Hadda Brooks was an American pianist, vocalist and composer, who was billed as "Queen of the Boogie".
10 Facts About Hadda Brooks
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Hadda Brooks was Inducted in the Rhythm and Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1993.
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Hadda Brooks's first recording, "Swingin' the Boogie", for Modern Records, was a regional hit in 1945.
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Hadda Brooks performed rarely in the United States, living for many years in Australia.
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Hadda Brooks sang at Hawaii's statehood ceremony in 1959 and was asked for a private audience by Pope Pius XII.
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Hadda Brooks resumed her recording career with the 1994 album Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere for DRG.
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Hadda Brooks began playing at Johnny Depp's Viper Room, the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room, and Michael's Pub in New York City, and such Hollywood clubs as Goldfinger's, the Vine St Bar and Grill, and the Hollywood Roosevelt Cinegrill.
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Hadda Brooks celebrated her 80th birthday in 1996 by performing two full shows at Depp's Viper Room.
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In 1940, Hadda Brooks married Earl "Shug" Morrison, of the Harlem Globetrotters, but was widowed within a year, and she never married again.
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Hadda Brooks died at the age of 86 at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles after open-heart surgery.