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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
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 | |
Victor | BS-75441 | 10-in. | 4/25/1933 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | The Old Apple Trio | Vocal trio, with guitar | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-75728 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | Easy rider | Peggy English ; High Hatters [Peggy English Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-75729 | 10-in. | 4/6/1933 | Easy rider | Harlem Hannah and her Hot Boys | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-75977 | 10-in. | 7/29/1933 | Some of these days | King's Jesters | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-85828 | 10-in. | 4/12/1935 | All night long | Jan Garber Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BS-92593 | 10-in. | 7/10/1935 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Paul Whiteman Orchestra ; Jack Teagarden | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-95156 | 10-in. | 10/2/1935 | Algún día | Marimba Pan-Americana | Marimba band | composer | |
Victor | BS-07413 | 10-in. | 3/1/1937 | Some of these days | Vernon Geyer | Organ solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-013813 | 10-in. | 9/15/1937 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Shep Fields ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-027962 | 10-in. | 10/20/1938 | Easy rider (I wonder where my easy rider's gone) | Erskine Hawkins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BS-030339 | 10-in. | 12/1/1938 | Walkin' the dog | Bunny Berigan and his Men | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | BAVE-039126 | 10-in. | between 5/10/1939 and 7/12/1939 | Alguno de estos días | Alabama Jazz ; Eddie Kay | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Victor | BS-043350 | 10-in. | 11/3/1939 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-053272 | 10-in. | 8/12/1940 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Rose Blane ; Californians ; Abe Lyman | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-Test-1342 | 10-in. | 3/24/1934 | Cupie | The Argentine Trio ; Jose Ramirez | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1916-12-15-06] | Not documented | 12/15/1916 | Rufe Johnson's harmony band | Gene Greene | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
Columbia | 4271 | 10-in. | ca. 1909 | You ain't talking to me | Eddie Morton | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 19327 | 10-in. | 5/1/1911 | Some of these days | Elise Stevenson | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 19393 | 10-in. | 5/29/1911 | Some of these days | Columbia Quartette ; Elise Stevenson | Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 38476 | 10-in. | 12/4/1912 | All night long | Ada Jones | Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 39698 | 10-in. | 12/16/1914 | Ruff Johnson's harmony band | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Columbia | 77086 | 10-in. | 5/31/1917 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 77595 | 10-in. | 12/21/1917 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 77856 | 10-in. | 5/28/1918 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 79005 | 10-in. | 2/28/1920 | Jean | Peerless Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 79109 | 10-in. | 4/8/1920 | Jean | Rudy Wiedoeft's Palace Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Columbia | 79224 | 10-in. | 6/3/1920 | In sweet September | Paul Biese Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Columbia | 79550 | 10-in. | 12/3/1920 | All night long | Harmonizers Quartet ; Gladys Rice | Female vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 80592 | 10-in. | 10/10/1922 | That barkin' dog (Woof, woof!) | Frank Westphal Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80609 | 10-in. | 10/13/1922 | Some of these days | Al Jolson | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 80705 | 10-in. | 12/6/1922 | Some of these days | Paul Biese’s Novelty Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80787 | 10-in. | 1/12/1923 | Some of these days | Paul Specht Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 81068 | 10-in. | 6/9/1923 | Here's your opportunity blues | Perry Bradford ; Ethel Ridley | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 140247 | 10-in. | 1/14/1925 | After all these years | Ollie Powers | Male vocal solo, with piano and banjo | lyricist, instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
Columbia | 140248 | 10-in. | 1/14/1925 | A fool and a butterfly | Ollie Powers | Male vocal solo, with piano and banjo | lyricist, instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
Columbia | 140268 | 10-in. | 1/20/1925 | Some of these days | Art Kahn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 48870 | 12-in. | 7/15/1916 | Walkin' the dog | Prince's Band ; G. Hepburn Wilson | Band | composer | |
Columbia | W141543 | 10-in. | 1/22/1926 | Make me a pallet on the floor | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | composer | |
Columbia | W141544 | 10-in. | 1/22/1926 | Bring your greenbacks | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W141688 | 10-in. | 2/17/1926 | After all these years | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W141689 | 10-in. | 2/17/1926 | Throw dirt in your face | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W142955 | 10-in. | 11/23/1926 | Some of these days | Ted Lewis and his Band ; Sophie Tucker | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W143708 | 10-in. | 3/23/1927 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Ted Lewis and his Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W143717 | 10-in. | 3/28/1927 | Some of these days | Mack Allen | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W143801 | 10-in. | 3/29/1927 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal duet | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W144867 | 10-in. | 10/14/1927 | Some of these days | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W146183 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | Some of these days | Barrel-House Pete | Piano solo | composer | |
Columbia | W150246 | 10-in. | 4/16/1930 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Riley Puckett | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W151622 | 10-in. | 6/22/1931 | Some of these days | Eddie Edinborough ; New Orleans Wild Cats | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W152144 | 10-in. | 3/17/1932 | Some of these days | Log Cabin Four | Male vocal quartet | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W152444 | 10-in. | 7/26/1933 | Some of these days | Drake Hotel Orchestra ; Clyde McCoy | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W152659 | 10-in. | 12/20/1933 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W351052 | 10-in. | 6/30/1931 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Mound City Blue Blowers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
OKeh | S-7387 | 10-in. | Apr. 1920 | Jean | Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-7870 | 10-in. | Apr. 1921 | Lost your mind | Shelton Brooks ; Rega Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, baritone vocal, composer | |
OKeh | S-7871 | Not documented | Apr. 1921 | [Unknown title(s)] | Shelton Brooks | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
OKeh | S-7874 | 10-in. | Apr. 1921 | Darktown court room | Shelton Brooks and Company | Comic scene | speaker, author | |
OKeh | S-7878 | 10-in. | Apr. 1921 | Murder in the first degree | Shelton Brooks ; Rega Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, baritone vocal, songwriter | |
OKeh | S-7980 | 10-in. | June 1921 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Brown and Terry Jazzola Boys | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-70807 | Not documented | Aug. 1922 | [Unknown title(s)] | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker | |
OKeh | S-70808 | 10-in. | Aug. 1922 | The chicken thieves | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker, author | |
OKeh | S-70813 | 10-in. | Aug. 1922 | Collecting rents | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker, author | |
OKeh | S-70845 | 10-in. | Sept. 1922 | Back-biting | Shelton Brooks | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
OKeh | S-71043 | 10-in. | November 1922 | Some of these days | Original Dixieland Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-71177 | 10-in. | January 1923 | Not to-night | Shelton Brooks | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal, lyricist, composer | |
OKeh | S-71269 | 10-in. | Feb. 1923 | The family quarrel | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker | |
OKeh | S-71270 | 10-in. | Feb. 1923 | The third degree | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker | |
OKeh | S-71320 | 10-in. | Feb. 1923 | When the Dixie sun goes down | Shelton Brooks | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
OKeh | S-71321 | 10-in. | Feb. 1923 | It takes money to cure my blues | Shelton Brooks | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
OKeh | S-71400 | 10-in. | April 1923 | I got what it takes to bring you back | Shelton Brooks ; Sara Martin | Female-male vocal duet,with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-71401 | 10-in. | April 1923 | Original blues | Shelton Brooks ; Sara Martin | Female-male vocal duet,with piano | composer, vocalist, baritone vocal, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-72042 | 10-in. | Nov. 1923 | The new Darktown judge | Shelton Brooks and Company | Monologue | speaker, author | |
OKeh | S-72043 | 10-in. | Nov. 1923 | Then I'll go in that lion's cage | Shelton Brooks and Company | Monologue | speaker, author | |
OKeh | S-72527 | 10-in. | May 1924 | The old veterans | Shelton Brooks and Company | Dialogue | author, speaker | |
OKeh | S-72528 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Buddys | Shelton Brooks and Company | Dialogue | author, speaker | |
OKeh | S-72956 | 10-in. | 11/5/1924 | You got to go | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker | |
OKeh | S-72957 | 10-in. | 11/5/1924 | That's enough | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker | |
OKeh | S-72976 | 10-in. | Nov. 1924 | Pot of gold | Shelton Brooks | Monologue, with orchestra | speaker | |
OKeh | S-72977 | 10-in. | Nov. 1924 | You'll be a cousin shy | Shelton Brooks | Monologue, with orchestra | speaker | |
OKeh | S-73167 | 10-in. | Feb. 1925 | The barber shop four | Shelton Brooks and Company | Comic scene | speaker | |
OKeh | S-73168 | 10-in. | Feb. 1925 | Work don't bother me | Shelton Brooks and Company | Comic scene | vocalist, baritone vocal, speaker | |
OKeh | S-73212 | 10-in. | Mar. 1925 | The spiritualist | Shelton Brooks and Company | Comic scene | author, speaker | |
OKeh | S-73215 | 10-in. | Mar. 1925 | The lodge meeting | Shelton Brooks and Company | Comic scene | speaker | |
OKeh | 73824 | 10-in. | 12/10/1925 | The new professor | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker | |
OKeh | 73825 | 10-in. | 12/10/1925 | The jailbirds | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker | |
OKeh | 73830 | 10-in. | Dec. 1925 | Your jelly roll is good | Alberta Hunter ; Perry Bradford's Mean Four | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quartet | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | 73905 | 10-in. | Jan. 1926 | I don't want it all | Alberta Hunter ; Perry Bradford's Mean Four | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quartet | composer | |
OKeh | 73919 | 10-in. | Jan. 1926 | I'm hard to satisfy | Alberta Hunter | Female vocal solo, with saxophone, cornet, and piano | composer | |
OKeh | 74053 | 10-in. | Mar. 1926 | The fortune teller | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker | |
OKeh | 74054 | 10-in. | Mar. 1926 | Domestic troubles | Shelton Brooks | Monologue | speaker | |
OKeh | 80133 | 10-in. | 9/23/1926 | In my Southern harem | Shelton Brooks | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
OKeh | 80134 | 10-in. | 9/23/1926 | I was marching thru Georgia | Shelton Brooks | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
OKeh | 80135 | 10-in. | 9/23/1926 | When you're really blue | Shelton Brooks | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
OKeh | 80136 | 10-in. | 9/23/1926 | You sure am one sick man | Shelton Brooks | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
OKeh | W80385 | 10-in. | 2/3/1927 | Some of these days | Vaughn De Leath | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist, composer | |
OKeh | W80502 | 10-in. | 3/7/1927 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Miff Mole's Molers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | W80511 | 10-in. | 3/9/1927 | If anybody here wants a real kind mama | Laura Smith | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quartet | composer | |
OKeh | W80527 | 10-in. | 3/14/1927 | My easy rider | Blind Lemon Jefferson | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | W80739 | 10-in. | 4/16/1927 | Smile your bluesies away | Eva Taylor | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | W81305 | 10-in. | 9/2/1927 | Some of these days | Sophie Tucker | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | W81336 | 10-in. | 9/9/1927 | Some of these days | Eddie Bratton | Trumpet and piano duet | composer | |
OKeh | W81438 | 10-in. | 9/15/1927 | Who's who in a barber's shop, part 1 | Ham & Sam | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
OKeh | W81439 | 10-in. | 9/15/1927 | Who's who in a barber's shop, part 2 | Ham & Sam | Comic dialogue | speaker | |
OKeh | W400790 | 10-in. | 6/15/1928 | Hard times | Shelton Brooks | Monologue, with piano | speaker | |
OKeh | W400791 | 10-in. | 6/15/1928 | Last night | Shelton Brooks | Monologue, with piano | speaker | |
OKeh | W402923 | 10-in. | 9/10/1929 | Some of these days | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | W402943 | 10-in. | 9/10/1929 | Some of these days | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist, composer | |
OKeh | W403032 | 10-in. | 10/5/1929 | Walkin' the dog | Ed Lang Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | W404629 | 10-in. | 12/9/1930 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5170-b] | 10-in. | approximately Oct. 1917 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Brunswick Military Band | Band | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5175-b] | 10-in. | approximately Oct. 1917 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 3792 | 10-in. | approximately June 1920 | Jean | Alfred Eldridge ; Walter G. Haenschen ; Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with piano duet | composer | |
Brunswick | 9045-9046 | 10-in. | approximately Oct. 1922 | Some of these days | Benny Krueger’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | XE29996 | 12-in. | 6/7/1929 | Some of these days | Five Pennies ; Red Nichols | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | E31122 | 10-in. | 10/8/1929 | Alguno de estos días | Pilar Arcos ; Los Castilians | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E35880 | 10-in. | 12/23/1930 | Some of these days | Cab Calloway Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | E35986 | 10-in. | 3/30/1931 | Levee low down | Chocolate Dandies [Mills Blue Rhythm Band] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E4397-E4399 | 10-in. | 1/19/1927 | Some of these days | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | E25439-E25440 | 10-in. | 12/6/1927 | Some of these days | Lee Sims | Piano solo, with incidental trumpet | composer | |
Brunswick | XE27226-XE27228 | 12-in. | 3/30/1928 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Casa Lopez Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal quartet; without vocal (take XE27228) | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | STL857 | 10-in. | Nov. 1928 | Some of these days | Bill Bailey ; Allister Wylie | Piano duet | composer | |
Brunswick | C2132 | 10-in. | 7/25/1928 | Easy rider | Sam McGee | Male vocal solo, with banjo-guitar | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | C3805 | 10-in. | 7/9/1929 | I wonder where my easy rider’s gone? | Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | C4392 | 10-in. | 9/23/1929 | Easy rider | Dixie Rhythm Kings ; Omer Simeon | Jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | TCL1479½ | 10-in. | 7/24/1931 | Some of these days | New Orleans Wild Cats | Jazz/dance ensemble | composer | |
Brunswick | 574-3 | 10-in. | May 1928 | The Dark Town Strutters’ Ball | Fred Elizalde Hot Music | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 3541 | 10-in. | 1/25/1915 | Ruff Johnson's Harmony Band | Arthur Collins ; Byron G. Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Edison | 4763 | 10-in. | 6/2/1916 | Walkin' the dog | National Promenade Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 5957 | 10-in. | 2/28/1918 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Jaudas' Society Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 5962 | 10-in. | between 1/9/1918 and 1/10/1918 | The Darktown Strutters' Ball | Premier Quartet | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Edison | 18763 | 10-in. | 9/26/1928 | Some of these days | Will Donaldson ; J. Donald Parker | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
Edison | N-465 | 10-in. | 9/26/1928 | Some of these days | Will Donaldson ; J. Donald Parker | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | composer, lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brooks, Shelton," accessed October 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.
Brooks, Shelton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.
"Brooks, Shelton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 October 2024.
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