Adelaide Hall

American-born jazz singer and actor (1901–1993)

Born: 20 October 1904
New York City
Died: 7 November 1993
London
Country: United States
Active: 1921–
Record labels: Columbia Records, Decca

Biography

Adelaide Hall was a jazz musician who played voice. Adelaide Hall was born on 20 October 1904 in New York City and died on 7 November 1993 in London. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Columbia Records and Decca.

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 Harlem Renaissance; she became based in the UK after 1938. 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 (with whom she made her most famous recording, "Creole Love Call" in 1927) and with Fats Waller.

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