
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Written in 1910 by African American songwriter Sheldon Brooks, the SOME OF THESE DAYS took on a new life after being embraced by popular Vaudeville singer SOPHIE TUCKER who made it her theme song and sang it nonstop in her act until her death in 1966. By 1966 the song had long before become a jazz standard. Besides Sophie's three pre-1930 recordings of it the tune was recorded by numerous Jazz Bands, Torch Singers, Jazz Singers, Washboard Bands and it could b e heard in "nightclub scenes" in numerous pre-code Hollywood films! We play play just a few of those versions!
By Joe Lauro4.8
44 ratings
Written in 1910 by African American songwriter Sheldon Brooks, the SOME OF THESE DAYS took on a new life after being embraced by popular Vaudeville singer SOPHIE TUCKER who made it her theme song and sang it nonstop in her act until her death in 1966. By 1966 the song had long before become a jazz standard. Besides Sophie's three pre-1930 recordings of it the tune was recorded by numerous Jazz Bands, Torch Singers, Jazz Singers, Washboard Bands and it could b e heard in "nightclub scenes" in numerous pre-code Hollywood films! We play play just a few of those versions!

91,117 Listeners

14,035 Listeners

268 Listeners

87 Listeners

16 Listeners

87,174 Listeners

112,351 Listeners

7,067 Listeners

12,176 Listeners

47,838 Listeners

8,039 Listeners

22 Listeners

2,039 Listeners

958 Listeners

5,498 Listeners