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unusual facts about Shelton Brooks


Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!

The opening track entitled "Some of These Days", written by Shelton Brooks, was originally composed in 1910 and the second track entitled "Baby Face" was first recorded in 1926.


Jelly Roll Blues

He recorded it first as a piano solo in Richmond, Indiana, in 1924, and then with his Red Hot Peppers in Chicago two years later, titled as it was originally copyrighted: "Original Jelly-Roll Blues." It is referenced by name in the 1917 Shelton Brooks composition "Darktown Strutters' Ball".


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