Alberta Hunter / Lovie Austin
ALBERTA HUNTER with LOVIE AUSTIN'S BLUES SERENADERS
Riverside / Original Blues Classics 1961 / 1991
Notes: "A top performer during the 20s, Miss hunter appeared on Broadway and then became the first blues singer to hit the European continent. She has spent many years abroad--including more than twenty five trips to the European and Pacific theaters of war with the USO during World War ll, and later in Korea."
"During the 1930s and '40s Miss Austin worked in the pit band at the Monogram Theater in Chicago, and also travelled with her own shows. Since the late '40s she has worked as pianist at a Chicago dancing school."
Complete Album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpaOrUxzwlk
Cheers
ALBERTA HUNTER with LOVIE AUSTIN'S BLUES SERENADERS
Riverside / Original Blues Classics 1961 / 1991
Notes: "A top performer during the 20s, Miss hunter appeared on Broadway and then became the first blues singer to hit the European continent. She has spent many years abroad--including more than twenty five trips to the European and Pacific theaters of war with the USO during World War ll, and later in Korea."
"During the 1930s and '40s Miss Austin worked in the pit band at the Monogram Theater in Chicago, and also travelled with her own shows. Since the late '40s she has worked as pianist at a Chicago dancing school."
Complete Album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpaOrUxzwlk
Cheers