Annette Hanshaw (October 18, 1901 - March 13, 1985) was one of the first great female
jazz singers. In the late 1920s she ranked alongside
Ethel Waters,
Bessie Smith and
the Boswell Sisters. Her singing style was relaxed and suited the new jazz-influenced pop music of the late 19
20s. Although she had a low opinion of her own singing, she continues to have fans because of how she combined the voice of an ingenue with the spirit of a flapper. Hanshaw made her one and only appearance on film in the 1933 Paramount short Captain Henry's Radio Show, "a picturization" of the…
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