Skip to content
EntityQ725945· pop 10· linked from 50 articles

Luckey Roberts

Sign in to save

Also known as Charles Luckyth Roberts, Charles Luckey Roberts, Charles L. Roberts

American pianist and composer (1887–1968)

Person · Open Library

Works
0

Top works

  • I Gotta Right to Play the Blues

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1887-08-07
Active to
1968-02-05
jazz

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,547
Total plays
6,623

Tags

stridejazzragtimebluespiano

Charles Luckyth Roberts (August 7, 1887 – February 5, 1968), better known as Luckey Roberts, was an American composer and stride pianist who worked in the jazz, ragtime, and blues styles. Luckey Roberts was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was playing piano and acting professionally with traveling Negro minstrel shows in his childhood. He settled in New York City about 1910 and became one of the leading pianists in Harlem, and started publishing some of his original rags. <a href="https:/

via Last.fm · Luckey Roberts

Wikidata facts

Image
Charles L. "Luckey" Roberts standing with his much taller pal, Willie "The Lion" Smith, in 1958.jpg
Show 3 more facts
date of birth
1887-08-07
date of death
1968-02-05
Commons category
Luckey Roberts
Sources (3)

via Wikidata · CC0

Available in 9 languages

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0

Connections

Categories