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"Nobody" is a popular song with music by Bert Williams and lyrics by Alex Rogers, published in 1905. [2] The song was first publicly performed in February 1906, in the Broadway production Abyssinia .
Williams committed many of Abyssinia ' s songs to disc and cylinder. One of them, "Nobody" (1905), became his signature theme, and the song he is best remembered for today. It is a doleful and ironic composition, replete with his dry observational wit, and is perfectly complemented by Williams' intimate, half-spoken singing style.
The firm published some of his songs. [3] Rogers was born September 4, 1876 in Nashville, Tennessee. When he was 18, he moved to Philadelphia after joining a minstrel show then in 1902 met Bert Williams and George Walker. The three produced several successful shows the first being In Dahomey which they performed across the United States and ...
Pages in category "1905 songs" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Nobody (1905 song) O. O Amar Desher Mati; P. The Preacher and the ...
Leoš Janáček – Piano Sonata 1.X.1905; Reynaldo Hahn – Le Bal de Béatrice d'Este, suite for wind instruments, two harps and piano; Serge Koussevitzky - Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra; Nikolai Medtner – Fairy Tales for Piano (Opp. 8, 9) Carl Nielsen – Søvnen (The Sleep) Vítězslav Novák – Quartet for Strings No. 2 in D Major
Shirley asserted that, aside from an impressive roster of people, many of the works published by Gotham-Attucks during its short tenure are still important, especially "Nobody," Bert Williams's signature song, and "Shine," a song with an enduring legacy that, among other things, has been included by musicologist Richard Crawford in The Core ...
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