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Infobox musical artist| name = Annette Hanshaw| image = AnnetteHanshaw.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = CatherineAnnette Hanshaw| alias =| birth_date = Birth date|1901|10|18|mf=y| death_date = death date and age|1985|3|13|1901|10|18|mf=y| origin = New York| instrument = Vocals | genre = Jazz | occupation = Singing|Singer | years_active =| label =| associated_acts = Ethel Waters Bessie Smith Eddie Lang Joe Venuti | website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments =Catherine Annette Hanshaw (October 18, 1901 - March 13, 1985) was an American Jazz Age|jazz age singer.
Biography
Her singing style was relaxed and suited to the new jazz-influenced pop music of the late 1920s. Although she had a low opinion of her own singing, she continued to have fans because she combined the voice of an Ingenue (stock character)|ingenue with the spirit of a flapper . Hanshaw was known as "The Personality Girl," and her trademark was saying "That's all" in a cheery voice at the end of many of her records. http://www.redhotjazz.com/hanshaw.html Annette Hanshaw at the Red Hot Jazz Archive
Between September 1926 and February 1934, she recorded prolifically. From 1926–28 she recorded for Pathe Records|Pathe (her sides were released on both the Pathe and Perfect Records|Perfect labels). Starting in June 1928, she recorded for Columbia Records|Columbia ; most of these were issued on their dime store labels Harmony Records|Harmony , Diva Records|Diva , Clarion Records|Clarion and Velvet Tone Records|Velvet Tone . A handful were also released on their regular price Columbia Records|Columbia and OKeh Records|OKeh . Although most were released under her own name, she was renamed Gay Ellis (for sentimental numbers) and Dot Dare or Patsy Young (for her Helen Kane impersonations). She recorded under a number of other pseudonyms which included Ethel Bingham, Marion Lee, Janet Shaw, and Lelia Sandford. Starting in August 1932, she began recording for the ARC with her recordings issued on their Melotone Records|Melotone , Perfect Records|Perfect , Conqueror Records|Conqueror , Oriole Records|Oriole and Romeo Records|Romeo . Her final session, February 3, 1934 was placed on ARC's Vocalion Records|Vocalion label. http://www.jazzage1920s.com/annettehanshaw/bio/bio.php
Hanshaw made her one and only appearance on film http://www.jazzage1920s.com/annettehanshaw/annettehanshaw.php Film clip. Accessed January 30, 2007 in the 1933 Paramount short ''Captain Henry's Radio Show, "a picturization" of the popular Thursday evening radio program Maxwell House Show Boat , in which she starred from 1932 to 1934.
Having grown tired of show business, in the late 1930s Hanshaw retired and settled into married life with her husband, Pathé Records executive Herman "Wally" Rose. Later in life, in a would-be comeback, she recorded two Demo (music)|demo records, but they were never released. She died of cancer in 1985 at New York Hospital after a long illness; she was living in Manhattan at that time.cite news| url= http://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/19/arts/annette-hanshaw-dies-at-74-singer-in-1920-s-and-1930-s.html | work=The New York Times | title=Annette Hanshaw Dies at 74; Singer in 1920's and 1930's | date=March 19, 1985 | accessdate=April 25, 2010
Collections of Hanshaw's recordings were released on Red Book (audio CD standard)|Audio CD in 1999 by Sensation Records . Another revival of interest occurred in 2008 with the indie animated feature Sita Sings the Blues , which retold the Indian epic poetry|Indian epic poem the Ramayana from Sita 's perspective by setting scenes from it to performances by Hanshaw.cite web |url= http://blog.ninapaley.com/2008/08/26/music-industry-on-culture-killing-spree |title=Music Industry Killing Internet Radio, Sita Sings the Blues |accessdate=2008-10-13 |work=NinaPaley.com |publisher= |date=2008-08-26 More recently, her 1929 song "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home" was featured in the video game Bioshock 2 in 2010.
Birthdate
For many years it was believed that Annette had been born in 1910 and began her recording career shortly before her 16th birthday. However, it has recently come to light that she was in fact http://annettehanshaw.tripod.com/birthdate.html Annette's Birthdate. Accessed January 30, 2007 born nine years earlier, making her 25 at the time of her first commercial recording in September 1926. Her nephew, Frank W. Hanshaw III, has confirmed 1901 as the date on her birth certificate. http://www.jazzage1920s.com/annettehanshaw/bio/bio.php Annette Hanshaw Biography. Accessed January 30, 2007
External links
http://www.jazzage1920s.com/annettehanshaw/annettehanshaw.php Annette Hanshaw Biography at jazzage1920s.com
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi? page=gr& GSln=hanshaw& GSfn=annette& GSbyrel=in& GSdyrel=in& GSob=n& GRid=13217524 Annette Hanshaw at Find a Grave
http://www.archive.org/search.php? query=creator%3A%22Annette%20Hanshaw%22 Annette Hanshaw at the Internet Archive
http://www.redhotjazz.com/hanshaw.html Multiple audio streams of Hanshaw's songs (needs Realplayer )
http://www.jazzage1920s.com/annettehanshaw/annettehanshaw.php Annette Hanshaw This site has a video of a performance and references to having talked to family members.
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/hanshaw_annette/bio.jhtml VH1 This Web site lists her birth year as 1910 and has her starting her career at 15 and retiring at 24. The liner notes from the CD "Lovable & Sweet: 25 Vintage Hits" on the Asv Living Era label also contain this apparently incorrect information.
Persondata | NAME =Hanshaw, Annette | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = CatherineAnnette Hanshaw | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Personality Girl http://www.jazzage1920s.com/annettehanshaw/annettehanshaw.php Annette Hanshaw| DATE OF BIRTH =October 18, 1901 | PLACE OF BIRTH = New York, New York | DATE OF DEATH = March 13, 1985 | PLACE OF DEATH = New York, New York DEFAULTSORT:Hanshaw, Annette Category:1901 births Category:1985 deaths Category:American jazz singers Category:American female singers
