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 76-100 of 157 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brooks, Shelton," accessed October 9, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.
Brooks, Shelton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 9, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.
"Brooks, Shelton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 October 2024.
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External Sources
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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