musicfor babysharksPowered by Last.fm
Find an artist ↗

Len Spencer

About the artist

Len Spencer (February 12, 1867 – December 15, 1914) was an early American recording artist. He recorded numerous popular songs in the pre-1920s, the most popular of which was "Arkansaw Traveler" (1902). The song is an early novelty record and consists of a back and forth banter with an Arkansas local who is playing a fiddle. Examples of the conversation include asking "How far is it to the next crossroads?", to which the answer is given, "You just follow your nose and you’ll come to it.

Top songs

  1. The Arkansas Traveler
  2. You've Been a Good Old Wagon, but You've Done Broke Down
  3. You've Been a Good Old Wagon
  4. The church across the way [and Home Recording] (130 rpm)
  5. On Emancipation Day
  6. Clime De Golden Fence
  7. First Recorded Promotional Message on the Edison Phongraph
  8. House Cleaning Time
  9. My Gal Is A Highborn Lady
  10. You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon but You Done Broke Down
Show all 100 songs
  1. First Recorded Promotional Message on the Edison Phonograph
  2. Daybreak at Calamity Farm
  3. All Coons Look Alike To Me
  4. You've Been A Good Old Wagon But You Done Broke Down (Ca.1902)
  5. All Coons Look Alike to Me (1896)
  6. 23rd Psalm and Lord's prayer
  7. Advertising record
  8. Hello! Ma Baby
  9. You Been A Good Ole Wagon But You've Done Broke Down
  10. You've Been A Good Old Wagon But You Done Broke Down
  11. Crappy Dan
  12. First Recorded Promotional Message On The Edison
  13. A Hot Time In The Old Town
  14. Arkansaw Traveler
  15. You Been A Good Old Wagon
  16. The 23Rd Psalm And The Lord's Prayer
  17. First Recorded Promotional Mes
  18. Christmas Symphony (1914)
  19. Hold The Fort
  20. Throw Out The Life Line
  21. Reuben Haskin's ride on the Cyclone auto
  22. First Recorded Promotional Message
  23. What Shall The Harvest Be?
  24. You've Been A Good Old Wagon (Ca. 1902)
  25. Arkansas Traveler
  26. Making the fiddle talk
  27. Reuben Haskins' Ride on A Cyclone Auto
  28. Sale Of Pawnbroker's Goods ('by Harry Spencer') 1896
  29. Promotional Message On The Edison Phonograph 1899
  30. Can't You See My Heart Beats All For You
  31. Hot Time In The Old Town
  32. The Transformation Scene from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1905)
  33. Sale Of Pawnbroker's Goods ('by Len Spencer') 1896
  34. The Musical Yankee
  35. Scene at A Dog Fight
  36. Talmage on miracles
  37. Pedro, the Hand Organ Man
  38. You'll Get All That's Coming To You
  39. Church Across The Way 1890
  40. Christmas Symphony
  41. Whistling Rufus 1899
  42. Flanagan's Night Off
  43. First Promotional Message On The Edison Phonograph
  44. My Gal Is A High Born Lady (1896)
  45. Billikins And His Dinah
  46. You'll Get All That's Coming To You 1899
  47. All Coons Look Alike To Me 7-11-1896
  48. Billikins And His Dinah 1900
  49. Whistling Rufus
  50. Marty Maloney's Wake
  51. Fritz & Louisa
  52. Clancy's Prize Waltz Contest
  53. You Don't Stop The World From Going Round
  54. Parson Spencer's discourse on Adam and Eve
  55. Return Of The Arkansas Traveler
  56. Arkansas Traveler (1902)
  57. Speeches, Spencer, Len First Recorded Promotional Message On The Edison Phonograph 1906
  58. The Arkansas traveller
  59. Old Dog Sport Comic Vaudeville (Recorded 1908)
  60. What I Heard At The Vaudeville
  61. The Jokesmiths Comic Vaudeville (Recorded 1906)
  62. My Gal Is A Highborn Lady 20-2-1897
  63. Clime Do Golden Fence
  64. You Don't Stop the World From Going Round (Coon Song) (1899)
  65. Hot Time In The Old Town (+ Vess Ossman) 23-1-1897
  66. You'll Get All That's Coming to You (Coon Song) (1899)
  67. Down on the farm
  68. A trip to the circus - Recording Take 2 - Digitally Remastered
  69. Clancy's Prize Waltz Contest (1904)
  70. Hello! Ma Baby (1899)
  71. Making the Fiddle Talk (1902)
  72. Hot Time On The Levee (+ Vess Ossman) 1896
  73. Arkansaw Traveler (new version)
  74. I Wish They'd Do It Now
  75. First Recorded Promotional Message On the Edison Phongraph (1906)
  76. The Arkansas Traveler (1902)
  77. My Gal Is A Highborn Lady 1897
  78. Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg (1903)
  79. Uncle Toms Cabin
  80. Uncle Tom's Cabin
  81. What shall the harvest be
  82. The Transfromation Scene - From "Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde"
  83. You've Been a Good Old Wagon But You Done Broken Down
  84. Billikins And His Dinah (1900)
  85. The Transformation Scene from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  86. You Don't Stop The World From Going Round 1899
  87. Hot Time On The Levee (+ Vess Ossman) 20-6-1896
  88. All Coons Look Alike To Me 1896
  89. The bouncer at the Blazing Rag
  90. You're Not the Only Pebble on the Beach

News & Stories

Stories are temporarily unavailable. Search for coverage below.

Find news about Len Spencer

Tickets & music shops

We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases through our Amazon and eBay links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Related artists

Powered by Last.fm