Blake, Eubie. (1887 - 1983) . Signed Songs from "The Chocolate Dandies.". Three scarce original dyeline manuscript copies of Blake songs, each approx. 5 pp in length, each boldly signed and inscribed in ink at the top of the first page, “Compliments of Eubie Blake, To Mrs. Peggie Smith”, with the additional notations “This is easy to play” and “Not so easy to play, but if you practice you’ll like it, E.B.” Filing holes along left margins, otherwise in very fine condition. "The Slave of Love," "Thinking of You," and "The Baltimore Todolo."
These three songs first appeared in the 1924 Blake-Sissle Broadway show "The Chocolate Dandies," originally called "In Bamville," which "helped establish black musical comedy as a force on Broadway" and which "was Josephine Baker's first major show." (Wintz & Finkelman, "Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance," Vol. 1, p. 224)
These three songs first appeared in the 1924 Blake-Sissle Broadway show "The Chocolate Dandies," originally called "In Bamville," which "helped establish black musical comedy as a force on Broadway" and which "was Josephine Baker's first major show." (Wintz & Finkelman, "Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance," Vol. 1, p. 224)
Blake, Eubie. (1887 - 1983) . Signed Songs from "The Chocolate Dandies.". Three scarce original dyeline manuscript copies of Blake songs, each approx. 5 pp in length, each boldly signed and inscribed in ink at the top of the first page, “Compliments of Eubie Blake, To Mrs. Peggie Smith”, with the additional notations “This is easy to play” and “Not so easy to play, but if you practice you’ll like it, E.B.” Filing holes along left margins, otherwise in very fine condition. "The Slave of Love," "Thinking of You," and "The Baltimore Todolo."
These three songs first appeared in the 1924 Blake-Sissle Broadway show "The Chocolate Dandies," originally called "In Bamville," which "helped establish black musical comedy as a force on Broadway" and which "was Josephine Baker's first major show." (Wintz & Finkelman, "Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance," Vol. 1, p. 224)
These three songs first appeared in the 1924 Blake-Sissle Broadway show "The Chocolate Dandies," originally called "In Bamville," which "helped establish black musical comedy as a force on Broadway" and which "was Josephine Baker's first major show." (Wintz & Finkelman, "Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance," Vol. 1, p. 224)