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 1-25 of 157 records)

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

(Results 1-25 of 157 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brooks, Shelton," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.

Brooks, Shelton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.

"Brooks, Shelton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.