Some Of These Days by Shelton Brooks

Some Of These Days, was written and composed by Shelton Brooks. It was published in 1910, but first attracted attention after Sophie Tucker recorded it with the Ted Lewis band in 1926. Brooks got the idea for the song after over-hearing an argument in a Cincinatti restaurant, when a girlContinue Reading

Dinah sheet music

Dinah (1925) was a hugely popular song of the 1920s and 30s. It was written as a late addition to the Ziegfeld musical ‘Kid Boots’ starring Eddie Cantor. The music was written by Harry Akst and lyrics by Sam M Lewis and Joe Young. Ethel Waters recorded the song inContinue Reading