acc. by the New Englanders: ? Charlie Spivak, t / tb / Jimmy Dorsey, cl, as / Hymie Wolfson, cl, ts / ? Ben Selvin, vn / Arthur Schutt, p / Tony Colucci, g / ? Hank Stern, bb / Stan King, d. New York, May 31, 1929. (from "Thunderbolt") 5-31-1929 - Diva Records 2940-G Annette Hanshaw (October 18, 1901 - March 13, 1985) was one of the first great female jazz singers Of the 1920's and 1930's. More recently, her 1929 song "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home" was featured in the video game Bioshock 2 in 2010. A Short Chronology of Annette's Life 1901 Catherine Annette Hanshaw was born at her parent's residence in Manhattan on October 18, 1901. 1926 In March Annette sang on local radio a couple of known times while visiting in Florida with her family prior to making her first recording. Her first commercial recordings "Black Bottom" (matrix E-2518) & "Six Feet of Papa" (E-2519) were made in New York on September 12 & 18. 1928 Recorded under various pseudonyms Gay Ellis, Dot Dare, an! d Patsy Young, the latter two were used for Annette's Helen Kane (Betty Boop) impersonations. Annette turns down The Ziegfeld Follies and Hollywood movie contracts to concentrate on her NBC and CBS radio shows and Columbia records. 1929 Began appearing on radio. Annette marries Pathe Records executive Herman "Wally" Rose. Early 1930s On the radio with Glen Grey's Casa Loma Orchestra. 1932 Starts two-year run on "Captain Henry's Maxwell House Show Boat" on NBC Radio. The show was the biggest production ...
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