'Shelton Brooks' (
May 4,
1886 -
September 6,
1975) was a
popular music composer who wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the
20th century.
Brooks was born in
Amherstburg, Ontario,
Canada. His family moved to
Detroit, Michigan in
1901.
Shelton Brooks sang, played
piano, and performed on
Vaudeville and in
musical comedy as well as having his songwriting career. He also had a
radio show on the
CBS network in the
1930s.
His hits included "All Night Long", "At the Darktown Strutters' Ball", "Every Day", "Some of These Days", "Somewhere in France", "Swing That Thing", "That Man of Mine", "There'll Come A Time", and "Walkin' The Dog".
External links
★
Shelton Brooks site on Jass.com