Eubie Blake & His Orchestra – My Blue Days Blew Over (When You Came Back To Me), Fox-Trot (Seymour-Rich) with Vocal refrain by Dick Robertson, Victor 1931 (USA)
NOTE: Eubie (James Hubert) BLAKE (b. 1887 Baltimore, Maryland – d. 1983 in Brooklyn, NY) American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, early jazz, and popular music of the Roaring Twenties and thereafter. One of the most important figures in early-20th-century African-American music. In 1921, Blake and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote the Broadway musical “Shuffle Along”, one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans. “Shuffle Along” was the musical sensation, guaranteeing Blake his place in music history. The musical was significant also for helping launch several young performers on their successful careers. Among these notables were Josephine Baker, Florence Mills, Paul Robeson; many songs from “Shuffle Along”, such as \"I'm Just Wild About Harry,\" \"Love Will Find a Way,\" became great hits, were recorded dozens of times, and retain their freshness more than 90 years later. Blake also collaborated with Andy Razaf (on \"Memories of You\"), Henry Creamer, and other writers, composing more than 350 songs. The musical “Eubie!” which opened on Broadway in 1978, featured many of his works. During the last decades of his life, Eubie Blake was still one of the principle figures of the ragtime and early jazz revival of the 1970s, giving talks and performances well into his nineties. Eubie Blake passed away shortly after his 100th birthday.
