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Shelton Brooks
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Within Vinony's link graph, Shelton Brooks is referenced by 94 other articles, and connects out to radio, Detroit and jazz.
It is catalogued under topics including 1886 births, 1975 deaths and 20th-century Black Canadian male singers.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Kelly's gone to kingdom come
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Adventures of Kitty O'Day — Jeff1945
- Professor Creeps — Jackson1942
- Up Jumped the Devil — Jefferson1941
- Double Deal — Singer in Nightclub Floorshow1939
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1962-02-07
Discography
- Garth Brooks1989
- No Fences1990
- Ropin’ the Wind1991
- Beyond the Season1992
- The Chase1992
- In Pieces1993
- Fresh Horses1995
- Sevens1997
- Garth Brooks & The Magic of Christmas1999
- Scarecrow2001
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 617
- Total plays
- 1,367
Tags
Shelton Brooks (May 4, 1886 - September 6, 1975) was a Canadian pianist, singer and composer of popular music and jazz, who wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century. Brooks was born in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. His family moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1901. Shelton Brooks sang, played piano, and performed on the vaudeville circuit (notably, as a Bert Williams imitator), as well as having a successful songwriting career. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Shelt
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brooks
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Amherstburg
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- OKeh Records
- Residence
- Fontana
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- date of death
- 1975-09-06
- date of birth
- 1886-05-04
- Commons category
- Sheet music of Shelton Brooks
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- described at URL
- www.cshf.ca/songwriter/shelton-brooks
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Available in 8 languages
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