PART 514



 M.AGER & J.YALLEN -  I Ain't Got Nobody Much (and Nobody Cares for Me) 1928)




    "I Ain't Got Nobody" was a c. 1915 song, written by Spencer Williams. Publisher Roger Graham (1885–1938) received co-composer credits. It became a perennial standard, recorded many times over following generations, in styles ranging from pop to jazz to country music.

Composer Charles Warfield claimed to have originally written the song. A copyright entry from April 1914 credits Warfield with the music, David Young with the lyrics, and Marie Lucas with the arrangement. The title of the song is given as "I Ain't Got Nobody and Nobody Cares for Me". Williams's copyright entry from 1916 for the shorter title credits the composition to Williams and Dave Peyton, and the lyrics to publisher Roger Graham.

Many artists had hit records with the song, starting with Marion Harris in 1916. Famous hit versions in the 1920s included those of Bessie Smith,Milton Ager and Jack Yallen, 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 Emmett Miller, Merle Haggard, Bob Wills, Coleman Hawkins, and Rosemary Clooney.