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OKeh Records, "Daddy Won’t You Please Come Home", Harbinger Records, 1921-05

Vocalist Gertrude Saunders sings "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home" from the musical Shuffle Along accompanied by J. Timm Brymn and his Black Devil…

Pathe Records, "I’m Just Simply Full of Jazz", Harbinger Records, 1920-03

Noble Sissle accompanied by an unknow orchestra sings the song "I'm Just Simply Full of Jazz," composed in 1919 and used in the Shuffle Along score.

Home recording by Noble Sissle, "I’m Just Wild About Harry", Harbinger Records, 1950

Noble Sissle and Ruth Williams sing "I'm Just Wild About Harry" accompanied by Eubie Blake on the piano

Sissle and Blake Sing Shuffle Along, Harbinger Records HCD 3204, Election Day in Jimtown, OKeh Records, 1922-10

Sound recording of Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles performing their routine "Election Day" from Shuffle Along

Florence Mills, Roger Matthews, and Lottie Gee, White Studios, Shuffle Along production photograph from 1922, Private Collection, 1922

Scene from the original production

Gertrude Saunders with Miller and Lyles, Unknown photographer, Richard Carlin, 1921

A production photo from 1921 taken to promote Shuffle Along

Lottie Gee, Unknown, Richard Carlin, 1923

[Eau Claire, WI] Leader-Telegram, 1923-10-04, p. 4

Lottie Gee, Unknown, www.newspapers.com, 1923

Newspaper photograph of Lottie Gee with a caption giving details of her early career

Lottie Gee (center) and chorus girls in a scene from Shuffle Along, White Studios, production photograph, 1922, Richard Carlin, 1922

Scene from original production

Lottie Gee Advertisement, Sophie's Wonderful Creations (advertiser), Newspapers.com, 1923

Lottie Gee's light skin and straight hair were much admired by other Black women so she was a natural person to endorse this hair-straightening…