Adelaide Hall's career in showbiz spanned a remarkable 70 years, encompassing jazz, cabaret, pure pop, variety, film, West End and Broadway shows, and straight theatre. From New York musical revues through jazz recordings in the '20s with Duke Ellington to Broadway, and then the London Palladium in 1931, which introduced her to life in the UK, she rapidly became a versatile and in-demand performer with a highly individual style. Her rejection of the institutionalized racism of the US business brought her to Europe, where she forged a hugely varied career in Paris and London, which made her a fixture in UK theatres, still treading the boards into her 80s. This extraordinary life left a legacy of varied and fascinating recordings, a 52-track selection of which is presented here, from her landmark recording of "Creole Love Call" with Ellington in 1927 to Broadway and West End musicals of the '50s. It is a long-overdue tribute to a star who has not enjoyed the recognition she deserves.
26 T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)
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1 Deep Purple
2 Don't Worry 'Bout Me
3 Transatlantic Lullaby
4 The Lady Is a Tramp
5 Chloe
6 This Can't Be Love
7 No Souvenirs
8 All the Things You Are
9 Our Love Affair
10 Ain't It a Shame About Mame
11 How Did He Look
12 Yes, My Darling Daughter
13 I Hear a Rhapsody
14 I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)
15 Sand in My Shoes
16 As Time Goes By
17 There Goes That Song Again
18 Vanity
19 How Many Times
20 Hushabye
21 A Touch of Voodoo
22 Savannah's Wedding Day
23 For Every Fish
24 Common Sense
25 Blue Bird on My Shoulder
26 A Touch of Voodoo
27 Kind to Animals
Adelaide Hall's career in showbiz spanned a remarkable 70 years, encompassing jazz, cabaret, pure pop, variety, film, West End and Broadway shows, and straight theatre. From New York musical revues through jazz recordings in the '20s with Duke Ellington to Broadway, and then the London Palladium in 1931, which introduced her to life in the UK, she rapidly became a versatile and in-demand performer with a highly individual style. Her rejection of the institutionalized racism of the US business brought her to Europe, where she forged a hugely varied career in Paris and London, which made her a fixture in UK theatres, still treading the boards into her 80s. This extraordinary life left a legacy of varied and fascinating recordings, a 52-track selection of which is presented here, from her landmark recording of "Creole Love Call" with Ellington in 1927 to Broadway and West End musicals of the '50s. It is a long-overdue tribute to a star who has not enjoyed the recognition she deserves.