Biography on noble sissler
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Noble Sissle
African-American jazz musician (1889–1975)
Noble Lee Sissle (July 10, 1889 – December 17, 1975)[1] was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer, and playwright, best known for the Broadway musical Shuffle Along (1921), and its hit song "I'm Just Wild About Harry".
Early life
Sissle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States,[1] around the time his father Rev. George A. Sissle was pastor of the city's Simpson M. E. Chapel.[2] His mother, Martha Angeline (née Scott) Sissle, was a school teacher and juvenile probation officer.[2]
As a youth, Sissle sang in church choirs and as a soloist with his high school's glee club in Cleveland, Ohio.[3] Sissle attended De Pauw University in Greencastle, Indiana on scholarship and later transferred to Butler University in Indianapolis before turning to music full-time.[4]
Career
In early 1916, Sissle joined one of the society orches