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Noble Sissle
Noble Sissle was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, and playwright who was best known for his partnership with Eubie Blake. Together they wrote the Broadway musical Shuffle Along, which was the first successful Broadway show to have African American writers and an all-Black cast. Sissle continued to compose music and perform throughout his career until his death in 1975.
Titles credited to Noble Sissle
Junction 88
In Junction 88, a small all-black community, pretty Lolly Simpkins loves gentle songwriter Buster Jenkins, who makes too little money to marry. Her father favors rival suitor Onnie, crude but with a b...
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