Adelaide Hall
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Born | Adelaide Louise Hall 20 October 1901 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | 7 November 1993 London, England | (aged 92)
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Years active | 1921–1992 |
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Bertram Hicks
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Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death. Early in her career, she was a major figure in the
Early life and marriage
Adelaide Hall was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, to Elizabeth and William Hall in 1901. Adelaide and her sister Evelyn attended the Pratt Institute, where William Hall taught piano. Her father died on March 23, 1917.[13] Three years later, Evelyn died of pneumonia on March 25, 1920 [14] [15] leaving Adelaide to support herself and her mother.
In 1924, Hall married the British sailor Bertram Errol Hicks, who was born in
American career 1921–1935
Hall began her stage career in 1921 on Broadway in the chorus line of Noble Sissle's and Eubie Blake's musical Shuffle Along.[9][17][18][19][20][21] Shuffle Along became a huge hit and propelled Hall's career. She went on to appear in a number of similar black musical shows, including Runnin' Wild[22] on Broadway in 1923, in which she sang James P. Johnson's hit song "Old-Fashioned Love".[23][24]
Chocolate Kiddies European tour, 1925
In 1925, Hall toured Europe with the Chocolate Kiddies revue. The show included songs written by Duke Ellington.[25] Hall was hired to join the cast of the Chocolate Kiddies revue in New York, where they rehearsed before setting sail for Europe. The initial tour started at Hamburg, Germany, on 17 May 1925, and ended in Paris, France, in December 1925, visiting many major cities in-between.[26] The revue was designed to give Europeans a sampling of black entertainment from New York.[27] Included in the cast were The Three Eddies, Lottie Gee, Rufus Greenlee and Thaddeus Drayton, Bobbie and Babe Goins, Charles Davis and Sam Wooding and his Orchestra. After the initial tour disbanded, Sam Wooding and his Orchestra continued touring the Chocolate Kiddies revue for several years later. During Hall's visit to Germany she also sang at Berlin's renowned transvestite club, the Eldorado Café.[28] The venue is immortalised in Christopher Isherwood's 1939 novel Goodbye to Berlin, as well as in the 1972 film Cabaret and the musical of the same name.[29]
In 1926, Hall appeared in the short-lived Broadway musical My Magnolia, which had a score written by Luckey Roberts and Alex C. Rogers,[30][31] after which she appeared in Tan Town Topics with songs written by Fats Waller.[32][33] Hall then starred in Desires of 1927 (with a score written by Andy Razaf and J. C. Johnson),[34] which toured America from October 1926 through to September 1927.[35][36]
Tan Town Topics, Small's Paradise and Desires of 1927
In 1926, upon Hall's return to New York after touring Europe with the Chocolate Kiddies, she was featured in Tan Town Topics, a revue containing songs written by
During July 1926, Hall appeared in residency with Lottie Gee and the
As early as July 1927, newspapers were reporting that Hall had invented a new style of singing, which she termed ‘squagel.’[41] One account of the effect Hall had on audiences when she 'squageled' was written up in the Exhibitors Herald in August 1927.[42]
Recordings with Duke Ellington
In New York in October 1927, Hall recorded her wordless vocals on "Creole Love Call" and "The Blues I Love To Sing" with Duke Ellington and his Orchestra,[43] and on November 3, 1927, Hall recorded "Chicago Stomp Down" with Duke Ellington and The Chicago Footwarmers for Okeh Records.[44] "Creole Love Call" became a worldwide hit and catapulted both Hall's and Ellington's careers into the mainstream.[45][46] For historical reasons, the story behind "Creole Love Call"'s conception is interesting to recount: In 1927, Hall and Duke Ellington were touring in the same show, Dance Mania. The show played several large cities before reaching New York City. In mid-November, Hall travelled from Chicago (where she had been performing at the Sunset Café)[47] to New York City in her Packard automobile with her husband Bert. When they arrived in New York, Hall was approached in 7th Avenue by a reporter, who enquired about her career plans.[48] Hall, however, declined to enlighten the reporter. Nevertheless, Miss Hall's reappearance in New York City garnered much speculation, as she was featured on the front pages of several newspapers, encouraging rumours she would soon be starring in a big Broadway show. In the meantime, Hall and Ellington appeared together in Dance Mania at the Lafayette Theatre, Harlem, from 14 November for one week, before heading off with the show to play in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Standard Theatre.[49] In Dance Mania, Hall closed the first half of the bill and Duke and his orchestra performed in the second half. Duke had a new number "Creole Love Call", which he included in his set. When Hall first heard the number back in October, she recounted:
I was standing in the wings behind the piano when Duke first played it ("Creole Love Call"). I started humming along with the band. He stopped the number and came over to me and said, "That's just what I was looking for. Can you do it again?" I said, "I can't, because I don't know what I was doing." He begged me to try. Anyway, I did, and sang this counter melody, and he was delighted and said "Addie, you're going to record this with the band." A couple of days later I did.[1]
When Duke was recounting the incident to a reporter he explained, "We had to do something to employ Adelaide Hall," and then added, "I always say we are primitive artists, we only employ the materials at hand ... the band is an accumulation of personalities, tonal devices."[50] On 4 December 1927, Ellington and his Orchestra commenced their residency at Harlem's Cotton Club in a revue called Rhythmania. The show featured Hall singing "Creole Love Call". In 1928, "Creole Love Call" entered the Billboard song charts at No. 29 (USA).[51] On 7 January 1933, Hall and Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra recorded "I Must Have That Man" and "Baby".[52]
Blackbirds of 1928
In 1928, Hall
It was this musical that not only secured Hall's success in the USA but also in Europe when the production was taken in 1929 to
With Blackbirds' music score written by
1930: Brown Buddies
Speculation that Hall and
So successful was Hall's collaboration with Bojangles that in October 1930, the pair were teamed up together again, this time by Marty Forkins (Bojangles' manager) to star in the Broadway musical
1931–1932: World concert tour
In 1931, Hall embarked on a world concert tour that visited two continents (America and Europe). The tour was estimated to have performed to more than one million people. During the tour, she appeared four times at New York's
Adelaide Hall, attractive young colored singer, dominates a vaudeville of staggering proportions. Miss Hall has the sort of "blues" voice that gets you and she has a fine dramatic sense. Her interpretation of "River Stay Away From My Door," is strikingly good. And her gowns are lovely.[83]
1932–1933: Larchmont, Westchester County, racist incident
‘If the objection to me is based on ancestry, I am perfectly willing to match my family tree with anybody here,’ said Hall. ‘As for being an American, I can trace my ancestry back to the Shinnecock Indians of Long Island, and I am proud of it. I’m a full-blooded American colored girl. If the issue is going to be ancestry I am only waiting for a chance when I can put some of these new rich on the witness stand and ask them how their grandfathers spelled their names.’ Adelaide Hall quote, 1932.[84]
In the fall of 1932, upon her return to New York, Hall and her husband purchased the lease on an exclusive freehold residential estate in the Village of Larchmont in the New York suburb of Westchester County. As news of her arrival in Larchmont leaked into the local media she began to encounter racial opposition from her white upper-middle-class neighbors, who threatened court action to have Hall evicted. After her home was broken into and an attempt was made to set it alight, news of the attack hit national newspaper headlines: "What's Your Grandfather's Name? Adelaide Hall Asks White Neighbors."[85] Receiving hundreds of letters of support from the American public imploring her to stick it out, Hall stood her ground and in a press statement she issued insisted that she was a true American citizen as her ancestry could be traced back to the Shinnecock Indian tribe of Long Island[86] and as such she had every right to reside where she wished.[87][88]
1933: Harlem Opera House, New York
For one week commencing Saturday 14 January 1933, Hall returned to New York to appear in a music revue produced by Leonard Harper at the Harlem Opera House. A journalist from the Pittsburgh Courier newspaper who published under the initials T.Y. wrote in his review of Hall's performance that "she was excellent" and that he was so thrilled to be at the show he totally forgot to jot down on his notepad the title of the songs Hall performed. He did however apologise for this mishap. He also mentioned that Hall was accompanied on stage by a guitar "troubadour" and a blind pianist (referring to Art Tatum) who, he declared, "can really play".[89]
1933: American concert tour
ADELAIDE HALL TO TOUR THE COAST
— Pittsburgh Courier headline, 22 July 1933
Hall's itinerary included all the principal cities and lasted 30 weeks[90]
World Fair City, Chicago, 1933
Miss Adelaide Hall Captures The World Fair City and They Like It
— Pittsburgh Courier, 19 August 1933:
Miss Adelaide Hall, the darling girl with the guitar and the mellifluent voice, again stole into the callous hearts of an analytical public at the Regal theater last week. She charmed them with her voice, her poise and beauty. She has a style of singing 'Stormy Weather' all her own. Chicago belonged to Adelaide for one whole week. And her majesty reigned supreme.[91]
On 19 August 1933, the fifth annual
Stormy Weather Revue, 1933
A
1934: Apollo Theater, Harlem, Chocolate Soldiers revue
Chocolate Soldiers opened at the new Apollo Theater, Harlem, starring Hall in Harlem, New York, 14 February 1934. The show was produced by Clarence Robinson and garnered great attention and acclaim,[95] helping to establish the recently opened Apollo as Harlem's premier theatre.
The Cotton Club Parade, 1934
On 23 March 1934, Hall opened at Harlem's Cotton Club in The Cotton Club Parade 24th Edition.[96] It was the largest grossing show ever staged there.[97][98][99] The show ran for six months at the Cotton Club. In the show, Hall introduced the songs "Ill Wind"[100] and "Primitive Prima Donna", which Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler wrote especially for her.[101][102][103] It was during Hall's rendition of "Ill Wind" that nitrogen smoke was used to cover the floor of the stage. It was the first time such an effect had ever been used on a stage and caused a sensation.[1] So successful was the show that the entire production went on a road tour, playing in theatres across America.
In the 1930s, several Hollywood movie companies also maintained studios in New York, and New York-based stage performers were approached to appear in movie short subjects. Hall starred in two: On the Air and Off (1933) for
1935: North and South American concert tour
During 1935, Hall performed another coast-to-coast American/Canadian concert tour that took in the South. Prior to the tour commencing she gave an interview (during her visit to Dixie), conducted by the journalist George Tyler that was published on 16 March 1935 in The Afro-American newspaper. In the interview Hall gives a rare insight into her life and her home in the Village of Larchmont, disclosing how dramatically her circumstances had changed since her humble upbringing in Harlem.
"Much has been said and published too, about the magnificent residence of Miss Hall," says George, "but my interest was in what transpires behind the portals of this mansion when the singer is at home." "I have a sun parlour," said Adelaide, "in which I take a keen delight. Here, while enjoying the rays of the sun, I crochet and listen to the radio. A great deal of my time off the stage I spend painting or working in my garden. My favorite radio artists are Mildred Bailey, Willard Robison and his Deep River Orchestra, and the Southernaires. My stage favorites include Bill Robinson, Ethel Waters and Ada Brown. While at home I do very little cooking; in fact, there are servants to take care of these details. The cook's biggest job is to prepare broiled chicken, as that is one of my favorite dishes."
Tyler adds that the singing star owns and drives her car, roller skates, swims, plays tennis and enjoys horseback riding.
"When I retire from public life I shall resume my career as a modiste," confided Miss Hall. "As a kid I longed for a stage career, and my first step towards this was to run away from school to try my luck behind the footlights. I was apprehended and sent back to school to continue my training as a modiste. Today, I am proud that I am more than an actress".
Tyler continues by asking about her forthcoming American and Canadian concert tour, which will take her deep into the South: "What do you think of such a tour, under the conditions that exist in the South?" Hall replied:
My experience of a couple of years ago while on a coast-to-coast tour should serve me well. Being a member of the oppressed race, I think I will be able to accustom myself to conditions, as they exist. However, there are many details I would rather not go into.[104]
In the summer of 1935, Miss Hall had a regular slot on the New York radio station WNCA performing every Monday and Wednesday evening at 9 PM (New York time).[105]
European career, 1935–1938
Hall arrived in Paris, France in the fall of 1935[106] and remained living there until 1938. Her husband Bert opened a nightclub for her in Paris, situated at 73 rue Pigalle in Montmartre, called La Grosse Pomme (French for "The Big Apple", the name of his original New York club) where she frequently entertained.[107][108][109] "It (the club) held about two hundred people. I made this dramatic entrance coming down a spiral staircase from the attic. Nobody knew that all the boxes of wine and tinned food were stored up there with me. I came down the stairs in the most gorgeous costumes you'll ever see, floating in feathers and plumes," recalled Hall during an interview.[1]
The
In 1937, Hall choreographed her own take on the famous French dance the Can-can; she called it the Canned Apple and would perform it at her Montmartre nightclub La Grosse Pomme.[114] Hall is also credited with introducing the Truckin' dance craze to the Parisians.[115] During her residence in Europe, Hall sang with several orchestras, including those of Willie Lewis[116] and Ray Ventura; in 1937 (while on a trip to Copenhagen), she recorded four songs with Kai Ewans and his Orchestra for the Tono record label.[117] On 13 May 1938, BBC Radio broadcast Over to Paris, an hour-long programme direct from a Paris studio that highlighted a variety of famous Parisian artists of radio, cabaret and the music hall. The show included performances from Hall and Mistinguett, who were accompanied by two orchestras.[118]
Move to London, 1938
British career, 1938–1993
After many years performing in the US and Europe, Hall went to the United Kingdom in 1938[119] to take a starring role in a stage-adapted musical version of Edgar Wallace's The Sun Never Sets at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.[120][121] She was so successful and became so popular with British audiences that she stayed and made her home there, becoming one of the most popular singers and entertainers of the time. Hall lived in London from 1938 until her death.
On 28 August 1938, Hall recorded "
On 25 February 1939,
On Friday, 1 September 1939, Hall was scheduled to appear at 9:00 pm in a live BBC TV broadcast titled Variety recorded direct from the RadiOlympia Theatre.
Unexpectedly, the show Variety became one of the first British theatrical casualties of World War II and part of the mystery surrounding "what really happened at the BBC on 1 September 1939?" That year, Hall became a featured vocalist with Joe Loss & His Band[131] and from 1939 to 1941, Hall headlined the popular BBC Radio variety show Piccadixie.[132] She also toured the UK extensively during these years, headlining the Piccadixie British Tour, supported by comedian Oliver Wakefield and pianist George Elrick.[133]
During the war, Hall entertained the troops in Europe for the USO (United Service Organizations Inc.)[134] and the British equivalent ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association) in which she served as a captain. Her uniform was made by Madam Adele of Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, London.[135]
The First World Radio Broadcast, 17 October 1939.
On 17 October 1939 Adelaide Hall starred in one of the most sensational live radio broadcasts ever attempted by the
Hall later recalled in vivid detail the challenges she faced during WWII while entertaining the troops across Europe and in the UK, some of whom were wounded:[139] "Sometimes I had to sing without music, but it was a challenge, and so rewarding to get all the people to sing with me." At one London performance Hall gave at Lewisham Hippodrome theatre during the week of 20 August 1940, the Luftwaffe attacked overhead, dropping bombs and, "even though we could hear bombs exploding outside the theatre, we carried on ... I had sung 54 songs until the all-clear sounded at 3:45 a.m. in the morning!"[140] Hall's 54 encores are believed to be a world record for the amount of encores sung by one artist on stage.[141][142] Hall also claimed to be one of the first entertainers to enter Germany before the war had officially ended. She travelled with the troops as they advanced towards Berlin, dismissing the dangers such bravery entailed.[140]
Hall's career was almost an uninterrupted success. She made more than 70 records for
Hall appears in the earliest post-war BBC
In 1951, Hall appeared as a guest in the music spot on the first ever British comedy series How Do You View, starring
In the early 1950s, Hall and her husband Bert opened the Calypso Club in Regent Street, London, and Royalty flocked there.[166] It was reported in the press that Princess Elizabeth was a frequent visitor and that Hall had taught the princess the Charleston.[167]
Hall appeared in the 1951 London run of
On 1 April 1960, Hall appeared on the BBC TV music show The Music Goes Round hosted by John Watt. The show was an NBA TV version of the radio show Songs from the Shows.[174] On 3 March 1965, Hall appeared on BBC2 television in Muses with Milligan with Spike Milligan and John Betjeman in a show devoted to poetry and jazz.[175] In 1968, Hall appeared in Janie Jones, a new American play written by Robert P. Hillier and directed by Peter Cotes. The cast included American actress Marlene Warfield. The play had its world premiere on 8 July at the Manchester Opera House, where it ran for one week prior to its London West End opening on 15 July at the New Theatre (now the Noël Coward Theatre).[171]
Between 1969 and 1970, Hall made two jazz recordings with
In April 1980, Hall returned to the U.S. and from 1 to 24 May, she appeared in the cast of Black Broadway (a retrospective musical revue) at the
In 1985, Hall appeared on British TV in the cast of Omnibus: The Cotton Club comes to the Ritz, a 60-minute BBC documentary in which some of the performers from Harlem's Cotton Club were filmed performing at the Ritz Hotel in London, along with contemporary musicians. Also on the bill were Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, Doc Cheatham, Max Roach and the Nicholas Brothers.[192][193] In 1985, Hall appeared on British TV on The South Bank Show in a documentary entitled The Real Cotton Club.[194] In July 1986, Hall performed in concert at the Barbican Centre, London.[195]
In October 1988, Hall presented a one-woman show at Carnegie Hall in New York.[196] She presented the same show in London at the King's Head Theatre (Islington) during December 1988.[197] She is one of the very few performers to have made two guest appearances (2 December 1972[198] and 13 January 1991)[199] on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs. In 1989, she appeared at London's Royal Festival Hall at the Royal Ellington Tribute Concert that included the world premiere of Ellington's Queen's Suite, which was written for Queen Elizabeth II. Other artists appearing included the Bob Wilber Band, Tony Coe and Alan Cohen. The concert was filmed by Independent Film Production Associates.[200] 1989 also saw Hall appear in concert at the Studio Theatre, Haymarket in Leicester. The concert was organised by composer/musician Gavin Bryars and sold out almost as soon as it was announced.[201]
In 1990, Hall starred in Sophisticated Lady, a Channel 4 television documentary about her life broadcast on 24 July, which included a performance of her in concert recorded live at the
Death
Adelaide Hall died in the early hours of 7 November 1993, aged 92, at London's Charing Cross Hospital of natural causes (old age).[1][171][204][205] Honouring her wish, her funeral took place in New York at the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Garden City, New York) and she was laid to rest beside her mother at the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn.
In London, a memorial service was held for her at St Paul's, Covent Garden (known as the "actors' church"), which was attended by many stars including Elaine Paige, Elisabeth Welch, Lon Satton and Elaine Delmar. One of the participants, TV presenter and broadcaster Michael Parkinson, remarked during his eulogy: "Adelaide lived to be ninety-two and never grew old."[206]
Legacy
In 2018, Hall was named by the
Chapter 20 (titled "La Grosse Pomme") in the 2017 spy novel I Spy the Wolf by Stephen Davis is set inside Adelaide Hall's La Grosse Pomme nightclub in
Hall was one of the major entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance. Along with Louis Armstrong, she pioneered scat singing and is widely acknowledged as one of the world's first jazz singers, regarded as such by Ella Fitzgerald.[3] Hall was the first female vocalist to sing and record with Duke Ellington. She holds the accolade of being the 20th century's most enduring female recording artist, her recording career having spanned eight decades. In 1941, Hall replaced Gracie Fields as Britain's highest paid female entertainer.[3][209]
In the "100 Great Records of the 1920s" Hall is at number 26 with Duke Ellington's Orchestra, singing "The Blues I Love to Sing" (Duke Ellington/Bubber Miley), Victor 21490, 1927.[210] Influential writer Langston Hughes, in his book Famous Negro Music Makers (published by Dodd, Mead, 1955) lists individual musicians that helped develop jazz, in which he states that "jazz singers too, had not been without influence on the development of this (Jazz) music", and then includes Hall alongside Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Ray Nance and Joe Carroll, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Alberta Hunter, Baby Cox and Florence Mills, as all being outstanding jazz vocalists of their time.[211]
Hall is mentioned in the novel Strange Brother (set in New York in the late 1920s, early 1930s) written by Blair Niles and first published in 1931.[212][213] Published in 1998, Marsha Hunt's novel Like Venus Fading was inspired by the lives of Hall (known as the lightly-tanned Venus), Josephine Baker and Dorothy Dandridge.[214] The mesmerising effect Hall had on her audience at the Cotton Club is captured in the fictionalised 2017 novel A Time in Ybor City by Ron Kase.[215] Kase's account captures Hall's 11:00 o'clock evening performance in the Cotton Club Parade revue, at which George Gershwin is in the audience. The account is a fictionalised account based on part fact.
"When Harry Met Addie" was composed by Gavin Bryars in 1999 (published by Schott Music Ltd., London).[216] Bryars wrote it as a tribute to Hall and saxophonist Harry Carney. The piece was first performed at the Duke Ellington Memorial Concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 1 May 1999,[217] and was commissioned by the baritone saxophonist/bass clarinettist John Surman. The soprano was Cristina Zavalloni and the London Sinfonietta Big Band was conducted by Diego Masson.[218]
Hall was loosely portrayed as the nightclub chanteuse in Francis Ford Coppola's 1984 film The Cotton Club.[219][220][221]
It was Hall's husband, Bert Hicks, who suggested to
Underneath a Harlem Moon, 2013–2014
During 2013, British singer Laura Mvula revealed in a Blues and Soul interview with assistant editor Pete Lewis that her song "Sing to the Moon" (from her hit debut album Sing to the Moon, RCA/Sony Music) was inspired by the 2003 biography of Hall entitled Underneath a Harlem Moon: The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall, by Iain Cameron Williams:[223][224]
Well, the actual song "Sing to the Moon" came from a time when I was reading a book called Underneath a Harlem Moon, which is a biography of a jazz singer called Adelaide Hall, which is basically all about how she kind of was overlooked, or probably didn't get the recognition she perhaps deserved. Plus it also talks about how she'd had a hard time growing up, because her sister – who she was very close to – had died tragically of an illness.... So anyway, there's a point in the story where she describes her close relationship with her father, which I think kind of resonated with me – where she talks about the conversations she had with him and how he used to say to her randomly 'Sing to the moon and the stars will shine', which kind of became her thing really that she just took with her everywhere.... And I don't know why, but for some reason it just struck some kind of chord with me – you know, it was just something I seemed to connect with at that time. And so because of that, it then became a saying that I liked to use myself.... So yeah, because it's become something I personally like to express, I just thought 'Sing to the Moon' would also make a good title for the album as a whole.[225]
On 11 August 2014, Mvula released her second album, an orchestral version of Sing to the Moon,
In 2014, "Sing to the Moon" was sampled by the American rapper XXXTentacion and incorporated in his song "Vice City", which launched his music career.[229]
After Midnight, Broadway musical 2013–2014
A new musical revue
At least three of the songs that Hall introduced are performed in the show, including headliner
A Nite at the Cotton Club, 2014
In February 2014, a new stage show called A Nite at the Cotton Club, produced by Lydia Dillingham, opened at the Southern Broadway Dinner Theatre at The Historic Hildreth Brothers Building in Alabama, USA, in which the actress Brandy Davis portrays Hall. The entire run sold out.[234]
ASCAP 100 Years, 2014
On 14 February 2014, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) celebrated its centenary by publishing a timeline of songs chosen to represent the past hundred years. One song was chosen to represent each year. Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh's song "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby", written for the Broadway revue Blackbirds of 1928, was chosen for 1928, and Hall's recording of the song was chosen to represent the year.[235]
Downton Addy's, 2020
As part of Black History Month in June 2020,
In June 2020, British Vogue acknowledged Adelaide Hall in their list of "7 Remarkable Black Women Who Shaped British History".[241]
Black Plaque awarded to Adelaide Hall, 2021
Adelaide Hall was honoured in 2021 by the Black Plaque Project, an initiative of the Nubian Jak Community Trust, with a plaque commemorating her outstanding career and achievements in the world of entertainment.[242] The plaque is placed in the world-renowned Abbey Road Recording Studios in St John's Wood, London, where Hall recorded with fellow American jazz artiste and composer Fats Waller. Hall is No. 15 in the Black Plaque Project that honours the achievements throughout history of members of the UK's black community.[243]
One Minute Theatre Top 10 People of Colour in Musicals, 2021
In March 2021, 1 Minute Theatre Reviews acknowledged Adelaide Hall in their 10 "people of colour who have made a major contribution to the stage musical".[244]
Women Inspire podcast, 2021
Adelaide Hall - "Sing to the moon Addie and the stars will shine."
In January 2021, the Women Inspire podcast devoted an episode to the life and career of Hall, titled "Sing to the moon Addie and the stars will shine".[245]
Google Doodle, 2023
In honour of
Blue plaque
Hall will be one of the recipients of an English Heritage blue plaque in 2024, alongside Christina Broom, Diana Beck and Irene Barclay.[249]
Discography
1927–1938
Songs | Label & Number | Date | Artist |
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"Creole Love Call" / "The Blues I Love to Sing" | BVE-39370-1[250]/ BVE-39371-1[251] Victor Records | (26 October 1927) (recorded Victor Studio No. 1, Camden, NJ )[252] | Duke Ellington Orchestra (vocals by Adelaide Hall) |
"I Must Have That Man" / "Baby" | BVE-Test-110[253][254] | (21 June 1928) (recorded in New York) | Adelaide Hall with piano acc. by George Rickman |
"Chicago Stomp Down" | W81777-A / W81777-B / W81777-C Columbia Records | (3 November 1927) (recorded OKeh session, Union Square, New York City)[252] | Duke Ellington Orchestra (vocals by Adelaide Hall) |
"Blues I Love to Sing" | 21490-A Victor BVE-39371[255] | (26 October 1927) | Duke Ellington Orchestra (vocals by Adelaide Hall) |
"I Must Have That Man" / "Baby" | E-28059 / E-28060 Brunswick 4031 | (14 August 1928) (recorded in New York) | Adelaide Hall acc. by Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra |
"Rhapsody in Love" / " Minnie The Moocher "
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R-218 / R-221 Brunswick | (October 1931) (recorded in London, UK) | Adelaide Hall with piano acc. by Francis J. Carter and Bennie Paine |
"Too Darn Fickle" / "I Got Rhythm" | R-225 / R-229 | (October 1931) (recorded in London) | Adelaide Hall with piano acc. by Francis J. Carter and Bennie Paine |
"Baby Mine" / "I'm Redhot From Harlem" | R-230 / R-232 | (October 1931) (recorded in London) | Adelaide Hall with piano acc. by Francis J. Carter and Bennie Paine |
"To Have and To Hold" / " Minnie The Moocher "
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P-102 Oriole UK | (October 1931) (recorded in London, UK) | Adelaide Hall with piano acc. by Francis J. Carter and Bennie Paine |
"Strange As It Seems" / "I'll Never Be The Same" | Br 6376 / Br6362 Brunswick | (5 August 1932) (recorded in New York) | Adelaide Hall with orchestra acc. |
"You Gave Me Everything but Love" / "This Time It's Love" | B-12166-A / B-12167-A Brunswick | (10 August 1932) (recorded in New York) | Adelaide Hall with piano acc. by Francis J. Carter and Art Tatum |
"I Must Have That Man" / "Baby" | B-12773-B / B-12774-B CBS | (21 December 1932) (recorded ARC session, New York City) | Adelaide Hall with Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra[256] |
"I Must Have That Man" / "Baby" | B-12773-C / B-12774-C Brunswick | (7 January 1933) (recorded Arc session, New York City)[257] | Adelaide Hall with Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra[256] |
"Drop Me Off in Harlem" / "Reaching for the Cotton Moon" | BS-78827-1-2 / BS-78828-1-2-3 Victor | (4 December 1933) | Adelaide Hall with Mills Blue Rhythm Band |
"I Must Have That Man" / "Baby" | B-12773-B / B-12774-B issue 5063 Lucky Records Co. Tokyo (Japan) issued 1935 | (21 December 1932) (recorded ARC session, New York City) | Adelaide Hall with Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra |
"I'm in the Mood For Love" / "Truckin'" | P-77612 / p-77613 Ultraphone AP 1574 | (January 1936, Paris, France) | Adelaide Hall (vocals and tap dancing) accompanied by Joe Turner on piano |
"East of the Sun and West of the Moon" / "Solitude" | P-77616 / P-77618 Ultraphone AP1575 | (20 January 1936, Paris, France) | Adelaide Hall with John Ellsworth and his Orchestra with Stephane Grappelli on violin) Alex Renard (trumpet) Christian Wagner (clarinet, alto saxophone) Jacques Metehen (piano) Roger Chaput (guitar) Maurice Chailloux (drums) and others[258]
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"I'm Shooting High" / "Say You're Mine" | CPT-2649-1 / CPT-2652-1 Pathe PA 914 | (5 May 1936, Paris) | Adelaide Hall with Willie Lewis and his Orchestra |
"After You've Gone" / "Swing Guitars" | CPT-1 / CPT-1 Pathe PA | (15 May 1936, Paris) | Adelaide Hall with Willie Lewis and his Orchestra |
"I'm Shooting High" | CPT-1 / Pathe PA | (15 October 1936, Paris) | Adelaide Hall with Willie Lewis and his Orchestra (trumpeter Bill Coleman is included on this recording) |
"There's a Lull in my Life" / "Medley" | K-6001 / K-6001 D-599 Tono (Copenhagen, Denmark) | (December 1937) | Adelaide Hall with the Kai Ewans Orchestra |
"Stormy Weather" / "Where or When" | K-6002 / K-6002 Tono (Copenhagen, Denmark) | (December 1937) | Adelaide Hall with the Kai Ewans Orchestra |
"That Old Feeling" / " I Can't Give You Anything but Love "
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HMV (EMI Records) | (28 August 1938) (recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK) | Adelaide Hall with organ acc. by Fats Waller |
"You're Blasé"[259] | BBC Radio Transcription Service – The London Transcription Service 10PH 12545 78RPM | (1939) (recorded at BBC Studios, London, UK) | Adelaide Hall with Stéphane Grappelli and Arthur Young and his Swingtette |
The Decca years, 1939–1945
Songs | Label & Number | Release Date |
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"I Have Eyes" / "I Promise You" | Decca F-7049 | (27 April 1939) |
"Deep Purple" / "Solitude" | Decca F-7083 | (15 May 1939) |
"A New Moon and an Old Serenade" / "Our Love" | Decca F-7095 | (6 June 1939) |
" 'Tain't What You Do "
|
Decca F-7121 | (23 June 1939) |
"Transatlantic Lullaby" / " I Get Along Without You Very Well "
|
Decca F-7132 | (26 July 1939) |
"Moon Love" / "Yours for a Song" | Decca F-7272 | (17 October 1939) |
"Day In, Day Out"/ "I Poured My Heart into a Song" | Decca F-7304 | (8 November 1939) |
"My Heart Belongs to Daddy" / "Have You Met Miss Jones?" | Decca F-7305 | (8 November 1939) |
"Serenade in Love" / "Fare Thee Well" | Decca F-7340 | (27 December 1939) |
"Where or When" / "The Lady Is a Tramp" | Decca F-7345 | (19 January 1940) |
"Careless" / "Don't Make Me Laugh" | Decca F-7340 | (11 March 1940) |
"Chloe" / "Begin the Beguine" | Decca F-7460 | (15 April 1940) |
"This Can't Be Love" / "No Souvenirs" | Decca F-7501 | (3 May 1940) |
"Who Told You I Cared"? / "Shake Down the Stars" | Decca F-7522 | (31 May 1940) |
"Mist on the River" / " Fools Rush In "
|
Decca F-7583 | (15 August 1940) |
" All The Things You Are " / "I Wanna Be Loved"
|
Decca F-7636 | (9 October 1940) |
"Goodnight Again" / "Trade Winds" | Decca F-7678 | (12 December 1940) |
"Our Love Affair" / "And So Do I" | Decca F-7681 | (12 December 1940) |
"Moon for Sale" / "Yesterday's Dreams" | Decca F-7708 | (7 February 1941) |
"Ain't It a Shame About Mame"? / "Room Five Hundred and Four" | Decca F-7709 | (7 February 1941) |
"It's Always You" / "How Did He Look"? | Decca F-7879 | (23 May 1941) |
"Yes, My Darling Daughter" / "The Things I Love" | Decca F-7891 | (23 May 1941) |
"I Hear a Rhapsody" / "Mississippi Mama" | Decca F-7918 | (3 July 1941) |
"I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)" / "Moonlight in Mexico" | Decca F-7942 | (7 August 1941) |
"As if You Didn't Know" / "I Take to You" | Decca F-8030 | (5 November 1941) |
"Minnie from Trinidad" / "Sand in My Shoes" | Decca F-8031 | (5 November 1941) |
"Song of the Islands" / "Pagan Love Song" | Decca F-8058 | (7 November 1941) |
"I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" / "My Sister and I" | Decca F-8043 | (18 November 1941) |
"A Sinner Kissed an Angel" / "Why Don't We Do This More Often"? | Decca F-8092 | (2 February 1942) |
"Tropical Magic" / "Intermezzo" | Decca F-8118 | (2 February 1942) |
"My Devotion" / "Sharing It All With You" | Decca F-8263 | (January 1943) |
"Let's Get Lost" / "As Time Goes By" | Decca F-8292 | (1943) |
"I Don't Want Anybody at All (If I Can't Have You)" / "I Heard You Cried Last Night" | Decca F-8362 | (6 September 1943) |
" I'm Getting Sentimental Over You "
|
Decca F-8467 | (4 August 1944) |
"There Goes That Song Again" / "I'm Gonna Love That Guy" | Decca F-8517 | (3 March 1945) |
Odeon (Argentina) 1943
Songs | Label & Number | Release Date |
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"Segun Pasan Los Anos (As Time Goes By)" / "Vamos a Perdernos (Let's Get Lost)" | Odeon DR-7240/7239 | (1943) |
London Records, Spirituals, 1949
Adelaide Hall and Kenneth Cantril, Spirituals, 78 rpm set
Songs | Label & Number | Release Date | Artist |
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"Nobody Know de Trouble I've Seen" / "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" | London | (1949) | Adelaide Hall and Kenneth Cantril |
"Deep River" / "Bye and Bye" | London | (1949) | Adelaide Hall and Kenneth Cantril |
"My Lord, What a Morning" / " Swing Low Sweet Chariot "
|
London | (1949) | Adelaide Hall and Kenneth Cantril |
Columbia (EMI) – 1951
Songs | Label & Number | Date | Artist |
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"Can't Help Loving That Man of Mine" / "Bill" | Columbia Gramophone Co. (EMI Records) | (11 July 1951) (recorded in London, UK) | Adelaide Hall |
"How Many Times" / "Vanity"[260] | Columbia Gramophone Co. (EMI Records) | (11 July 1951) (recorded in London) | Adelaide Hall |
Oriole – 1960
Songs | Label & Number | Date | Artist |
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"Bluebird on My Shoulder" / "Common Sense"[261] | Oriole (CB 1556) | (May 1960) (recorded in London)[262] | Adelaide Hall |
UK singles chart entries
Year | Single | Chart positions | Peak month | ||
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UK
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1940[263] | "Careless" | 30 | May | ||
"Begin the Beguine" | 28 | June | |||
"All the Things You Are" | 26 | December | |||
1941[264] | "Where Are You?" | 28 | December | ||
1945 | "There Goes That Song Again" | 15 | June[265] |
US singles chart entries
Year | Single | Chart position | Peak month |
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US
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1928[266] | "Creole Love Call" ft. Adelaide Hall vcl. | 19 | June |
Filmography
- A Son of Satan (1924) (USA) (Micheaux Film)[267]
- Dancers in the Dark (1932) (USA) (Hall's singing voice is used but she is uncredited)[268]
- On the Air and Off (1933) (USA short, filmed at Biograph Studios, Bronx, New York City) (Universal Pictures)[269][270][271]
- Broadway Varieties (1934) (USA short, filmed at Biograph Studios, Bronx, New York City) (Universal Pictures)[272][273][274]
- All-Coloured Vaudeville Show (1935) (USA)[275]
- The Kentucky Minstrels (1939 (British TV movie)[276]
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940) (UK)[277][278]
- Behind The Blackout (1940), British Pathé Newsreel[279]
- Stars In Your Eyes (TV series, UK) 1946–1950.[280]
- BBC TV)[281]
- A World Is Turning (towards the coloured people) (1948) (UK)[282][283]
- Olivelli's (1951), British Pathé Newsreel[284]
- Love From Judy (1953) TV movie.[170]
- Night and the City (1959) (UK) (role – singer – the scenes were deleted from the final edit)[285]
- Looks Familiar (9 January 1974) (ITV)[286]
- What Is Jazz? (1974) (TV Documentary)[286]
- It Don't Mean A Thing (15 June 1976)[286]
- Parkinson (TV series): 300th edition (1981) (BBC TV)[287]
- The Sacred Music of Duke Ellington (1982) (MGM) – recorded at St. Paul's Cathedral, London (released 1983)[286]
- The Cotton Club Comes to the Ritz (1985) (A documentary with live performances at the Ritz Hotel, London, featuring former Cotton Club performers)[286]
- Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker (1986)[288]
- Brown Sugar (1986) (American TV mini-series)[289]
- Sophisticated Lady (1989) (UK) (documentary about Adelaide Hall)[290]
- Royal Ellington (1989) (live concert footage)[286]
- Adelaide Hall – Live at the Riverside (1989) (UK) (Adelaide Hall in concert)
Exhibitions
Exhibitions that feature or have featured content relating to Adelaide Hall:
- Women and War – Imperial War Museum, London (2003–04).[291]
- Little Black Dress – Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton (2007).[292][293]
- Devotional – Sonia Boyce, National Portrait Gallery, London (2007)[294][295]
- Little Black Dress – London Fashion Museum, London (2008).[296]
- Keep Smiling Through: Black Londoners on the Home Front 1939–1945 – Cuming Museum, London (2008).[297][298]
- Jazzonia and the Harlem Diaspora – Chelsea Space, London (2009).[299][300][301]
- The Living Archive Exhibition – The London Palladium (opened 2009 – on permanent display). The collection throws a spotlight on 100 years of black performers at the Palladium, such as Adelaide Hall, the Harlem Renaissance star who made her London debut at the venue in 1931.[302]
- Oh! Adelaide – Art installation, Wimbledon Space, Wimbledon College of Art, London (2010).[303][304][305]
- There is no Archive in which Nothing Gets Lost – Oh! Adelaide – Art installation – The Museum of Fine Arts, Glassell School of Art, 5101 Montrose Boulevard, Houston, America – 7 September 2012 – 25 November 2012.[306][307]
- Creole Love Call – Exhibition – VIERTELNEUN Gallery, 1090 Vienna, Hahngasse 14, Austria – Exhibition (25 January to 28 February 2013) – Catalogue published with the presentation.[308]
- The Harlem Renaissance – Kurá Hulanda Museum, Curaçao, Willemstad, Caribbean (2013).[309]
- Scat: Sound and Collaboration – Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts), London EC2A 3BA (5 June – 27 July 2013).[310][311]
- Untitled – etching by Sonia Boyce. Permanent Collection, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. In her 2006 etching Untitled, Boyce pays tribute to 14 black female contributors to British music history. Performers featured in the composition include Dame Shirley Bassey, Adelaide Hall, Millie Small and Cleo Laine.[312]
- Black Women in Britain, Black Cultural Archives, 1 Windrush Square, Brixton, London SW2 1EF (24 July – 30 November 2014.[313]
- Rhythm & Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain: Explores the emergence of Jazz in Britain and its continuing influence over the last century.[314] Two pictures of Adelaide Hall, one by photographer Angus McBean, and another extremely rare photograph of Miss Hall taken at her Florida (Mayfair) nightclub were on display at the exhibition, which was curated by Catherine Tackley, from 27 January 2018 until 22 April 2018, located at William Waldorf Astor's mansion at Two Temple Place, London.[315]
- BBC 100th Anniversary, 2022 - The Women Behind Television.[316] Exhibition and celebrations to celebrate the 100 years anniversary of the BBC.
Adelaide Hall archives and photo collections
- The Indiana University Adelaide Hall Collection (1928–2003):[317] The collection is housed at the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University, collection number SC 134: The collection contains photographic materials, articles, programs and ephemera related to Hall's performance career: contact: Archives of African American Music and Culture, 2805 E 10th St., Suite 180–181, Bloomington, Ind. 47408–4662.[318]
- Writer Iain Cameron Williams and Adelaide Hall's former manager Kate Greer own a private Adelaide Hall Collection, from which items have been loaned for public exhibitions.[319][320][321]
- Alamy Photo Archive: Adelaide Hall on set of the 1940 Alexander Korda directed movie The Thief of Bagdad.
- The British Library in Euston Road, London, holds a considerable archive relating to Adelaide Hall; the collection contains mainly audio, interviews, live concert tapes, and recordings, some of which are quite rare.[322]
- The British Lion Film Production disc collection (held at the British Library) contains music from the film soundtrack of Night and the City (1950), on which Adelaide Hall is featured.[323]
- Detroit Public Library Digital Collection houses a portrait of singer Adelaide Hall by photographer Germaine Krull dated 1929, photographed during Blackbirds residency at the Moulin Rouge, Paris.[324]
- Duke University Libraries – Rosetta Reitz Papers (1929–2008) – Adelaide Hall photograph collection series (Box 17): Rosetta Reitz Papers – Adelaide Hall Reference Materials Series (1946–2005), Box 36.[325]
- Getty Images (archive) holds several photographs of Adelaide Hall, including one of her singing "There's Something in the Air" at her Mayfair nightclub (the Florida Club) in London, circa. 1945,[326] and an extremely rare picture of Miss Hall performing in concert circa.1930,[327] and a portrait photograph of Miss Hall by John D. Kisch circa. 1934.[328]
- The Al Hirschfeld Foundation holds two caricatures of Adelaide Hall by the artist Al Hirschfeld, one dated 1928.[329] and the other dated 1929.[330]
- The Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia: Adelaide Hall
- The David Lund Collection held at the British Library contains live audio recordings of Adelaide Hall in concert with The Alan Clare Trio and John McLeary performing at the University College School Theatre, Hampstead, London.[331]
- Millersville University Special Collection: Adelaide Hall, File – Box: 4, Folder 21, 1929 photograph of Miss Hall by Walery (aka Stanisław Julian Ignacy Ostroróg).[332]
- Museo Alinari Image (AIM), museum, Trieste, Italy, hold two portrait photographs of Adelaide Hall ca. 1925–29.[333][334]
- The National Jazz Archive (UK) holds a significant collection of magazines and newspapers containing articles and reports documenting Adelaide Hall's career dating from the 1930s to 1990s.[335]
- National Portrait Gallery, London (Archive) holds two Adelaide Hall portraits from the 1940s.[336]
- NYPR Archive Collections, New York Public Library, hold a live recording of Adelaide Hall captured in concert in New York in the early-1990s.[337]
- Washington D.C.[338]
- The V&A), South Kensington, London, holds a watercolour caricature of Adelaide Hall by Gilbert Sommerlad, dated 12 May 1954, drawn during Hall's starring role in the musical Love from Judy,[168] plus various posters relating to Miss Hall's career, and a cotton souvenir headscarf containing a printed portrait of Adelaide Hall ca.1930s–50s.[339]
- Yale University Archives, Adelaide Hall – Josephine Baker correspondence, etc., (dated 1976–1979) part of the Henry Hurford Janes – Josephine Baker Collection at Yale University Archives, Box: 2, Folder: 77.
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Rare Adelaide Hall photographs by Carl Van Vechten taken of Miss Hall performing on stage during her 1931/1932 World Tour at the Palace Theatre, Times Square, New York.[340]
- Yale University Library – Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library: Adelaide Hall publicity photographs collected by writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten.[341]
Further reading
- Oral History of Jazz in Britain: In 1988, the journalist and radio host Max Jones conducted a live radio interview with Adelaide Hall. Transcripts from the taped recording, which is housed in the British Library, are available to listen to upon request at the British Library. Three excerpts from the interview can be heard in an article (published 17 December 2020) on the British Library blog, including, in "excerpt 1", where Adelaide explains how she came up with the counter-melody in the worldwide hit "Creole Love Call", which she recorded in 1927 with Duke Ellington.[342]
Sources
- ISBN 1-85828-528-3
- Iain Cameron Williams, Underneath A Harlem Moon, Continuum, 2002, ISBN 0-8264-5893-9
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- ^ Kai Ewans Orchestra with Adelaide Hall singing "Where or When".
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- ^ Douglass Hall, "Why I Moved to London, How America's Peculiar Brand of Democracy Forced a Brooklyn Girl to Live in Europe", Baltimore Afro-American, 9 July 1946, p. 5 (with a large photograph of Adelaide Hall).
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- ^ BBC TV listings, Radio Times, Saturday, 20 May 1939, p. 15 ("Adelaide Hall in 'Dark Sophistication' – A coloured cabaret from the Old Florida Club With Marco Hlubi and his Tom Toms, Esta and Louise, Charles Wood, and Felix Sowande with his Negro Choir and Orchestra").
- ^ BBC TV listings, Radio Times, 18 August 1939, p. 17 ("Harry S. Pepper presents 'THE KENTUCKY MINSTRELS'...").
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- ^ Russ J. Graham, "The edit that rewrote history – What really did happen that day in 1939, when the BBC Television Service closed down 'for the duration of the conflict'?" Transdiffusion Broadcasting System, 31 October 2005.
- ^ Joe Loss biography, in which Adelaide Hall is mentioned as being a featured vocalist in his band: "The new-featured vocalist in Joe Loss's broadcasts is one of America's veterans of jazz singing, her career dating back to the first big Negro revue, Shuffle Along, produced on Broadway in 1921."
- ^ PROGRAMME FOR THE FORCES HOME SERVICE. "PIccadixie" (Variety) 12.00 midnight radio show. General Listening Barometer, Week 28, Sunday, 6 July 1943. Subject to the limitations of sampling, the figures below show the percentage of the whole adult population of Great Britain who listened to each item.
- ^ A poster advertising Piccadixie with the performers: Adelaide Hall (singer), Oliver Wakefield (comedian), George Elrick (musician) appearing at the New Empress Theatre, Brixton, London, 8 December 1941, can be found at the V&A in their collection.
- ^ Article by Ida Peters (Baltimore Afro-American, 13 November 1993, p. B7) mentions that Adelaide Hall entertained the troops in Europe for the USO.
- ^ Angie Macdonald, "Keep Smiling Through", Dulwich Online, 11 April 2008. Review of the "Keep Smiling Through" exhibition that features recollections of Adelaide Hall entertaining the troops during WWII.
- ^ "Entertaining Allied Troops in WWII", Wargaming.net. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
- ^ A scene at an unspecified RAF Variety concert during WWII showing Adelaide Hall performing the song "Hang Out Your Washing On The Siegfried Line". Alamy Photo Archive.
- ^ Band Wagon, Vol. 1, No. 1, 14 October 1939, p. 3: "Harry Roy's World Broadcast" (report).
- ^ "Bringing Jazz To Warwickshire's Wounded: Adelaide Hall's Wartime Performances", with photo "Adelaide Hall singing to wounded soldiers at the Rotary Club at Myton Hamlet, Leamington Spa Courier, 28 July 1944". Our Warwickshire.
- ^ a b c Stephen Bourne, "When Adelaide Hall Went to War", 3 April 2005. WW2 People's War, BBC Archive.
- ^ Mel Wright, "Lady stays to sing away the wartime blues" | "Lewisham Hippodrome 'Youth Takes A Bow' 20 August 1940 for a week", via Tonyellis.net.
- ^ Adelaide Hall sang 54 encores until the all-clear sounded at 3:45 a.m. Stephen Bourne, "South London Memories: Jazz singer Adelaide Hall sang as bombs fell", South London Press and Mercury, 3 July 2018.
- ^ Prestige Records Discography: 1933–1948.
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- ^ Miklós Rózsa interview explaining how he came to write the score for The Thief of Bagdad.
- ^ An original radio recording – ENSA Presents Spotlight on the Stars – Adelaide Hall with the BBC Variety Orchestra – broadcast in 1943: YouTube.
- ^ Barry Kowal, "1940 UK Charts", Weekly Singles Chart: May 20, 1940, & May 27, 1940, Adelaide Hall at No. 30 with "Careless". Hits of All Decades 1940, 4 February 2010.
- ^ Vogue magazine (British issue) Archived 13 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, August 1940. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "6 June 1944 BBC Record Chart", WW2 People's War, BBC.
- ^ Getty Images: A view of the 'Cafe Continental' stage set in the television studio at RadiOlympia Theatre, London, September 1947.
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- ^ The Royal Variety Performance Archived 24 December 2012 at archive.today, 29 October 1951, Victoria Palace Theatre, London.
- ^ A mention of Adelaide Hall being the first black female artist to appear on the bill of the Royal Variety Performance is included in this list of awards, honours and firsts for British black female artistes.
- ^ "Events & Business Functions | EABF". Eabf.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012.
- ^ Jamaica, 1957 Broadway souvenir program – Adelaide Hall biography notes (retrieved April 10, 2021) in which she mentions her performances a private royal parties.
- ^ The Variety Club of Great Britain held the Anglo-American Gala to help raise funds for the National Playing Fields Association for which the Duke Of Edinburgh was president: https://www.royal.uk/sport
- ^ Louis Lautier, "Capital Spotlight", Baltimore Afro-American, 14 October 1952, p. 17.
- ^ Jet, 15 May 1952, p. 66. Article about Adelaide Hall (includes a photograph) mentioning her Calypso Club in London and how she taught Princess Elizabeth to dance the Charleston.
- ^ a b Caricature of Adelaide Hall in her role as Butterfly in Love From Judy drawn by Gilbert Sommerlad held in the V&A Collection Archive.
- ^ "Love From Judy". guidetomusicaltheatre.com.
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- ^ a b c Glenn Collins, "Adelaide Hall, 92, International Star of Cabaret" (obituary, listing some of her stage performances), The New York Times, 10 November 1993.
- ^ "Lena Horne and Jamaica in Philly world premiere" (with large photograph of Lena, Adelaide and Ricardo Montalban), Washington Afro-American, 3 September 1957, p. 33.
- ^ "Adelaide Hall in new musical", Washington Afro-American, 12 August 1958.
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- ^ 12 June 1974: Photograph of Adelaide Hall attending the Duke Ellington Memorial Concert at St Martin-in-the-field, London, accompanied by Cleo Laine. Shutterstock.
- ^ Looks Familiar Archived 6 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine at BFI.
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- ISBN 978-0-8108-8265-2.
- ^ Newport Jazz Festival listings, New York magazine, 7 July 1980, p. 109.
- ^ Dolores Barclay, "The Blues is a Woman – Newport Jazz Festival concert honors all women who have recorded blues", Ebony, September 1980, pp. 94–98. A photograph of Hall performing at the event is on p. 96.
- St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, at the Duke Ellington Tribute Concert in 1982. 34:37 34:37 Adelaide Hall
- ^ Peter Keepnews (19 February 1983). "Pianist Eubie Blake feted as he hits century mark". Billboard. p. 55.
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- ^ ‘I Spy the Wolf’ by Stephen Davis, ASIN: B06XJCWHJ1 - published 2017, Peakes Place Publications: La Grosse Pomme Chapter 20
- Bricktop has been back in America several weeks while Adelaide Hall has been singing for the soldiers. Miss Hall, whose popularity with the British 'Tommy's' ranks with that of Gracie Fields, may remain in England as Miss Fields has recently suffered a breakdown." Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "100 Great Records of the 1920s". aceterrier.com.
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- ^ Sherman's Showcase on AMC: Sherman's Showcase
- ^ 'Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular ... in June', Friday, June 19 at 10 p.m. on AMC and 11 p.m. on IFC.
- ^ Sherman's Showcase (trailer): "Black History Month Spectacular Trailer | Sherman's Showcase", via YouTube.
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- ^ "Watch the Sherman's Showcase Black History Month Spectacular for Free". Sherman's Showcase (report).
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- ^ a b "1927 The Dooji Collection: Ellington 78 rpm labels". ellingtonweb.ca.
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- ^ a b Adelaide Hall with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra, Mosaic Records.
- ^ "1933–1934 Dooji Collection: Ellington 78 rpm labels". ellingtonweb.ca.
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- ^ "TalkTalk Webspace is closing soon!!" (PDF). Talktalk.co.uk.
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- ^ "Song artist 44 - Duke Ellington". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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- ^ IMDb On the Air and Off (Short).
- ^ Poster for ON THE AIR AND OFF – (top left) Nick Lucas, (top right) Adelaide Hall, (bottom) Leon Belasco with Orchestra, 1933. Alamy.
- ^ Motion Picture Herald, Oct. 28, 1933, page 62, On The Air And Off (review)
- ^ "Broadway Varieties (Short 1934)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Motion Picture Herald, Feb. 17, 1934, page 39, Broadway Varieties (review)
- ^ The Film Daily, Feb. 8, 1934, page 9, Broadway Varieties (review) ‘Adelaide Hall ... puts over ‘Stormy Weather’.
- ^ "An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (Short 1935)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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- ^ Thief of Bagdad Adelaide Hall appears at 29:25 minutes in the movie.
- ^ Behind The Blackout (1940), British Pathé Newsreel.
- ^ Stars In Your Eyes (TV series, UK) (1946-1950):Made for TV series (under 30 minutes). An episode from the series in which Miss Hall appears is housed in a UK archive. In segment (14.07.47) Adelaide Hall, vocal. In segment (27.03.48) Adelaide Hall, vocal. (Personnel On Camera). Motion Picture (Form). Library of Congress: Stars In Your Eyes
- ^ "Variety in Sepia (1947)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ Adelaide Hall, BFI film listings.
- ^ A World Is Turning – Historian and News Curator, Luke McKernan, discusses his role in rediscovering 7-reels of the previously thought to be lost 1948 UK film documentary A World Is Turning.
- ^ Olivelli's (1951), British Pathé Newsreel.
- ^ The British Lion Film Production disc collection (held at the British Library) contains music from the film soundtrack of Night and the City on which Adelaide Hall is featured: "Music for film soundtrack – Night and the City – 1047X take 1 | 1046X take 7 | 1046X take 8–10". The British Library.
- ^ a b c d e f Adelaide Hall Filmography (BFI). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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- ^ "Devotional | Sonia Boyce". Npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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- ^ "Little Black Dress at the Fashion & Textile Museum", Sunday, 22 June 2008. London SE1 Community website.
- ^ Angie Macdonald, "Keep Smiling Through", 11 April 2008.
- ^ "Keep Smiling Through: Black Londoners on the Home Front 1939–1945", All in London.
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- ^ "Jazzonia & the Harlem Diaspora, Curated by Diana Rodriguez & Judith Waring", Chelsea Space.
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- ^ Lalayn Baluch, "London Palladium hosts exhibition celebrating black performance history", The Stage, 19 June 2009.
- ^ "nomorepotlucks » Fluid Locations: Discussing Archives and Representation with Sonia Boyce – Sally Frater". Nomorepotlucks.org.
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- ^ Sonia Boyce, "Scat: Sound and Collaboration", Iniva, 20 July 2013.
- ^ "Scat: Sound and Collaboration", 5 June – 27 July 2013, Iniva.
- ^ Dana Liss, "Permanent Collection Highlight Sonia Boyce: Untitled, 2006" (from the "Rivington Place Portfolio"). Studio Blog, Studio Museum Harlem, 19 December 2013.
- ^ "Black Women in Britain" exhibition Archived 12 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine details website, retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ Ailis Brennan, "Celebrate 100 years of jazz in the UK with a new exhibition at Two Temple Place", Evening Standard, 30 January 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ Rhythm & Reaction: The Age of Jazz in Britain (exhibition), Two Temple Place, 2018.
- ^ The Women Behind Television
- ^ "Adelaide Hall Collection, 1928–2003, undated", Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University.
- ^ "Adelaide Hall Collection, 1928–2003. A Guide to the collection at the Indiana University Archives of African American Music and Culture", Archives Online at Indiana University.
- ^ "#27 Jazzonia & the Harlem Diaspora curated by Diana Rodriguez and Judith Waring". Chelsea space.
- ^ "#27 Jazzonia & the Harlem Diaspora curated by Diana Rodriguez and Judith Waring". Chelsea space.
- ^ "#27 Jazzonia & the Harlem Diaspora curated by Diana Rodriguez and Judith Waring". Chelsea space.
- ^ Adelaide Hall collections. The British Library.
- ^ "Music for film soundtrack – Night and the City – 1047X take 1 | 1046X take 7 | 1046X take 8–10". The British Library.
- ^ "Portrait of singer Adelaide Hall by Germaine Krull, Paris, 1929". Detroit Public Library Digital Collections.
- ^ Guide to the Rosetta Reitz Papers, 1929–2008. Duke University Libraries.
- ^ "Adelaide Hall Sings: circa 1945: Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) singing 'There's Something In The Air' at a bottle party in the Florida nightclub. The pianist is Fela Sowande". Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
- ^ "Adelaide Hall: Jazz singer Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) in concert, circa 1930". Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
- ^ Adelaide Hall portrait[permanent dead link], photograph by John D. Kisch, 1934.
- ^ "Blackbirds Of 1928". Adelaide Hall caricature by Al Hirschfeld, published 7 May 1928.
- ^ "Blackbirds". Adelaide Hall caricature by Al Hirschfeld, published 5 May 1929.
- ^ "David Lund Collection | Adelaide Hall with The Alan Clare Trio and John McLeary", The British Library.
- Millersville UniversitySpecial Collection.
- ^ Full-length portrait of Adelaide Hall, 1929 by photographer Manuel G. L. Freres, Alinari Images (Archive).
- ^ Head portrait of Adelaide Hall, 1925 unknown photographer, Alinari Images (Archive).
- ^ The National Jazz Archive – Adelaide Hall: Adelaide Hall.
- ^ "Adelaide Hall (1901–1993), Singer and actress". NPG, London (archive).
- ^ NYPR Archive Collections, WNYC, New York Public Library: NYPR Archives NYPR Archive Collections
- ^ Lithograph with pochoir coloring on paper © 1997 Estate of Paul Colin / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris: Object Number: NPG.91.199.1C, Smithsonian, National Portrait Gallery Collection, Washington D.C.
- ^ Souvenir cotton headscarf containing a printed picture of Adelaide Hall on it ca. 1930s–1950s. V&A Theatre and Performance Collection.
- ^ "Adelaide Hall on the stage of the Palace Theatre", Beinecke Digital Collections.
- ^ "Adelaide Hall", Beinecke Digital Collections.
- ^ Sarah Coggrave (17 December 2020). "Oral History of Jazz in Britain: Max Jones interviews Adelaide Hall". British Library.
External links
- Adelaide Hall at IMDb
- Lucy Shacklock, "Adelaide Hall", African Stories in Hull & East Yorkshire.
- A Cabaret Moment starring Adelaide Hall, features a live recording of Hall in concert in New York in the early 1990s. The program was aired on 13 May 1990 on WNCA Radio, and was presented by Don Smith on his radio show Cabaret Night. WNYC, New York City (retrieved 26 September 2020): Adelaide Hall (on WNYC Radio) A Cabaret Moment starring Adelaide Hall, hosted by Donald F. Smith. WNYC archives id: 225027.