Recorded on January 7, 1913.
Released as Columbia A1289 in May 1913.
“Nobody” was a wildly popular song written by Bert Williams and Alex Rogers in 1905. It became Williams’ signature tune – and he was very closely associated with it his entire career.
The song represents the struggles black performers experienced and the discrimination they endured during the time it was written.
Sales of this record exceeded 100,000 copies and stayed in the Columbia catalog for over two decades.