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Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Hall's long career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death and she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Hall entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2003 as the world's most enduring recording artist having released material over eight consecutive decades.[8] She performed with major artists such as Art Tatum[9] Ethel Waters, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Fela Sowande[10] Rudy Vallee[11] and Jools Holland, and recorded as a jazz singer with Duke Ellington (with whom she made her most famous recording, "Creole Love Call" in 1927)[12] and with Fats Waller.[13][14]
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Adelaide Hall talks about 1920's Harlem and Creole Love Call
Adelaide Hall talks about 1920's Harlem and recording Creole Love Call.
Thank you my friend Maj Marty Hogan for making us aware that October 20 is the anniversary of the birth of American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer Adelaide Louise Hall whose "long career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death and she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance."
Classic jazz artist of the early 20th century through the mid 20th century.
Rest in peace Adelaide Louise Hall.
Background from prezi.com/3zwiygisnsma/adelaide-louise-hall/
"Transcript of Adelaide Louise Hall
by Alyssa Leal
Where she was from
Adelaide Louise Hall was born on October 20, 1901 to William Hall and Elizabeth Gerard Hall in Brooklyn, New York, but was raised in Harlem New York.
Larchmont
In the early 1930s Adelaide bought a house in an all-white community in Larchmont New York. The residents there were not very fond of their new neighbors. After a mysterious fire broke out in Hall's home she and her family left for Europe.
Overnight Sensation
In 1937 Hall, her mother and her husband settled in Paris, France where she became an overnight sensation. Which lead her to travel to Britain to co-star in the musical "The Sun Never Sleeps".
A Harlem Renaissance Legend
Her father taught piano at the Pratt Institute where her and her sister Evelyn attended and her mother was a domestic servant. The two girls formed a piano-vocal duo and performed at school and church events. Unfortunately the two girls ended their duo in 1918 because Evelyn passed due to influenza epidemic, which is a deadly virus. Her father then passed shortly after leaving Adelaide and her mother. After her father's passing she focused on supporting herself and her mother.
Claim to fame
World War II
Hall was not just an entertainer but a benevolent human being. During World War II, she opened her home to American soldiers arriving in London. During the war's conclusive years Hall joined the uniformed entertainment corps performing in Europe after the allied invasion.
Leaving London
After the war, Hall performed in Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate in London, and then returned to the United States to appear in the Broadway production Jamaica.
Adelaide Louise Hall
Upbringing
Adelaide Hall began her singing career in 1921 on the Broadway production, Noble Sissle's and the hit musical Shuffle Along. In 1925 she toured all over Europe with Chocolate Kiddies. In 1926 she appeared in the short Broadway musical, My Magnolia. She then starred in Desires of 1927, which toured America from October 1926 through September 1927.
Hall and Hicks
In 1924 she married a British sailor by the name of Bertram Errol Hicks who became her official manager and opened a hole in the wall club in Harlem New York called The Big Apple.
In 1963 Adelaide's husband died due to medical reasons. Sadly Hall made very few public appearances; one of those being, singing at Duke Ellington's memorial in 1974
1901-1993
Adelaide Louise Hall gave her last performance in March 1992 singing at the Carnegie Hall. She then died at the age of 93 on November 7,1993 in London England.
Fun Facts
Hall was the first female vocalist to sing and record with Duke Ellington
her nickname was the Singing Blackbird
She played the ukulele and the acoustic guitar."
Adelaide Hall talks about 1920's Harlem and Creole Love Call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjI1tbAXO2w
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon
Classic jazz artist of the early 20th century through the mid 20th century.
Rest in peace Adelaide Louise Hall.
Background from prezi.com/3zwiygisnsma/adelaide-louise-hall/
"Transcript of Adelaide Louise Hall
by Alyssa Leal
Where she was from
Adelaide Louise Hall was born on October 20, 1901 to William Hall and Elizabeth Gerard Hall in Brooklyn, New York, but was raised in Harlem New York.
Larchmont
In the early 1930s Adelaide bought a house in an all-white community in Larchmont New York. The residents there were not very fond of their new neighbors. After a mysterious fire broke out in Hall's home she and her family left for Europe.
Overnight Sensation
In 1937 Hall, her mother and her husband settled in Paris, France where she became an overnight sensation. Which lead her to travel to Britain to co-star in the musical "The Sun Never Sleeps".
A Harlem Renaissance Legend
Her father taught piano at the Pratt Institute where her and her sister Evelyn attended and her mother was a domestic servant. The two girls formed a piano-vocal duo and performed at school and church events. Unfortunately the two girls ended their duo in 1918 because Evelyn passed due to influenza epidemic, which is a deadly virus. Her father then passed shortly after leaving Adelaide and her mother. After her father's passing she focused on supporting herself and her mother.
Claim to fame
World War II
Hall was not just an entertainer but a benevolent human being. During World War II, she opened her home to American soldiers arriving in London. During the war's conclusive years Hall joined the uniformed entertainment corps performing in Europe after the allied invasion.
Leaving London
After the war, Hall performed in Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate in London, and then returned to the United States to appear in the Broadway production Jamaica.
Adelaide Louise Hall
Upbringing
Adelaide Hall began her singing career in 1921 on the Broadway production, Noble Sissle's and the hit musical Shuffle Along. In 1925 she toured all over Europe with Chocolate Kiddies. In 1926 she appeared in the short Broadway musical, My Magnolia. She then starred in Desires of 1927, which toured America from October 1926 through September 1927.
Hall and Hicks
In 1924 she married a British sailor by the name of Bertram Errol Hicks who became her official manager and opened a hole in the wall club in Harlem New York called The Big Apple.
In 1963 Adelaide's husband died due to medical reasons. Sadly Hall made very few public appearances; one of those being, singing at Duke Ellington's memorial in 1974
1901-1993
Adelaide Louise Hall gave her last performance in March 1992 singing at the Carnegie Hall. She then died at the age of 93 on November 7,1993 in London England.
Fun Facts
Hall was the first female vocalist to sing and record with Duke Ellington
her nickname was the Singing Blackbird
She played the ukulele and the acoustic guitar."
Adelaide Hall talks about 1920's Harlem and Creole Love Call
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjI1tbAXO2w
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Maj Marty Hogan SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT Mark Halmrast Sgt Randy Wilber Sgt John H. SGT Gregory Lawritson CPL Dave Hoover SPC Margaret Higgins SSgt Brian Brakke 1stSgt Eugene Harless CPT Scott Sharon
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