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Hunter, Alberta

also:

 Beatty, Josephine  birth name

blues singer, cast, composer, lyricist, vocals


born: 01 Apr 1895 Memphis, Tennessee / state, USA Source: 1  

born: 01 Apr 1897 Source: 2,3  

died: 17 Oct 1984 New York / city, USA Source: 1  
died: 18 Oct 1984 Source: 4  
died: 17 Oct 1984 Roosevelt Island, New York / state, USA Source: 5  

date of Variety obit: 24 Oct 1984  

active from: 1927 Source: 2  

The Music Sack has 98 items with information about Alberta Hunter:


 1999

Personenindex

p. 482-514 In:
Rauhaut, Birgit
Rauhut, Michael
Amiga : die Diskographie aller Rock- und Pop-Produktionen 1964-1990; mit uber 1500 teilweise farbigen Abbildungen
Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, 1999, 575 p.

Number of People : 3,286


 1998

Index

The above item is part of :
Larkin, Colin
The encyclopedia of popular music
Third edition
New York: Macmillan, 1998, 8 v.

Number of People : 43,747


 1996

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Women composers and songwriters.
A concise biographical dictionary
Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 1996, 247 p.

Number of People : 994


 1996

Mancuso, Chuck
Popular music and the underground
Foundations of jazz, blues, country, and rock, 1900-1950
Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1996, 626 p.

Number of People : 288


 1996

[Artist Index]

The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
The Decca labels. A discography. Volume 6
Record numerical listings & general artist index
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996, 958 p.

Number of People : 10,351


 1996

[Index of Names]

The above item is part of :
Bloom, Ken
American song
The complete musical theater companion: 1877-1995. Volume 2: T-Z and indexes
Second edition
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 2093 p.

Number of People : 24,881


 1995

Walker-Hill, Helen S.
Music by black women composers
A bibliography of available scores
By Helen Walker-Hill
Chicago: Center for Black Music Research Columbia College, 1995, 110 p.
      (Series: CBMR Monographs; 5)

Number of People : 135


 1994 Source: 3

Sonnier, Austin M.
A guide to the blues : history, who's who, research sources
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994, 287 p.

Number of People : 346


 1993

Grattan, Virginia L.
American women songwriters
A biographical dictionary
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993, 279 p.

Number of People : 184


 1992

Debord, Brigitte
Herzhaft, Gerard
Encyclopedia of the blues
Translated by Brigitte Debord
Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1992, 513 p.

Number of People : 338


 1992

Wendt, Gunna
Die Jazz-Fraun
Gunna Wendt (Hg.)
Hamburg: Luchterhand Literaturverlag, 1992, 274 p.

Number of People : 16

More Details : (1 Section)


 1992

Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.

Number of People : 5,680

More Details : (1 Section)


 1992

Blanc, Michael la
Contemporary musicians volume 7
Edited by Michael LaBlanc
Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1992, 291 p.

Number of People : 62


 1992

Crawford, Richard
Notes on jazz standards by black authors and composers, 1899-1942.

The above item is part of :
Floyd, Samuel A. Jr.
Wright, Josephine
New perspectives on music : essays in honour of Eileen Southern
Edited by Josephine Wright with Samuel A. Floyd, Jr.
Michigan: Harmonie Park Press, 1992, 561 p.

Number of People : 9

More Details : (1 Section)


 1991

Billard, Francois
Jazz anthology (1918-1939)
Paris: EPM, 1991, 391 p.

Number of People : 385


 1990

Arniac, Jean-Pierre
Encyclopedie du blues
Photographies de Jean-Pierre Arniac
Paris: Segherss, 1990

Number of People : 358


 1989

Barlow, William
Looking up at down
The emergence of blues culture
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989, 404 p.

Number of People : 83


 1989 Source: 4

Clarke, Donald
The Penguin encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Donald Clarke
London: Viking, 1989, 1378 p.

Number of People : 4,498


 1989

Les grandes voix du jazz
Paris: Editions de l'Instant, 1989, 126 p.

Number of People : 64


 1988

Harrison, Daphne Duval
Black pearls : blues queens of the 1920's
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1988

Number of People : 12


 1988

Kernfeld, Barry Dean
The new Grove dictionary of jazz
Edited by Barry Kernfeld
London: Macmillan Press, 1988

Number of People : 3,377


 1988

Balliett, Whitney
American singers : twenty-seven portraits in song
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988, 244 p.

Number of People : 28


 1987

Index To Artists

p. 1157-1189 In:
Rust, Brian
Forbes, Sandy
British dance bands on record 1911 to 1945
By Brian Rust & Sandy Forbes
General Gramophone Publications, 1987

Number of People : 2,725


 1986

Whitburn, Joel
Joel Whitburn's Pop memories 1890-1954
The history of American popular music compiled form America's popular music charts 1890-1954
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc., 1986, 657 p.

Number of People : 1,376


 1986 Source: 1

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1986

Index to music necrology : supplement to the 1984 necrology
Notes (Music Library Association), 1986, p. 755

Number of People : 53


 1986

Mellers, Wilfred Howard
Angels of the night
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986

Number of People : 83


 1985 Source: 5

Index to music necrology : 1984 necrology
Notes (Music Library Association), 1985, p. 692

Number of People : 142


 1985

Harris, Sheldon
Alberta Hunter.
Living Blues no. 64 (March/April 1985) :67-68.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Final Bar : Alberta Hunter.
Down Beat 51, no. 1 (January 1985):14.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Alberta Hunter.
Down Beat 52, no. 1 (January 1985):14.

Number of People : 1


 1985

Placksin, Sally
Jazzwomen : 1900 to the present their words, lives, and music
London: Pluto Press, 1985

Number of People : 66


 1985

Chilton, John
Simmen, John
Who's who of jazz : Storyville to Swing Street
Foreword by John Simmen
London: Macmillan, 1985, 175 p.

Number of People : 1,172


 1984

Alberta Hunter.
Cadence 10, no. 12 (December 1984)76.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Wilson, John S.
Alberta Hunter 89, Cabaret Star, Dies.
New York Times, 19 October 1984, sec. B, p. 5.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Discography : performers and groups

p. 307 In:
Dahl, Linda
Stormy Weather
The music and lives of a century of jazz women
By Linda Dahl
New York: Pantheon Books, 1984, 371 p.

Number of People : 287


 1984

Dahl, Linda
Stormy Weather
The music and lives of a century of jazz women
By Linda Dahl
New York: Pantheon Books, 1984, 371 p.

Number of People : 82

More Details : (4 Sections)


 1984

Alberta
New York Times, 21 October 1984, sec. E1 p. 22.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Colombe, Graham
Obituary : Alberta Hunter.
Jazz International [England] 37, no. 12 (December 1984):16.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Song in their Hearts.
Christian Science Monitor, 22 October 1984, p. 19.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Belcher, Jerry
Alberta Hunter : Early Jazz, Blues Era Legend, Dies.
Los Angeles Times, 19 October 1984, sec. 1, p. 1.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Quinlan, Maureen
Vernon, Paul
Alberta Hunter.
Blues & Rhythm [England) no. 5 (December 1984) :38-39.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Alberta Hunter.
Jazz Times [England] (December 1984) :22.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Albertson, Chris
Young Alberta Hunter.
Stash ST 123, 1984

Number of People : 1


 1984

Alberta Hunter, 89 : Famous Blues Vocalist Dies in New York City.
Jet 67, no. 5 (5 November 1984) :55.

Number of People : 1


 1984

Maddocks, Melvin
Alberta Hunter
The Lady Sang More than the Blues.
Christian Science Monitor, 26 October 1984, p. 23.

Number of People : 1


 1982

Albertson, Chris
The Glory of Alberta Hunter.
Columbia PC 37691, 1982

Number of People : 1


 1982

Pastonesi, Marco
Alberta Hunter.
Il Blues [Italy] no. 1 (December 1982):5-7.

Number of People : 1


 1981

36-Year Old Blues Singer Doesn't Plan to Retire.
Jet 61, no. 3 (1 October 1981):64.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Moore, Gaylen
Gilbert, Lynn
Alberta Hunter

p. 224-253 In:
Particular Passions : Talks with Women Who have Shaped our Times
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1981. 340 p.

Number of People : 1


 1981

Southern, Eileen
Biographical dictionary of Afro-American and African musicians
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1981, 478 p.

Number of People : 1,184


 1980

O'Toole, Lawrence
Profile : Alberta Hunter.
The 85-Year-Old Perpetual Motion Blues Machine.
Macleans 93, no.49 (8 December 1980):14, 17-18.

Number of People : 1


 1980

Index

The above item is part of :
Perry, Jeb H.
Variety obits. An index to obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980, 311 p.

Number of People : 101,729


 1980

Press, Jaques Cattell
ASCAP biographical dictionary of composers, authors and publishers
Fourth edition
Compiled for the American Society of Composers, Authors and publishers by Jaques Cattell Press
New York: R. R. Bowker, 1980, 589 p.

Number of People : 8,161


 1980

Lane, Bill
Past 80 and Still Singing.
Sepia 29 (December 1980):72-76.

Number of People : 1


 1980

Albertson, Chris
Alberta Hunter : Amtrak Blues
Columbia 36430, 1980

Number of People : 1


 1980

Jeske, Lee
Alberta Hunter : Singer of Songs.
Down Beat 47, no. 1 (January 1980):22-24, 60.

Number of People : 1


 1980

Feather, Leonard
The passion for jazz
New York: Horizon Press, 1980

Number of People : 24


 1980

A Right to Sing the Blues
New York Times, 2 September 1980, sec. B, p. 6.

Number of People : 1


 1979

Der Blues der alten Dame, Alberta Hunter.
Jazz Podium [W.Germany] 28, no. 4 (1979):4-5.

Number of People : 1


 1979

Harris, Sheldon
Blues who's who
A biographical dictionary of blues singers
New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1979, 775 p.

Number of People : 560


 1979

Balliett, Whitney
American singers : 27 portraits in song
New York: Oxford University Press, 1979

Number of People : 14


 1979

Weiss, P.
Two Ways to Stretch Your Ears.
Stereo Review, vol. 42, January 1979. p. 61

Number of People : 1


 1978

Reynolds, Jim
Alberta Hunter with Jimmy Daniels.
Interview 8, no. 6 (June 1978):36-37.

Number of People : 1


 1978

Darden, N.J.
No Tea for the Fever.
Essence, vol. 9, October 1978. p. 82-83

Number of People : 1


 1978

83 and Evermore.
down beat, vol. 45, August 10, 1978. p. 12

Number of People : 1


 1978

Bennetts, Leslie
Fame Comes, Again, to Alberta Hunter.
New York Times, 25 November 1978, sec. 1, p. 12.

Number of People : 1


 1978

Bourget, J.L.
Alberta Hunter : Remember My Name.
Jazz Magazine, no. 266-267, July-August 1978. p. 28-29

Number of People : 1


 1978

Jeske, Lee
Home is the Hunter : and her Castle's Still Rockin'
Jazz Journal International, vol. 31, June 1978. p. 28

Number of People : 1


 1978

Cook, Bruce
Alberta Hunter, Remember her Name
The Lady, 83, Sings the Blues.
Washington Post, 22 October 1978, sec. L, p. 9.

Number of People : 1


 1978

On Stage.
People, vol. 10, November 13, 1978. p. 118-119

Number of People : 1


 1978

Palmer, H.
Jazz : Alberta Hunter : Young at 83.
Rolling Stone, no. 272, August 24, 1978. p. 18

Number of People : 1


 1978

Albertson, Chris
Classic Alberta Hunter
Stash ST 115, 1978

Number of People : 1


 1978

Jazz en direct
Jazz Magazine, no. 265, June 1978. p. 10

Number of People : 1


 1978

Palmer, Robert
Alberta Hunter : Young at 83.
Rolling Stone no. 272 (24 August 1978):18.

Number of People : 1


 1978

Mitz, R.
Pop Rotogravure.
Stereo Review, vol. 41, August 1978. p. 124

Number of People : 1


 1978

Artists' Index

p. 1754-1845 In:
Rust, Brian
Jazz records 1897-1942
4th revised and enlarged edition
Vol. 2: Abe Lyman to Bob Zurke
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House Publishers, 1978, 1996 p.

Number of People : 9,605


 1978

Comeback at 82.
Swinging Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 36, 1978. p. 5

Number of People : 1


 1977

Cookery, New York
Variety, vol. 289, November 9, 1977. p. 61

Number of People : 1


 1977

Saal, Hubert
Rebirth of the Blues.
Newsweek, vol. 90, October 31, 1977. p. 101

Number of People : 1


 1977

Balliett, Whitney
Our Local Correspondents.
New Yorker, vol. 53, October 31, 1977. p. 100-101

Number of People : 1


 1977

Giddins, Gary
Riffs : Alberta Hunter Goes Back to Work.
Village Voice, vol. 22, October 24, 1977. p. 87-88

Number of People : 1


 1977

Saal, Hubert
Rebirth of the Blues.
Newsweek 90 (31 October 1977):101.

Number of People : 1


 1977

Alberta Hunter Retires to go Back to Work.
Jazz Report, vol. 9, no. 4, 1977. p. 33

Number of People : 1


 1977

Tram, S.
From the Jazz Corners of the World : Home is the Hunter.
Jazz Journal International, vol. 30, December 1977. p. 21

Number of People : 1


 1975

Stewart-Baxter, Derrick
Blues & Views.
Jazz Journal, vol. 28, February 1975, p. 18
       Note: Review of the recording "Jack Jackson & His Orchestra."

Number of People : 1


 1975

Driggs, Frank S.
Alberta Hunter.
Storyville [England] no. 60 (August/September 1975):223-24.

Number of People : 1


 1974 Source: 2

Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
       Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937

Number of People : 16,276


 1974

Kinkle, Roger D.
The complete encyclopedia of popular music and jazz, 1900-1950
New Rochelle, N. Y.: Arlington, 1974

Number of People : 2,098


 1971

Bohlander, Carlo
Holler, Karl Heinz
Reclams Jazzfuhrer
Von Carlo Bohlander und Karl Heinz Holler
Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1971, 991 p.

Number of People : 1,780


 1971

Bogaert, Karel
Blues Lexicon : blues, Cajun, boogie woogie, gospel
Antwerp: Standaard Uitgeverij, 1971, 480 p.

Number of People : 556


 1970

Stewart-Baxter, Derrick
Ma Rainey and the classic blues singers
London: Studio Vista, 1970

Number of People : 31


 1962

Hobson, Wilder
The Amen Corner.
Saturday Review, vol. 45, January 27, 1962. p. 54-55

Number of People : 1


 1960

Feather, Leonard
Goodman, Benny
Hammond, John
Ellington, Duke
The new edition of the encyclopedia of jazz
Completely revised, enlarged and brought up to date
Appreciations by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and John Hammond
New York: Horizon Press, 1960

Number of People : 1,945


 1953

Wiedemann, Erik
Jorgensen, John
Jazzens hvem-hv ad-hvor
Redaktorer: John Jorgensen og Erik Wiedemann
Copenhagen: Politikens forlag, 1953, 391 p.

Number of People : 688


 1950

Whiston, H.F.
Back Comes Alberta Hunter.
Melody Maker, vol. 26, December 9, 1950. p. 9

Number of People : 1


 1936

[listed as a member of a group]

The above item is part of :
Schleman, Hilton R.
Rhythm on record.
A complete survey and register of all the principal recorded dance music from 1906 to 1936, and a who's who of the artists concerned in the making
London: Melody Maker, 1936, 333 p.

Number of People : 2,656


 undated

Albertson, Chris
Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Seranaders
Riverside RLP-9418, n.d

Number of People : 1


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