Shelton Brooks
Shelton Brooks (May 4, 1886 – September 6, 1975) was a Canadian-born African American composer of popular music and jazz. He wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century. |
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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 1-25 of 157 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 | lyricist, composer | |
Victor | BRC-72213 | 10-in. | 3/29/1932 | Darktown Strutters' Ball | The Four New Yorkers | Male vocal quartet, with harp | lyricist, composer | |
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 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brooks, Shelton," accessed May 30, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.
Brooks, Shelton. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 30, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106731.
"Brooks, Shelton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 30 May 2023.
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Linked Open Data Sources
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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