Shelton Brooks (1886-1975)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Shelton Brooks was an American composer of popular music. He was born in Canada, Amherstburg, Ontario but moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1901. In addition to being a composer, he was variously songwriter, singer, pianist, Vaudeville and musical performer. Later in the 1930s he had radio show on CBS. His best known successes include: 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.
Of ragtime interest is The Cosey Rag (1911) published by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Websites:
	Shelton Brooks	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Shelton Brooks (1886-1975) has at least 34 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

All Night Long Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1912.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Currently unavailable.

All That I Had Is Gone Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.
Co-Author: W. R. Williams

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

At an Old-Time Ball Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1913.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Currently unavailable.

At the Cotton Pickers' Jubilee Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music. Currently unavailable.

Cosey Rag, The Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1911.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Currently unavailable.

Darktown Strutters' Ball, The Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited Availability.

Darktown Strutters' Ball, The
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music. Limited Availability.

Down on the Levee Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

Ev'ry Day Song
Music by: Shelton Brooks.
Words by: W. R. Williams

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

Give Me One More Chance Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Currently unavailable.

Honey Gal Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

I Cert'ny Wish He Would Come Back Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Currently unavailable.

I Want to Do the Bear-Cat Dance Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1913.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

I Want to Shimmie Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.
Co-Author: G. Clarke

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1913.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Currently unavailable.

If I Were a Bee and You Were a Red, Red Rose Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Maurice Abrahams Music Co.
Suppliers:	Also see:
⇑ Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Currently unavailable.

Jean Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Currently unavailable.

Lonesome For You Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

Love-Sick Blues Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

Ruff Johnson's Harmony Band Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Maurice Abrahams Music Co.
Suppliers:	Also see:
⇑ Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Currently unavailable.

Some of These Days Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1910.	Sheet Music. Currently unavailable.

With separate voice part.

Some of These Days Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1912.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Limited Availability.

Somewhere, Somewhere in France Song
Music by: Shelton Brooks.
Words by: Wm. Vaughan Dunham
Perf. by: Ren�e Close

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 2 pages. Currently unavailable.

Tell Me Why You Want to Go to Paree Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	McCarthy & Fisher
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

That Humming Tune Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1911.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

There'll Come a Time Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1911.	Sheet Music 5 pages. Currently unavailable.

Wake Me Up Cooin' the Blues Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.
Co-Author: #CLrobinsonjr#1

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1919.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Limited availability.

Walkin' the Dog Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:	Also see:
⇑ Printed: 1916.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

When You Hear That Dixie Jazzband Play Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1918.	Sheet Music. Currently unavailable.

Why Did You Make Me Love You Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1917.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

Yo' Got to Be Kind to Me Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1914.	Sheet Music 4 pages. Currently unavailable.

You Ain't Talking to Me Song
Music by: Shelton Brooks.
Words by: Mat. Marshall

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
⇑ Printed: 1909.	Sheet Music. Currently unavailable.

You Can't Mend a Broken Heart Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1915.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

You Go in Mister Friend of Mine, I'll Stay Out Here Song
Words and Music by: Shelton Brooks.

Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1910.	Sheet Music 3 pages. Currently unavailable.

	Title	Instruments/Issue	Performers


DBE MP3 Sample
Darktown Strutters' Ball (1917), The	T/T/B/B/GB(B)	Midi Ragtime Recorder Ens.
MP3 File(s)
All Night Long	Indestructible Record: 3295	Elsie West Baker
Midi File(s)		Sequencer(s)
Darktown Strutters' Ball (1917), The	Midi	James Pitt-Payne
Walkin' the Dog (1916)	Midi	James Pitt-Payne

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Jazz Music CDs:
Turk Murphy	Turk Murphy's Jazz Band Favorites	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Performers	Super Jazz-Best of New Orleans	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: 1939-40	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	Fats Waller: Portrait Vol.2
Thomas Waller	Handful of Fats	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Thomas Waller	A Handful of Keys	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Ragtime Music CDs:
Ted Lewis	Is Everybody Happy?: Ted Lewis and His Band
Various Artists	Honky Tonk Piano
Various Artists	Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1891-1922
Various Artists	Pioneer Recording Bands 1917-1920	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑Various Artists	Player Piano Memories	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Please Don't Shoot the Piano Player (Nostalgic Player Piano Music)	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Ragtime to Jazz: Vol. 1	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	Real Ragtime
Various Artists	Rhapsody in Blue
Various Artists	Spirit of Ragtime
Various Artists	Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Various Artists	That Devilin' Tune	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Willie Knox	Ragtime Piano
James Price Johnson	Father of the Stride Piano
James Price Johnson	James P. Johnson 1944-45	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
⇑James Reese Europe	Featuring Noble Sissle
James Reese Europe	James Reese Europe's 369th US Infantry Hell FightersBand	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
James Reese Europe	Too Much Mustard	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra	Minding the Score: The Music of Harry L. Alford	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Alan Martin	Everything is Ragtime Now
Hot String Band Music	Got My Dancin' Boots On
Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band	Preserves, Vol. 1
Richard Zimmerman	Ragtime Favorites - Richard Zimmerman
Wilbur C. Sweatman	Jazzin' Straight Thru' Paradise	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Six Brown Brothers	Those Moaning Saxophones
Mark Birnbaum	Hot Piano! Ragtime Blues Jazz Classical Mark Birnbaum
⇑George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 01
George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 02
George Lewis	George Lewis' Ragtime Band of New Orleans: The Oxford Series Vol. 07
Heliotrope Ragtime Orchestra	It's a Bear
Budapest Ragtime Band	Grace and Beauty
Butch Thompson	The Butch Thompson Trio Plays Favorites
Joe ''Fingers'' Carr	Honky Tonk Hits of Joe "Fingers" Carr
Johnny Maddox	Red Hot Ragtime Volume 2	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Bill Edwards	The Two Sides of Perfessor Bill

Item	Title	Available	€	£	$	Other



DBE915	The Darktown Strutters' Ball (1917) - Song T/T/B/B/GB(B), approx. 3½ mins.	1-2 days

Library

	Title	Instruments	Remarks


	Darktown Strutters' Ball (1917), The	T/T/B/B/GB(B)

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Darktown Strutters' Ball, The	S. Brooks (music)	Piano	YorkSpace
Darktown Strutters' Ball, The	S. Brooks (music)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
Darktown Strutters' Ball, The	S. Brooks (music)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
Ev'ry Day	S. Brooks (music) W. R. Williams (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
I Cert'ny Wish He Would Come Back	S. Brooks (music)	Piano	YorkSpace	Pub.
Some of These Days	S. Brooks (music)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.
You Ain't Talking to Me	S. Brooks (music) Mat. Marshall (words)	Piano, Voice	Kirk	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 45 works by Shelton Brooks (1886-1975). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER

(w&m)

1909-1914

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Honey Gal	1909
You Ain't Talking to Me	1909	Mat. Marshall (words) Clifford (perf.) Burke (perf.)	Pub.
Some of These Days	1910	S. Tucker (perf.) M. Small (perf.) Mae Curtis (perf.) Reine Davies (perf.)	Pub.
You Go in Mister Friend of Mine, I'll Stay Out Here	1910		Pub.
Cosey Rag, The	1911	Irene Howley (perf.)	Pub.
It's Awf'ly Hard to Say Good-Bye to Someone You Love	1911	Bill Conklin (perf.) Harry L Newman (perf.)
That Humming Tune	1911	Alexander & Scott (perf.)	Pub.
There'll Come a Time	1911		Pub.
All Night Long	1912	Elsie West Baker (perf.) Grace Wilson (perf.)	Pub.
At an Old-Time Ball (w&m)	1913	Billy Montgomery (perf.) Florence E. Moore (perf.)	Pub.
I Want to Do the Bear-Cat Dance	1913		Pub.
⇑ I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone	1913	S. Tucker (perf.)	Pub.
All That I Had Is Gone (w&m)	1914	W. R. Williams (co-author) Elizabeth D'Orsay (perf.)	Pub.
Down on the Levee	1914		Pub.
Give Me One More Chance	1914	Lee White (perf.) Maude Lambert (perf.)	Pub.
I Cert'ny Wish He Would Come Back	1914	Elizabeth M. Murray (perf.) Maude Lambert (perf.)	Pub.

1914-1919

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Lonesome For You	1914	Maude Lambert (perf.)
Ruff Johnson's Harmony Band	1914	Neil McKinley (perf.)
Yo' Got to Be Kind to Me	1914		Pub.
If I Were a Bee and You Were a Red, Red Rose (w&m)	1915		Pub.
Since You Went Away	1915
You Can't Mend a Broken Heart	1915	Dolce Sisters (perf.)	Pub.
Walkin' the Dog	1916	Dena Caryll (perf.) Jessie Stoner (perf.)	Pub.
Darktown Strutters' Ball, The	1917	Lou Monte (perf.) S. Tucker (perf.) Joe Cook (perf.) Dorothy Brenner (perf.)	Pub.
Somewhere, Somewhere in France	1917	Wm. Vaughan Dunham (words) Renée Close (perf.)	Pub.
Why Did You Make Me Love You	1917		Pub.
At the Cotton Pickers' Jubilee	1918
⇑ Ev'ry Day	1918	W. R. Williams (words) S. Tucker (perf.) Claudie Tracey (perf.)	Pub.
Love-Sick Blues	1918		Pub.
When You Hear That Dixie Jazzband Play	1918		Pub.
I Want to Shimmie	1919	G. Clarke (co-author) Bee Palmer (perf.)
Jean	1919

1919-?

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Tell Me Why You Want to Go to Paree	1919
Wake Me Up Cooin' the Blues (w&m)	1919	J.R. Robinson (co-author)
Jazz Dance Repertoire, The	1920	Chris Smith (words)
Don't Leave Your Little Blackbird Blue	1930	J. Jordan (co-author) Porter Grainger (co-author)
Rhythm Train	1937
After All These Years	?	E. Waters (perf.)
Dream in a Dream	?	Jo Trent (co-author)
Hole in the Wall	?
Jazzbo Jenkins	?
She Done Him Wrong	?	Mae West (perf.)
Swing That Thing	?
⇑ That Man of Mine	?	Ted Koehler (words)
This Is My Sunday Off	?

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


	Jean	3:14	Ragtime Dorian Henry
	Walkin' the Dog	2:08	Ragtime Dorian Henry