Aubrey Lyles | |
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Born | 8 January 1884 Jackson, Tennessee |
Died | 28 July 1932 New York City |
Occupation(s) | Vaudeville performer, playwright, songwriter, lyricist |
Aubrey Lee Lyles (8 January 1884 – 28 July 1932), sometimes credited as A. L. Lyles, was an American vaudeville performer, playwright, songwriter, and lyricist. He appeared with Flournoy E. Miller as Miller and Lyles as a popular African-American comedy duo from 1905 until shortly before his death. in 1929 they appeared on film as grocers in the Vitaphone Varieties short comedy film They Know Their Groceries.