found: Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999(Brooks, Shelton Leroy; b. May 4, 1886, Amesburg, Ont., Canada, d. Sept. 6, 1975, Los Angeles, Calif.)
found: African American National Biography, accessed December 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Brooks, Shelton; Shelton Leroy Brooks; songwriter; born 04 May 1886 in Amesburg, Ontario, Canada; his first known song, "You Ain't Talking to Me" was published in 1909; "Some of These Days" became an enormous hit, the vaudeville star Sophie Tucker featured the song in her act at Chicago's Orpheum Theatre and all recordings of the song (1911, 1926, 1927, and 1929) became a hit; was hired by the producer Lew Leslie to work at Plantation Revue show (1922); gave a highly successful command performance before King George V, Queen Mary, and the royal family of England, London; made cameo appearances in stage productions, including Brown Buddies (1930); appeared in a film entitled Double Deal (1939); worked at the Apollo Theater (1942); died 06 September 1975 in Los Angeles, California, United States)
