Noble Sissle (1889-1975) was a composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer and playwright who is noted for his collaboration with songwriter Eubie Blake (1887-1983). The pair first performed in vaudeville and later produced the musicals Shuffle Along and The Chocolate Dandies. Sissle is also, famously, the only African-American artist to appear in the Pathé film archives. Shortly after World War I, Sissle joined forces with performer Eubie Blake to form a vaudeville music duo, "The Dixie Duo". After vaudeville, the pair began work on a musical revue, Shuffle Along, which incorporated many songs they had written, and had a book written by F. E. Miller and Aubrey Lyles. When it premiered in 1921, Shuffle Along became the first hit musical on Broadway written by and about African Americans. In 1923, Sissle made two films for Lee DeForest in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process. This great record was made in 1922. It should be noted that the sheet music features another very similar song.
