1. Catherine Annette Hanshaw was an American Jazz Age singer.
15 Facts About Annette Hanshaw
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Annette Hanshaw was one of the most popular radio stars of the late 1920s and early 1930s, with many of her most notable performances taking place on NBC's Maxwell House Show Boat.
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Annette Hanshaw sang for guests at hotels owned by her father and demoed sheet music at her family's music store, The Melody Shop, in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York.
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Annette Hanshaw aspired to be a portrait painter, studying at the National School of Design for a year.
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Annette Hanshaw first recorded a demo for Pathe featuring a medley of popular songs.
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Annette Hanshaw recorded for Pathe until 1928; Pathe released her records on both the Pathe and the Perfect labels.
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Annette Hanshaw recorded under a number of other pseudonyms, including Ethel Bingham, Marion Lee, Janet Shaw and Lelia Sandford.
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Annette Hanshaw made her only appearance on film in the 1933 Paramount short Captain Henry's Radio Show.
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Annette Hanshaw's singing style was relaxed and suited to the jazz-influenced pop music of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
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Annette Hanshaw combined the voice of an ingenue with the spirit of a flapper.
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Annette Hanshaw had a low opinion of her voice, and she said was afraid of broadcasting.
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Annette Hanshaw enjoyed her contemporaries, Ethel Waters, and Connee Boswell.
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Annette Hanshaw married Pathe Records executive Herman "Wally" Rose in 1929.
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Collections of Annette Hanshaw's recordings were released on CD by Sensation Records in 1999.
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For many years it was believed that Annette Hanshaw was born in 1910.