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 101-125 of 157 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brooks, Shelton," accessed May 3, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.
Brooks, Shelton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 3, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.
"Brooks, Shelton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 May 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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