Biography

One of the earliest recorded blues acts, Hunter sang with a clarity of diction and tone that made her music accessible to white audiences. At the height of her popularity, she recorded with nearly all her great jazz contemporaries, among them Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, and Fletcher Henderson. In the '30s Hunter branched out to Broadway. She ended her career in the '80s as a star of the New York cabaret scene.

Top Tracks

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• Bring It With You When You Come

• Chirpin' The Blues

• Downhearted Blues

• I've Got A Mind To Ramble

• Miss Otis Regrets

• Old Fashioned Love

• Stars Fell On Alabama

• You Can't Tell The Difference After Dark

• You Shall Reap Just What You Sow

Discography

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• Look for the Silver Lining

  CBS Records

  1982

• The Glory of Alberta Hunter

  CBS Records

  1981

• Amtrak Blues

  Columbia

  1978

• Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin and Her Blues Se

  Riverside Records

  1962

• Songs We Taught Your Mother

  Original Blues Classics

  1961

• Chicago: The Living Legends

  Riverside Records

  1961