February 7 - Eubie Blake (The Musical Birthday Series)

Eubie Blake (7 February 1887 – 12 February 1983) was an important pianist and composer of popular songs and shows.

Passing It On

When all of his friends

  Were retired or dead.

    Eubie Blake rebounded.

He bucked the new trends

  And showed us instead,

    How the ‘20s sounded.

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