Shelton Brooks
Shelton Brooks (May 4, 1886 – September 6, 1975) was a Canadian-born African American composer of popular music and jazz. He was known for his ragtime and vaudeville style, and wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century; including "Some of These Days" and "At the Darktown Strutters' Ball". |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 4, 1886 (Amherstburg), Died September 6, 1975 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1909 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, speaker, baritone vocal, author, songwriter, piano
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 157 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-9740 | 10-in. | 12/27/1910 | Some of these days | American Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-12771 | 10-in. | 1/6/1913 | All night long | Ada Jones ; Billy Murray | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | B-15461 | 10-in. | 12/4/1914 | Ruff Johnson's harmony band | William J. Halley | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | C-17551 | 12-in. | 4/28/1916 | Walkin' the dog | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-17898 | 10-in. | 6/20/1916 | Walkin' the dog | Six Brown Brothers | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
Victor | B-19144 | 10-in. | 1/30/1917 | Ruff Johnson's harmony band | Gene Greene | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | B-19847 | 10-in. | 5/9/1917 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Six Brown Brothers | Saxophone sextet | composer | |
Victor | B-20706 | 10-in. | 9/26/1917 | Somid in seid | Anna Hoffman | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-24028 | 10-in. | 5/4/1920 | Jean | Edwin J. McEnelly Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-24085 | 10-in. | 6/15/1920 | So long Oo-long (How long you gonna be gone?) | Van Eps Quartet | Instrumental quartet | composer | |
Victor | B-28235 | 10-in. | 6/29/1923 | If anybody here wants a real kind mamma (Here's your opportunity) | Perry Bradford’s Jazz Phools ; Ethel Ridley | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-31172 | 10-in. | 11/13/1924 | Some of these days | Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-55602 | 10-in. | 7/10/1929 | Some of these days | Sophie Tucker | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BVE-56550 | 10-in. | 11/20/1929 | You ain't talking to me | Jack and Johnnie Powell | Male vocal duet, with Hawaiian guitar and mandolin | composer | |
Victor | BVE-57254 | 10-in. | 12/12/1929 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BVE-59597 | 10-in. | 4/17/1930 | Baile de negros | Marimba Centro-Americana | Marimba band | composer | |
Victor | BVE-62397 | 10-in. | 8/26/1930 | San (Fox trot) | Billy Chase | Saxophone, clarinet, and trumpet solos | composer | |
Victor | BVE-64851 | 10-in. | 1/14/1931 | Some of these days | Dave Nelson and the King’s Men | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BAVE-66677 | 10-in. | spring 1932 | Uno de estos días | Orquesta Adolfo Carabelli | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | ABRC-69919 | 10-in. | 6/10/1931 | Some of these days | Snooks Friedman ; Memphis Ramblers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BRC-70980 | 10-in. | 12/17/1931 | Some of these days | Gilmore Sisters | Piano duet | composer | |
Victor | BRC-71282 | 10-in. | 1/27/1932 | Some of these days | Rollin Smith's Melodians | Male vocal ensemble, with guitar and piano | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BRC-72213 | 10-in. | 3/29/1932 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | The Four New Yorkers | Male vocal quartet, with harp | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BSHQ-73122 | 10-in. | 7/26/1932 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Pickens Sisters | Female vocal trio, with instrumental quintet | composer | |
Victor | BS-75437 | 10-in. | 4/25/1933 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | The Old Apple Trio | Vocal trio, with guitar | lyricist, composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brooks, Shelton," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.
Brooks, Shelton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.
"Brooks, Shelton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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Wikipedia: Shelton Brooks
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LCNAR: Brooks, Shelton - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93003806
Wikidata: Shelton Brooks - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1256775
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/1675391
MusicBrainz: Shelton Brooks - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f43736c3-dfc7-400f-ab06-5fc5c28e1723
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