Songwriter Shelton Brooks

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Shelton Brooks (1886-1975) was a songwriter and vaudeville performer, best know for his hit song ‘Some Of These Days‘, written in 1910, and for ‘Darktown Strutters Ball’ from 1917. Born in Canada, his family moved to Detroit when he was 15. His early vaudeville career involved impersonating Bert Williams, butContinue Reading