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Harry Brooks (2)

Harry Brooks (2) is credited on 2,643 releases across 822 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,643

Pressings credited

822

Albums

8

Decades active

140

In collections

Biography

Harry Brooks (September 20, 1895 – June 22, 1970) was an American writer of popular songs, jazz pianist and composer in the 1920s to the early 1950s. Brooks was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania. After graduating from his hometown high school in 1914, he worked as a pianist with Pittsburgh bands (dance orchestras) and then as a staff composer for a publishing company. He is recalled mostly in the 21st century for his work with his friends Thomas "Fats" Waller and the lyricist Andy Razaf. Brooks was the composer of several hit songs including his compositions "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue", and "Ain't Misbehavin'", written with Waller and Razaf. Also with Razaf and Waller, Brooks scored the Broadway shows Snapshots of 1921 and Connie's Hot Chocolates. He died, aged 74, in Teaneck, New Jersey.

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Credited work

2,643 releases · 822 albums · active 1950–2024

  • Performance · 2,970
  • Other credits · 81

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Montreux Jazz Festival · Symphony Hall, Boston · Auditorium Stravinski

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