Adelaide Hall
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| Birth name | Adelaide Louise Hall |
| Born | 20 October 1901 |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Died | 7 November 1993 (aged 92) |
| Genres | Jazz, swing, traditional pop, spirituals, musical theatre |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress, dancer, nightclub chanteuse |
| Instruments | Singing, ukulele, acoustic guitar |
| Years active | 1921–1993 |
Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her long career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death and she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance. Hall entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2003 as the world's most enduring recording artist having released material over eight consecutive decades. She performed with major artists such as Art TatumEthel Waters, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, Fela SowandeRudy Vallee and Jools Holland, and recorded as a jazz singer with Duke Ellington (with whom she made her most famous recording, "Creole Love Call" in 1927) and with Fats Waller.
Adelaide Hall was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Elizabeth and Arthur William Hall. Hall began her stage career in 1921 on Broadway in the chorus line of Noble Sissle's and Eubie Blake's hit musical Shuffle Along and went onto appear in a number of similar black musical shows including Runnin' Wild on Broadway in 1923, in which she sang James P. Johnson's hit song "Old-Fashioned Love." In 1925, Hall toured Europe with the Chocolate Kiddies revue that included songs written by Duke Ellington. In 1926, Hall appeared in the short-lived Broadway musical My Magnolia that had a score written by Luckey Roberts and Alex C. Rogers, after which she appeared in Tan Town Topics with songs written by Fats Waller. Hall then starred in Desires of 1927, (with a score written by Andy Razaf and J. C. Johnson), which toured America from October 1926 through to September 1927.
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