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Alberta Hunter
Memphis, United States • 1895-04-01 – 1984-10-17
Alberta Hunter is credited on 272 releases across 94 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
272
Pressings credited
94
Albums
8
Decades active
25
In collections
Biography
Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter from the early 1920s to the late 1950s. After twenty years of working as a nurse, Hunter resumed her singing career in 1977.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
272 releases · 94 albums · active 1951–2021
- Performance · 441
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Bay Records Recording Studios · CBS Studios, New York · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Plaza Sound Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973
The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 1
1951
Amtrak Blues
1980
These Are The Blues
1964
The Glory Of…Alberta Hunter
1982
Giants Of Jazz: Sidney Bechet
1980
San Francisco Ltd.
1976
The World's Greatest Blues Singer
1970
An Early Portrait
1969
1923-1927
1965
Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austins Blues Serenaders
1961
Meets the Girls
2003
The Rockin' Chair Lady (1931-1950)
1994
Hi-Fi Salute To Bunny
1958
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Bessie Smith
- Louis Armstrong
- Fats Waller
- Fletcher Henderson
- Dinah Washington
- Mildred Bailey
- Cab Calloway And His Orchestra
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