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

A production photo from 1921 taken to promote Shuffle Along

Lottie Gee and Effie King, Unknown photographer, Newspapers.com, c. 1919

Newspaper photo of the two singer/dancers c. 1919

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

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.

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…

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

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

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

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…

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

Scene from the original production

Shuffle Along's creators, Unknown photographer, David A. Jasen/Richard Carlin Collection, 1921

Clockwise from top: Flournoy Miller, Noble Sissle, Aubrey Lyles, Eubie Blake