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[Jazz & Song] Brooks, Shelton. (1886 - 1975). The Darktown Strutters' Ball - SIGNED TO LOUELLA PARSONS. New York: Leo Feist, Inc.. 1945. Sheet music edition of Brooks' irresistible two-step, signed and inscribed on the front cover by the composer to Louella Parsons (1881–1972), America’s first movie columnist, whose columns were read by 20 million people. 5 pp, complete. Some erased markings at on the lower front, else fine. Rare, the only sheet music signed by Brooks we have ever seen, with no records found at auction.
"It was introduced in vaudeville by a white trio (Benny Fields, Jack Salisbury, and Benny Davis), and its catchy tune was taken up by dance bands of all sizes. Leo Feist bought the copyright from Will Rossiter and issued the three million copies of sheet music that were sold. Darktown Strutters' had three important recordings in 1917 alone...the third and best was that of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band....'The Darktown Strutters' Ball ' is an invitation to a dance, and it makes the listener want to go." (David Jasen & Gene Jones, "Spreadin' Rhythm Around," p. 148)
Shelton Brooks sang, played piano, and performed on the vaudeville circuit (notably, as a Bert Williams imitator), but "is best remembered as the composer of several hit songs between 1910 and 1918 - songs that helped set off America's dance craze, furthered the careers of several popular singers, and became part of the standard repertoire of early jazz." (Cary Wintz, Paul Finkelman, "Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance")
"It was introduced in vaudeville by a white trio (Benny Fields, Jack Salisbury, and Benny Davis), and its catchy tune was taken up by dance bands of all sizes. Leo Feist bought the copyright from Will Rossiter and issued the three million copies of sheet music that were sold. Darktown Strutters' had three important recordings in 1917 alone...the third and best was that of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band....'The Darktown Strutters' Ball ' is an invitation to a dance, and it makes the listener want to go." (David Jasen & Gene Jones, "Spreadin' Rhythm Around," p. 148)
Shelton Brooks sang, played piano, and performed on the vaudeville circuit (notably, as a Bert Williams imitator), but "is best remembered as the composer of several hit songs between 1910 and 1918 - songs that helped set off America's dance craze, furthered the careers of several popular singers, and became part of the standard repertoire of early jazz." (Cary Wintz, Paul Finkelman, "Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance")
[Jazz & Song] Brooks, Shelton. (1886 - 1975). The Darktown Strutters' Ball - SIGNED TO LOUELLA PARSONS. New York: Leo Feist, Inc.. 1945. Sheet music edition of Brooks' irresistible two-step, signed and inscribed on the front cover by the composer to Louella Parsons (1881–1972), America’s first movie columnist, whose columns were read by 20 million people. 5 pp, complete. Some erased markings at on the lower front, else fine. Rare, the only sheet music signed by Brooks we have ever seen, with no records found at auction.
"It was introduced in vaudeville by a white trio (Benny Fields, Jack Salisbury, and Benny Davis), and its catchy tune was taken up by dance bands of all sizes. Leo Feist bought the copyright from Will Rossiter and issued the three million copies of sheet music that were sold. Darktown Strutters' had three important recordings in 1917 alone...the third and best was that of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band....'The Darktown Strutters' Ball ' is an invitation to a dance, and it makes the listener want to go." (David Jasen & Gene Jones, "Spreadin' Rhythm Around," p. 148)
Shelton Brooks sang, played piano, and performed on the vaudeville circuit (notably, as a Bert Williams imitator), but "is best remembered as the composer of several hit songs between 1910 and 1918 - songs that helped set off America's dance craze, furthered the careers of several popular singers, and became part of the standard repertoire of early jazz." (Cary Wintz, Paul Finkelman, "Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance")
"It was introduced in vaudeville by a white trio (Benny Fields, Jack Salisbury, and Benny Davis), and its catchy tune was taken up by dance bands of all sizes. Leo Feist bought the copyright from Will Rossiter and issued the three million copies of sheet music that were sold. Darktown Strutters' had three important recordings in 1917 alone...the third and best was that of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band....'The Darktown Strutters' Ball ' is an invitation to a dance, and it makes the listener want to go." (David Jasen & Gene Jones, "Spreadin' Rhythm Around," p. 148)
Shelton Brooks sang, played piano, and performed on the vaudeville circuit (notably, as a Bert Williams imitator), but "is best remembered as the composer of several hit songs between 1910 and 1918 - songs that helped set off America's dance craze, furthered the careers of several popular singers, and became part of the standard repertoire of early jazz." (Cary Wintz, Paul Finkelman, "Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance")