Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. 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.

  2. Mar 28, 2024 · Alberta Hunter, American blues singer who achieved international fame in the 1930s for her vigorous and rhythmically infectious style and who enjoyed a resurgence of celebrity in the late 1970s and early ’80s. She performed in vaudeville and later for the USO during World War II and the Korean War.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. (1895–1984) LGBTQ+ Objects in the NMAAHC Collection. Alberta Hunter (1895–1984) was a blues and jazz singer/songwriter who rose to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance. Her flourishing career in the United States and Europe spanned eight decades. Alberta Hunter was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

  4. People also ask

  5. Jun 27, 2018 · HUNTER, Alberta (b. 1 April 1895; d. 17 October 1984), singer, composer, actor, nurse. One of the most accomplished blues artists of the twentieth century, Alberta Hunter was born into destitute poverty in Memphis at the end of the nineteenth century.

  6. Alberta HunterSinging the Blues, Entertaining the Troops. Alberta Hunter was already a seasoned performer when she and the “Rhythm Rascals” traveled to the “forgotten” China-Burma-India (CBI) theater as the first African American entertainers to visit there, and she later sang for Eisenhower himself.

    • Malloryk
    • Alberta Hunter1
    • Alberta Hunter2
    • Alberta Hunter3
    • Alberta Hunter4
    • Alberta Hunter5
  7. Dec 18, 2007 · Alberta Hunter was a key link between the country-based and melodic female blues of the early 1920s and the vaudeville scene which had a much wider audience. She was also the first of a number of female artists who would find success singing the blues. Subjects: African American History, People. Terms:

  8. Summarize this article for a 10 year old. SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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.

  1. People also search for