Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her long career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death and she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. 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. She performed with major artists such as Art Tatum, Ethel Waters, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Fela Sowande, Rudy Vallee, 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) and with Fats Waller. |
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Victor | BVE-39370 | 10-in. | 10/26/1927 | Creole love call | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Victor | BVE-39371 | 10-in. | 10/26/1927 | Blues I love to sing | Duke Ellington Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Victor | BS-78827 | 10-in. | 12/4/1933 | Drop me off in Harlem | Adelaide Hall ; Lucky Millinder ; Mills Blue Rhythm Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Victor | BS-78828 | 10-in. | 12/4/1933 | Reaching for the Cotton Moon | Adelaide Hall ; Lucky Millinder ; Mills Blue Rhythm Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Victor | BVE-Test-110 | 10-in. | 6/21/1928 | Must have that man | Adelaide Hall | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Victor | BVE-Test-111 | 10-in. | 6/21/1928 | Baby | Adelaide Hall | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
OKeh | W81777 | 10-in. | 11/3/1927 | Chicago stomp down | The Chicago Footwarmers [Duke Ellington Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Brunswick | E28059 | 10-in. | 8/14/1928 | I must have that man | Blackbirds Orchestra ; Adelaide Hall ; Lew Leslie | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Brunswick | E28060 | 10-in. | 8/14/1928 | Baby | Blackbirds Orchestra ; Adelaide Hall ; Lew Leslie | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal | |
Brunswick | E28061 | 10-in. | 8/14/1928 | Dixie | Adelaide Hall | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, soprano vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hall, Adelaide," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106655.
Hall, Adelaide. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106655.
"Hall, Adelaide." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Hall, Adelaide - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92090015
Wikidata: Adelaide Hall - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q293087
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/100313813
MusicBrainz: Adelaide Hall - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1b376fa5-2128-4cad-93c1-c3045f3c9553
Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license
Feedback
Send the Editors a message about this record.