 1887-1983
James Hubert "Eubie" Blake was an American pianist, lyricist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and collaborator Noble Sissle wrote Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans. Click here to see Blake perform his song, "Charleston Rag," composed in 1899.
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