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Alberta Hunter

A "classic" blues singer with a vaudeville background, Alberta Hunter began recording in the 1920s with some of the most famous jazzmen of her day (Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Fats Waller...). Her success took her to London, where she sang in chic salons and theaters, and even made films (Radio Parade Of, in 1935). Alberta recorded extensively in the '40s ("My Castle's Rockin'" , "The Love I Have For You"), continued her theatrical career after the war in England, and sang in Korea for American troops. Just when she was thinking of retiring, her "Remember My Name", sung in th...