ALBERTA HUNTER

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At age twelve Alberta Hunter ran away from her hometown of Memphis to go to Chicago to become a Blues singer. She had a somewhat hard time at first but gradually, achieved her goal and became one of the most popular African-American entertainers of the 1920s. She got her professional start in 1911 at a Southside club called Dago Frank's, a tough bordello frequented by pimps and criminals. She stayed there until 1913, when the place was closed after a murder in the club. She then moved on to a small night club and managed to save enough money to bring her mother north to Chicago and support her for the rest of her life. Alberta was married briefly, but never consummated the union, using the excuse that she didn't want to have sex in the same house where her mother lived, but the real story was that Hunter was read more...
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ALBERTA HUNTER Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austins Blues Serenaders album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austins Blues Serenaders
Blues 1961
ALBERTA HUNTER Remember My Name (Original Soundtrack Recording) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Remember My Name (Original Soundtrack Recording)
Jazz Related Soundtracks 1978
ALBERTA HUNTER Amtrak Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Amtrak Blues
Blues 1980
ALBERTA HUNTER The Glory Of Alberta Hunter album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Glory Of Alberta Hunter
Blues 1982
ALBERTA HUNTER Look for the Silver Lining album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Look for the Silver Lining
Blues 1983
ALBERTA HUNTER Tell The Difference album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tell The Difference
Blues 2001

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ALBERTA HUNTER Alberta Hunter &  Lucille Hegamin &  Victoria Spivey:  Songs We Taught Your Mother album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Alberta Hunter & Lucille Hegamin & Victoria Spivey: Songs We Taught Your Mother
Blues 1978

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ALBERTA HUNTER Downhearted Blues: Live at the Cookery album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Downhearted Blues: Live at the Cookery
Blues 2001
ALBERTA HUNTER Downhearted Blues album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Downhearted Blues
Blues 2011

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ALBERTA HUNTER Classic Alberta Hunter - The Thirties album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Classic Alberta Hunter - The Thirties
Blues 1978
ALBERTA HUNTER Young Alberta Hunter : The Twenties album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Young Alberta Hunter : The Twenties
Blues 1984
ALBERTA HUNTER The Legendary Alberta Hunter: The London Sessions - 1934 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Legendary Alberta Hunter: The London Sessions - 1934
Blues 1989
ALBERTA HUNTER My Castle's Rockin' (aka Beale Street Blues: 1921-1940) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
My Castle's Rockin' (aka Beale Street Blues: 1921-1940)
Blues 1992
ALBERTA HUNTER Young Alberta Hunter: The 20's and 30's album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Young Alberta Hunter: The 20's and 30's
Blues 1996
ALBERTA HUNTER Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1921-1923) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1921-1923)
Blues 1996
ALBERTA HUNTER Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (February 1923 To C. November 1924) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (February 1923 To C. November 1924)
Blues 1996
ALBERTA HUNTER Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1924-27) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1924-27)
Blues 1996
ALBERTA HUNTER Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1927-46) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1927-46)
Blues 1996
ALBERTA HUNTER Alberta Hunter, Volume 5: The Alternate Takes (1921-1924) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Alberta Hunter, Volume 5: The Alternate Takes (1921-1924)
Blues 1997

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