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Down In The Jungles |
'Harlem itself did not become heavily populated until during the war when a great many Negroes from the South came up to work in the plants. But the section called San Juan Hill, or The Jungles, located west of Broadway from Fifty-ninth up to Sixty-fourth was growing steadily. West Fifty-third Street started to become the meeting place of entertainers and musicians.....
...By this time Eubie Blake was becoming known as a composer, and we all liked the rag he had written called "Chevy Chase". I think some of his earlier tunes were better than the ones that he became famous for in later years. Everybody should remember his better-known songs like, "I'm Just Wild About Harry" and "Memories Of You".
Caricature of Eubie Blake courtesy of Jimmy Thomson
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