Eubie Blake
Videos
James Hubert "Eubie" Blake was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. Blake began his career in 1912, and during World War I he worked in partnership with the singer, dr
Sheet music for "I'm Just Wild About Harry", from Shuffle Along, by Blake and Noble Sissle, 1921
Noble Sissle
Videos
Noble Lee Sissle was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer, and playwright, best known for the Broadway musical Shuffle Along, and its hit song "I'm Just Wild About Harry". He also s
Eubie Blake
…1912, and during World War I he worked in partnership with the singer, drummer, and comedian Broadway Jones. After the war he began a collaboration with Noble Sissle with whom he wrote Shuffle Along (1921), one of the first Broadway musicals written and directed by African Americans. When his collaboration with…
Noble Sissle photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1951
Noble Lee Sissle circa 1920 (NYPL Digital Collection)