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Blues, Boogie & Torch Ballads 1945-1958

Hadda Brooks

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Format: CD

Cat No: JASMCD3190

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Release Date:  02 April 2021

Label:  Jasmine Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  604988319026

Genres:  Blues  Rhythm and Blues  

  • Description

    A powerful, versatile pianist with a smoky, sultry voice, perfectly suited to torch ballads, Hadda Brooks' boogie-woogie styled 78s were massive sellers on the US West Coast in the immediate post-WWII jukebox era, earning her the title "The Queen Of The Boogie".

    A classically-trained pianist, she'd previously worked with legendary tap-dance choreographer Willie Covan, rehearsing stars like Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Shirley Temple, and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.

    This compilation presents Hadda at the very peak of her recording career, for Modern, London, OKeh and Crown, between 1945-58.

    It features her R&B hits 'That's My Desire', 'Out Of The Blue', 'What Have I Done', 'Romance In The Dark', and also 'I Hadn't Anyone Till You', which she famously sang in the Humphrey Bogart film noir classic, In A Lonely Place.
    An overview of her recorded output, encompassing piano boogies and vocals, this anthology includes all her hits and signature songs, the first time that this body of work has been thus assembled.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Blusen The Boogie
      • 2. Swingin' The Boogie
      • 3. Juke Box Boogie
      • 4. Bully Wully Boogie
      • 5. You Won't Let Me Go
      • 6. That's My Desire
      • 7. Romance In The Dark
      • 8. Variety Bounce
      • 9. Out Of The Blue
      • 10. What Have I Done
      • 11. I Hadn't Anyone Till You
      • 12. Hadda's Boogie
      • 13. Lazy Boogie
      • 14. All I Need Is You
      • 15. Keep Your Hand On Your Heart
      • 16. It Hadda Be Brooks
      • 17. I Feel So Good
      • 18. Time Was When
      • 19. My Song
      • 20. Jump Back Honey
      • 21. Brooks Boogie
      • 22. Trust In Me
      • 23. The Thrill Is Gone
      • 24. Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
      • 25. Teen Age Boogie
      • 26. Honky Tonk Boogie
      • 27. Hip Shakin' Boogie