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 (Results 101-125 of 157 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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

(Results 101-125 of 157 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brooks, Shelton," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.

Brooks, Shelton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.

"Brooks, Shelton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.