Annette Hanshaw
Annette Hanshaw
Latest Release
- Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 5 - High Society Swing
- May 2025
- • 12 Songs
Top Songs
| 1 | I'm Somebody's Somebody | ||
| 2 | You´re the Cream in My Coffee | ||
| 3 | Hula Hoop | ||
| 4 | Forgetting You [Remastered] | ||
| 5 | Daddy Won't You Please Come Home |
Albums
Sep 2023 • 11 songs
May 2022 • 16 songs
May 2022 • 16 songs
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About
Biography
One of the first great female jazz singers, in the late '20s Annette Hanshaw ranked near the top with Ethel Waters, the Boswell Sisters, and the upcoming Mildred Bailey. Unlike her contemporary Ruth Etting, Hanshaw could improvise and swing while also being a strong interpreter of lyrics. She was not quite 16 when she started her recording career, and her recordings (1926-1934) included such major jazz players as Red Nichols, Miff Mole, Jimmy Lytell, Adrian Rollini, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Vic Berton, Benny Goodman, Manny Klein, Phil Napoleon, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, and J...