 1932
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I Ain't Got Nobody is said to have been written in 1915 by Roger A. Graham, with lyrics by Spencer Williams. The song was a major hit in the 1920's and 1930's, and it remains popular today. Ever since the song was copyrighted in 1915, there have been disputes over who actually was the author of the song. Marion Harris, the first popular white jazz and blues singer, was the first to have a hit with the song in 1915. In 1932, I Ain't Got Nobody was featured in a Max Fleischer Screen Songs cartoon featuring The Mills Brothers. Many years later, in 1956, the song was recorded by Louis Prima, who recorded it as a melody with I'm Just A Gigolo. Since then the two songs have been forever attached. The melody has been recorded by David Lee Roth and many others. |
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1916
MARION HARRIS |
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1924
GOOFUS FIVE |
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1925
BESSIE SMITH |
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1925
VIRGINIA LISTON |
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1927
LIDO DANCE ORCHESTRA |
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1927
RAY MILLER'S HOTEL GIBSON ORCHESTRA |
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1927
COON SANDERS |
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1928
EMMITT MILLER |
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1928
JIMMIE NOONE |
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1928
EARL HINES |
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1929
RED MacKENZIE |
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1929
LOUIS ARMSTRONG |
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1934
TINY BRADSHAW |
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1934
COLEMAN HAWKINS |
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1935
BOB WILLIS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS |
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19??
FATS WALLER |
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1941
BING CROSBY |
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1942
HARRY BRENT ORCHESTRA |
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1949
SAMMY DAVIS JR. |
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1959
LOUIS PRIMA & KEELY SMITH |
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1961
ROSEMARY CLOONEY |
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1963
STEVIE WONDER |
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19??
PEGGY LEE |
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19??
MERLE HAGGARD AND THE STRANGERS |
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1974
YOUNG FRANKEN STEIN |
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19??
LEON REDBONE |
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1985
DAVID LEE ROTH |
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20??
WEEZER |
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I AIN'T GOT NOBODY
There's been a sayin' goin' round
And I begin to think it's true
It's awful hard to love someone
When they don't care about you
Once I had a lovin' gal
The sweetest little thing in town
But now she's gone and left me
She done turn me down
Now I ain't got nobody, and nobody cares for me!
That's why I'm sad and lonely,
Won't somebody come and take a chance with me?
I'll sing you love songs, honey, all the time,
If you'll only say you'll be sweet gal of mine,
Oh, I ain't got nobody, nobody cares for me!
(Instrumental Break)
I'll sing you love songs, honey, all the time,
If you'll only say you'll be sweet gal of mine,
Oh, I ain't got nobody, nobody cares for me!
There's been a sayin' goin' round
And I begin to think it's true
It's awful hard to love someone
When they don't care about you
Once I had a lovin' gal
The sweetest little thing in town
But now she's gone and left me
She done turn me down
Now I ain't got nobody, and nobody cares for me!
That's why I'm sad and lonely,
Won't somebody come and take a chance with me?
I'll sing you love songs, honey, all the time,
If you'll only say you'll be sweet gal of mine,
Oh, I ain't got nobody, nobody cares for me!
(Instrumental Break)
I'll sing you love songs, honey, all the time,
If you'll only say you'll be sweet gal of mine,
Oh, I ain't got nobody, nobody cares for me!
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