Harry Brooks (composer)

Harry Brooks ( born September 20, 1895 in Homestead (Pennsylvania ); † July 22, 1970 in Teaneck, New Jersey) was an American pianist, composer and songwriter.

Brooks grew up in Pennsylvania and worked as a pianist with local bands, so 1924 with Leroy Smith 's Dance Orchestra; He also wrote music for a music publisher. In 1929 he worked with Fats Waller and Andy Razaf together in the Broadway shows snapshots of 1921 and Connie 's Hot Chocolates. This year arose the title Jungle Jamoree, Sweet Savannah Sue, Say It with Your Feet and My Man Is Good for Nothin ' But Love. The most famous song of this cooperation was, however, Is not Misbehavin ', which became an international hit and a popular jazz standard. Another song co Brooks ' with Waller was (What Did I Do to Be so ) Black and Blue? , The success of a title for Louis Armstrong in 1929. After his collaboration with Waller and Razaf Brooks wrote a few more compositions, most notably Southern Sunset ( When the Sun Sets Down South ), which was created in collaboration with Sidney Bechet and Noble Sissle 1938.