{"id":20066,"date":"2026-02-10T14:51:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/?p=20066"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:51:36","slug":"episode-436-adelaide-hall-sophisticated-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/episode-436-adelaide-hall-sophisticated-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 436. Adelaide Hall, Sophisticated Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mega-menu-wrap-primary\" class=\"mega-menu-wrap\"><div class=\"mega-menu-toggle\"><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-left\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-center\"><\/div><div class=\"mega-toggle-blocks-right\"><div class='mega-toggle-block mega-menu-toggle-animated-block mega-toggle-block-1' id='mega-toggle-block-1'><button aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"mega-toggle-animated mega-toggle-animated-slider\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mega-menu-primary\">\n                  <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-box\">\n                    <span class=\"mega-toggle-animated-inner\"><\/span>\n                  <\/span>\n                <\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><ul id=\"mega-menu-primary\" class=\"mega-menu max-mega-menu mega-menu-horizontal mega-no-js\" data-event=\"hover_intent\" data-effect=\"slide\" data-effect-speed=\"200\" data-effect-mobile=\"slide\" data-effect-speed-mobile=\"200\" data-mobile-force-width=\"body\" data-second-click=\"go\" data-document-click=\"collapse\" data-vertical-behaviour=\"standard\" data-breakpoint=\"600\" data-unbind=\"true\" data-mobile-state=\"collapse_all\" data-mobile-direction=\"vertical\" data-hover-intent-timeout=\"300\" data-hover-intent-interval=\"100\"><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-menu-item-home mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19160\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19160\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19161\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19161\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/about-daniel\/\">About Daniel<\/a><\/li><li class=\"mega-menu-item mega-menu-item-type-post_type mega-menu-item-object-page mega-current_page_parent mega-align-bottom-left mega-menu-flyout mega-menu-item-19171\" id=\"mega-menu-item-19171\"><a class=\"mega-menu-link\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/all-episodes\/\">All Episodes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode 436. Adelaide Hall, Sophisticated Lady<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"340\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/?powerpress_embed=1848-podcast&amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>SOCIAL SHARE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong>SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/countermelody.blubrry.net\/\">SUBSCRIBE VIA YOUR FAVORITE PODCAST PLATFORM<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1430\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-Marcell-Wave.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-Marcell-Wave.jpg 1430w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-Marcell-Wave-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-Marcell-Wave-715x1024.jpg 715w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-Marcell-Wave-768x1100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-Marcell-Wave-1073x1536.jpg 1073w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1430px) 100vw, 1430px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Adelaide Hall (1901 \u2013 1993), entertainer extraordinaire, really had it all: voice, talent, beauty, dancing chops, charisma, <em>joie de vivre<\/em> and sophistication. She was the first Black performer to attain international stardom, even before Jos\u00e9phine Baker, with whom she shared a number of similarities (though Hall probably had the superior voice). She was the first singer to scat on record; she helped popularize both the Charleston and the Black Bottom and was considered the epitome of the Flapper; she introduced the world to a number of now-standard songs from the Great American Songbook; she appeared on a rare 1935 Vitaphone short that featured all Black performers; she and her husband owned and ran various night clubs in three different countries, as well as headlining at the legendary Cotton Club; and she headlined the sensational revue <em>Blackbirds of 1928<\/em> and several other ground-breaking shows in the 1920s and 1930s. I got to know her work many years back when I happened to find a late-career LP of hers in the basement of an apartment building I was living in. I have been a fan ever since. The number of great musicians with whom she rubbed shoulders is almost mind-boggling (Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong, Fela Sowande, Joe Turner, and Art Tatum, for starters), and she continued to perform with gusto and sophistication into her late eighties, occasionally returning to her native US from London, where she settled in 1938 and lived until her death. Her range of influence is truly far-flung and her many recordings, made between 1927 and 1989, a generous sampling of which are offered on this episode, continue to bring consistent delight and surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-custom-size\" style=\"font-size:30px\"><strong> RECORDINGS HEARD IN THIS EPISODE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"866\" data-id=\"20285\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-Strutting.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-Strutting.jpg 625w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-Strutting-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Duke Ellington, James \u201cBubber\u201d Miley, Rude Jackson: Creole Love Call. Adelaide Hall, Duke Ellington and His Orchestra [1927]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-1989-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-1989-1.png 654w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-1989-1-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-1989-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harry Warren, Mack Gordon: The More I See You. Adelaide Hall, Benny Waters, Mike Pyne, Dave Green, Ron Hetherington [live London 21, 22.IV.1989]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"611\" height=\"781\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-Blackbird.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-Blackbird.png 611w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-Blackbird-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields: I Must Have that Man (<em>Blackbirds of 1928<\/em>). Adelaide Hall, Allie Ross, Lew Leslie\u2019s Blackbirds Orchestra [1928]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-of-Fame-Cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-of-Fame-Cover.png 668w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-of-Fame-Cover-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields: I Must Have that Man (<em>Blackbirds of 1928<\/em>). Adelaide Hall, The Brian Lemon Half-Dozen [Brian Lemon, Danny Moss, Humphrey Lyttelton, Bruce Turner, Tony Kinsey, Arthur Watts] [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fats-Waller-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fats-Waller-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fats-Waller-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fats-Waller-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fats-Waller-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fats-Waller-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fats-Waller-1600x1600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fats-Waller.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fats Waller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields: I Can\u2019t Give You Anything but Love (<em>Blackbirds of 1928<\/em>). Adelaide Hall, Fats Waller [1938]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-at-Home.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-at-Home.jpg 800w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-at-Home-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-at-Home-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields: Diga Diga Doo (<em>Blackbirds of 1928<\/em>). Adelaide Hall, The Brian Lemon Half-Dozen [Brian Lemon, Danny Moss, Humphrey Lyttelton, Bruce Turner, Tony Kinsey, Arthur Watts] [1970]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"895\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Art-Tatum.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Art-Tatum.png 895w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Art-Tatum-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Art-Tatum-768x600.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Art Tatum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler: You Gave Me Everything But Love. Adelaide Hall, Art Tatum, Francis Carter [1932]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Duke-Ellington.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20292\" style=\"width:595px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Duke-Ellington.jpg 510w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Duke-Ellington-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Duke Ellington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Duke Ellington, Nick Kenny: Drop Me Off in Harlem. Adelaide Hall, Mills Blue Rhythm Band [1933]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"20293\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7079-Y-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7079-Y-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7079-Y-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7079-Y-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7079-Y-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7079-Y-1600x900.png 1600w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7079-Y.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1422\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"20295\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7090-Y.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7090-Y.png 1422w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7090-Y-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1414\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"20297\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7102-Y.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7102-Y.png 1414w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7102-Y-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1414px) 100vw, 1414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1414\" height=\"1080\" data-id=\"20297\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7102-Y.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7102-Y.png 1414w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7102-Y-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1414px) 100vw, 1414px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"780\" data-id=\"20299\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7096-Y-1024x780.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7096-Y-1024x780.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7096-Y-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7096-Y-768x585.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7096-Y.png 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"20302\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7115-Y.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20302\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"774\" data-id=\"20304\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7122-Y-1024x774.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7122-Y-1024x774.png 1024w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7122-Y-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7122-Y-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-7122-Y.png 1428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A few screenshots of Adelaide Hall and Joe <br>Turner in <em>An All-Colored Vaaudeville Show<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mack Gordon, Harry Revel: To Have You, To Hold You. Adelaide Hall, Joe Turner and ensemble [from 1935 Vitaphone short <em>An All-Colored Vaudeville Show<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-Airbrushed.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-Airbrushed.png 733w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-Airbrushed-300x284.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ord Hamilton, Bruce Silver: You\u2019re Blas\u00e9. Adelaide Hall, St\u00e9phane Grapelli, Arthur Young Swingtette [BBC broadcast 1939]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"379\" data-id=\"20306\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jimmy-McHugh.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jimmy-McHugh.jpg 250w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jimmy-McHugh-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy McHugh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" data-id=\"20307\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Dorothy-Fields.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20307\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dorothy Fields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields: Porgy (<em>Blackbirds of 1928<\/em>). 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Adelaide Hall, Mike Pyne [live London 21, 22.IV.1989]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-of-Ellington.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-of-Ellington.jpg 906w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-of-Ellington-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Hall-of-Ellington-768x638.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 906px) 100vw, 906px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Duke Ellington, Irving Mills: It Don\u2019t Mean a Thing (If It Ain\u2019t Got that Swing). 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Adelaide Hall, Sophisticated Lady SOCIAL SHARE SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORM Adelaide Hall (1901 \u2013 1993), entertainer extraordinaire, really had it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1626,7296,2109,5823,2260,808,2755,4801,3272],"tags":[2478,8860,1976,8862,8870,8857,8873,8864,8865,8856,8868,8851,8866,8874,8847,2762,1592,2498,8849,8863,1531,1516,8846,8867,4191,8848,8871,1458,8859,1050,1524,5755,8850,1515,8852,1973,8861,8853,8855,6791,1913,928,8875,8872,8858,2823,8854,8869,1463],"class_list":["post-20066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-american-singers","category-black-history-month","category-broadway-and-musicals","category-forgotten-divas","category-music-for-a-world-in-crisis","category-needle-drop","category-pop-icons","category-singers-in-old-age","category-singers-of-color","tag-adelaide-hall","tag-an-all-colored-vaudeville","tag-andre-kostelanetz","tag-art-tatum","tag-arthur-watts","tag-arthur-young","tag-benny-waters","tag-blackbirds-of-1928","tag-brian-lemon","tag-bruce-silver","tag-bruce-turner","tag-cotton-club-parade","tag-danny-moss","tag-dave-green","tag-denis-preston","tag-dorothy-fields","tag-duke-ellington","tag-fats-waller","tag-fela-sowande","tag-francis-carter","tag-harold-arlen","tag-harry-revel","tag-howard-barnes","tag-humphrey-lyttelton","tag-irving-mills","tag-jamaica-arlen","tag-james-bubber-miley","tag-jimmy-mchugh","tag-joe-turner","tag-lehman-engel","tag-lorenz-hart","tag-mack-david","tag-mack-davis","tag-mack-gordon","tag-mike-pyne","tag-mitchell-parish","tag-nick-kenny","tag-norman-perry","tag-ord-hamilton","tag-phil-green","tag-pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky-2","tag-richard-rodgers","tag-ron-hetherington","tag-rude-jackson","tag-stephane-grapelli","tag-ted-koehler","tag-the-boys-from-syracuse","tag-tony-kinsey","tag-yip-harburg"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/index.php\/author\/admin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/countermelodypodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Adelaide-Hall-French-Magazine-RETRIMMED-300x197.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a 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