Eubie Blake
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
Eubie Blake (James Hubert Blake), 1883-1983, African-American pianist and composer, b. Baltimore. His career has extended from ragtime (see jazz ) to the 1980s. With the songwriter Noble Sissle he produced early African-American Broadway musicals, e.g., Shuffle Along (1921). His most famous songs are "Memories of You" and "I'm Just Wild about Harry."
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EAST COAST BLUES: Where Billie Holiday first got, then sang, the blues From next month, there'll be a very good reason to visit Baltimore - the Eubie Blake Jazz Institute. By Allis Moss
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