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Adelaide Hall

Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death. Early in her career, she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance; she became based in the UK after 1938. 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 Tatum, Ethel Waters, Josephine Baker, Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Cab Calloway, Fela Sowande, Rudy 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.

Birth and Death Data: Born New York City (most populous city in the United States) , Died November 7, 1993 (London (capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1933

Roles Represented in DAHR: soprano vocal

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-39370 10-in. 10/26/1927 Creole love call Duke Ellington Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist, soprano vocal  
Victor BVE-39371 10-in. 10/26/1927 Blues I love to sing Duke Ellington Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist, soprano vocal  
Victor BS-78827 10-in. 12/4/1933 Drop me off in Harlem Adelaide Hall ; Lucky Millinder ; Mills Blue Rhythm Band Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist, soprano vocal  
Victor BS-78828 10-in. 12/4/1933 Reaching for the Cotton Moon Adelaide Hall ; Lucky Millinder ; Mills Blue Rhythm Band Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist, soprano vocal  
Victor BVE-Test-110 10-in. 6/21/1928 Must have that man Adelaide Hall Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, soprano vocal  
Victor BVE-Test-111 10-in. 6/21/1928 Baby Adelaide Hall Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist, soprano vocal  
OKeh W81777 10-in. 11/3/1927 Chicago stomp down The Chicago Footwarmers [Duke Ellington Orchestra] Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist, soprano vocal  
Brunswick E28059 10-in. 8/14/1928 I must have that man Blackbirds Orchestra ; Adelaide Hall ; Lew Leslie Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, soprano vocal  
Brunswick E28060 10-in. 8/14/1928 Baby Blackbirds Orchestra ; Adelaide Hall ; Lew Leslie Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, soprano vocal  
Brunswick E28061 10-in. 8/14/1928 Dixie Adelaide Hall Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, soprano vocal  
Brunswick B12148 10-in. 8/5/1932 Strange as it seems Adelaide Hall Female vocal solo vocalist, soprano vocal  
Brunswick B12149 10-in. 8/5/1932 I'll never be the same Adelaide Hall Female vocal solo vocalist, soprano vocal  
Brunswick B12166 10-in. 8/10/1932 You gave me everything but love Adelaide Hall Female vocal solo vocalist, soprano vocal  
Brunswick B12167 10-in. 8/10/1932 This time it's love Adelaide Hall Female vocal solo vocalist, soprano vocal  
Brunswick B12773 10-in. 12/21/1932 I must have that man! Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Adelaide Hall Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, soprano vocal  
Brunswick B12774 10-in. 12/21/1932 I can't give you anything but love (Baby) Duke Ellington Famous Orchestra ; Adelaide Hall Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, soprano vocal  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hall, Adelaide," accessed January 20, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106655.

Hall, Adelaide. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 20, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106655.

"Hall, Adelaide." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 20 January 2026.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106655

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