Frankie and Johnny
Originally by The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
Released on Frankie and Johnnie Blues (1924)
- Aliases
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Harvey Brooks Quality Four
Harvey Brooks' Quality Four
- Real name
- Harvey Oliver Brooks
- Born
- February 17, 1899
- Died
- June 17, 1968
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00004306632 7 works
- Affiliation
- ASCAP
- Comments
- Harvey Brooks was a pianist and composer born in Philadelphia. In the early 1920s he toured and recorded with blues pioneer, Mamie Smith. He was the first black American to write a complete score for a major motion picture.
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