Pianists · 1886–1975

Shelton Brooks

Canadian-born African American composer of popular music and jazz

Born: 4 May 1886
Amherstburg
Died: 6 September 1975
Los Angeles
Country: Canada
Record labels: OKeh Records

Biography

Shelton Brooks was a jazz musician who played piano and voice. Shelton Brooks was born on 4 May 1886 in Amherstburg and died on 6 September 1975 in Los Angeles. The music is usually filed under jazz and popular music. Record labels: OKeh Records.

Shelton Brooks (May 4, 1886 – September 6, 1975) was a Canadian-born American composer and performer 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". He composed "Some of These Days" at the Pekin Theatre.

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Historic 78 rpm records

Cocktail Rytme Borge Friis med sine Rytmikere · John W. Green · Shelton Brooks archive.org ↗
WALKIN' THE DOG FRANKIE TRUMBAUER And His Orchestra · Shelton Brooks archive.org ↗
DARKTOWN STRUTTERS' BALL JUNGLE KINGS · Frank Teschmaker · Milt Mesirow · Muggsy Spanier ·… archive.org ↗
Darktown Strutters' Ball Shelton Brooks · Jungle Kings · Red McKenzie · Frank Teschmaker ·… · 1936 archive.org ↗
EASY RIDER (Buen Jinete) THE VARSITY SEVEN · Jeanne Burns & Ulysses Livingston · Ulysses… · 1940 archive.org ↗
Darktown Strutters Ball George Hartman and his Orchestra · Frank Froeba · George Hartman ·… · 1944 archive.org ↗
Darktown Strutters Ball Nat Towles and His Orchestra · Nat Towles · Shelton Brooks · 1947 archive.org ↗
The Darktown Strutters' Ball Connie Haines and Alan Dale · Sy Oliver · Ray Bloch's Swing Eight ·… · 1948 archive.org ↗