"Ain't Nobody's Business" or "Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do" is an eight-bar vaudeville blues song that became an early blues standard. It was written in the early 1920s by pianists Porter Grainger, who had been Bessie Smith's accompanist, and Everett Robbins. The song was first recorded October 19, 1922 by Anna Meyer with the Original Memphis Five. Some sources, including noted music journalist Paul Ackerman, also credit Clarence Williams as a co-author of the song. Grainger's lyrics to the song were copyrighted in 1922, and are now in the public domain.
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| - "Ain't Nobody's Business" or "Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do" is an eight-bar vaudeville blues song that became an early blues standard. It was written in the early 1920s by pianists Porter Grainger, who had been Bessie Smith's accompanist, and Everett Robbins. The song was first recorded October 19, 1922 by Anna Meyer with the Original Memphis Five. Some sources, including noted music journalist Paul Ackerman, also credit Clarence Williams as a co-author of the song. Grainger's lyrics to the song were copyrighted in 1922, and are now in the public domain.
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Title
| - Billboard Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records number-one single
- 'tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do
- Ain't Nobody's Business
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Description
| - 'tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do, sung by Sara Martin with piano accompaniment by Fats Waller, in 1922.
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| - "All She Wants to Do Is Rock" by Wynonie Harris
- "Trouble Blues" by Charles Brown Trio
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| - Everett Robbins
- Porter Grainger,
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| - "Ain't Nobody's Business" or "Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness if I Do" is an eight-bar vaudeville blues song that became an early blues standard. It was written in the early 1920s by pianists Porter Grainger, who had been Bessie Smith's accompanist, and Everett Robbins. The song was first recorded October 19, 1922 by Anna Meyer with the Original Memphis Five. Some sources, including noted music journalist Paul Ackerman, also credit Clarence Williams as a co-author of the song. Grainger's lyrics to the song were copyrighted in 1922, and are now in the public domain.
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