Shelton Brooks(1886-1975)
- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Songwriter ("The Darktown Strutters Ball", "Some of These Days"),
composer, pianist and author. He was a pianist in Detroit, Michigan
cafes, and then a vaudeville entertainer in the USA and Canada for 45
years. In 1923, he traveled to Europe with the troupe of Lew Leslie's
"Blackbirds", and did a command performance for King George and Queen
Mary. He wrote songs for Nora Bayes, Al Jolson, and Sophie Tucker, and
appeared for two years in Ken Murray's "Blackouts". Joining ASCAP in
1929, his other songs include "All Night Long", "Jean", "Walkin' the
Dog", "You Ain't Talkin' to Me", "Honey Gal", and "If I Were a Bee and
You Were a Red, Red Rose".
