Adelaide Hall
American-born jazz singer and actor (1901-1993) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 92
Adelaide Louise Hall 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 Harlem Renaissance; she became based in the UK after 1938.
Adelaide Hall is read about 98 times a day, in 22 languages.
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Alexander Korda Directed The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Harold Arlen Duets: Ill Wind (You're Blowing Me No Good) (1934)
Michael Powell Directed The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
William Cameron Menzies Directed The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Ludwig Berger Directed The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Zoltan Korda Directed The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Tim Whelan Directed The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
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Cotton Club, Harlem, in 1930
Hall in Blackbirds of 1928
Hall in Blackbirds of 1928
Cover of Vu, issue N°77, Wednesday, 4 September 1929, titled "Au revoir Black Birds!", with Hall saying farewell as star of Blackbirds at the Moulin Rouge, after a four-month production run
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Hall in the musical Brown Buddies on Broadway, 1930
Hall's 1931-32 tour
Advertisement for Hall in the Cotton Club Revue of 1934 at Loew's Metropolitan Theatre, Brooklyn, from 7 September 1934
Radiolympia, Thursday 31 August 1939, Kentucky Minstrels starring Adelaide HallAbout this person
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, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Cab Calloway, Fela Sowande, Rudy Vallee, and Jools Holland, and recorded as a jazz singer with Duke Ellington and with Fats Waller.
