(1-9 of 9 song lyrics)Average rating for Alberta Hunter songs is 7.59/10 [146 votes]. Selected popular Alberta Hunter song of Thursday, November 21 2024 is "The Darktown Strutters Ball".
Top Alberta Hunter Albums
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Beginnings [2018]
If I Knew Music [2015]
Sugar [2011]
Oldies But Goldies pres. Alberta Hunter (Digitally Re-Mastered Recordings) [2010]
Sounds Of Music pres. Alberta Hunter (Digitally Re-Mastered Recordings) [2010]
Hard to Satisfy [2009]
Fine and Mellow [2006]
Downhearted Blues [2001]
Alberta Hunter Vol. 5 1921 - 1924 [1997]
Alberta Hunter Vol. 4 (1927-c. 1946) [1996]
The London Sessions - 1934 [1991]
The Legendary Alberta Hunter: '34 London [1989]
The Glory of...Alberta Hunter [1982]
Remember My Name (Original Soundtrack Recording) [1978]
Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American blues and jazz singer and songwriter and nurse. Her career had started back in the early 1920s, and from there on, she became a successful jazz and blues recording artist, being critically acclaimed to the ranks of Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith. In the 1950s, she retired from performing and entered the medical field, only to successfully resume her singing career in her 80s.Born in Memphis, she left home while still in her early teens and settled in Chicago, Illinois. There, she peeled potatoes by day and hounded club owners by night, determined to land a singing job. Her persistence paid off, and Hunter began a climb through some of the city's lowest dives to a h... read more