Published in 1910, “Some of These Days” was written and composed by Shelton Brooks and is most associated with legendary performer Sophie Tucker who recorded it several times beginning in 1911. The best known of her versions was done in 1926 backed by Ted Lewis – a number one hit on the charts for five weeks beginning November 23, 1926.
Versions have been cut by Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Bing Crosby, Bobby Darin, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, The McGuire Sisters, the Original Dixieland Jass Band, Charley Patton, and Sidney Bechet.
The Biography website provides this brief description of Sophie Tucker, indicating she
was born on January 13, 1886, in Ukraine and her parents immigrated to the United States when she was a child. During her youth, Tucker sang at her mother’s Hartford restaurant to entertain diners. Her professional career began in 1906, when she performed in blackface at the old Music Hall in New York City. Tucker also performed in burlesque and vaudeville and performed in several films, including Honky Tonk (1929). She died in 1966.
The Wikipedia entry further notes that Tucker was “known for her powerful delivery of comical and risqué songs,” and that “she was one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first half of the 20th century. She was widely known by the nickname “The Last of the Red Hot Mamas”. Shelton Brooks (1886 – 1975) is described as “an African-American-Canadian born composer of popular music and jazz, who wrote some of the biggest hits of the first third of the 20th century.” In addition to “Some of These Days,” Brooks is credited with “At the Darktown Stutters Ball,” “I Wonder Where My Easy Rider’s Gone,” “Every Day,” “Somewhere in France,” “Swing That Thing,” “That Man of Mine” and “There’ll Come A Time.”
Not exactly sure what this clip was done for, but the audio is quite good.