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

Some Of These Days by Shelton Brooks

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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