Glover Compton

Compton was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and is first recorded as a pianist and entertainer in Louisville in about 1904. That year, he met pianist Tony Jackson, collaborating with him in writing a piece, "The Clock of Time", which was reportedly re-used as the basis of the 1922 song "My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)", recorded by Trixie Smith with a writing credit to music publisher J. Berni Barbour. Compton then worked as an itinerant piano player, working in Chicago in 1906 and also spending time in Wyoming, Washington, and New York.
He married singer Nettie Lewis in 1911, and started living with his wife and mother in Chicago, where he worked as a duo with Jackson as well as accompanist to his wife. He worked with composer Shelton Brooks, who dedicated his 1916 piece "Walkin' the Dog" to Compton. He also performed in San Francisco, where he met and worked with Jelly Roll Mor…