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Catherine Annette Hanshaw (October 18, 1901 – March 13, 1985) was an American Jazz Age singer. She was one of the most popular radio stars of the 1930s. Over four million records of hers had been sold by 1934. In a 1934 poll held by ''Radio Stars'', she received the title of best "female popular singer," alongside Bing Crosby as best "male popular singer." Second place when to Ethel Shutta, third place went to Ruth Etting, and fourth place went to Kate Smith. ==Biography== Her singing style was relaxed and suited to the new jazz-influenced pop music of the late 1920s. Although she had a low opinion of her own singing, she continued to have fans because she combined the voice of an ingenue with the spirit of a flapper. Hanshaw was known as "The Personality Girl," and her trademark was saying "That's all" in a cheery voice at the end of many of her records.〔(Annette Hanshaw at the Red Hot Jazz Archive )〕 She couldn't read a single note of music. She owned a music shop named The Melody Shop in Mount Kisco, New York. Edward VIII, then the Prince of Wales, was said to adore dancing to her music. Between September 1926 and February 1934, she recorded prolifically. From 1926 to 1928 she recorded for Pathé (her sides were released on both the Pathé and Perfect labels). Starting in June 1928, she recorded for Columbia; most of these were issued on their dime store labels Harmony, Diva, Clarion and Velvet Tone. A handful were also released on their regular price Columbia and OKeh. Although most were released under her own name, she was renamed Gay Ellis (for sentimental numbers) and Dot Dare or Patsy Young (for her Helen Kane impersonations). She recorded under a number of other pseudonyms, which included Ethel Bingham, Marion Lee, Janet Shaw, and Lelia Sandford. Starting in August 1932, she began recording for the ARC with her recordings issued on their Melotone, Perfect, Conqueror, Oriole and Romeo. Her final session, February 3, 1934, was placed on ARC's Vocalion label.〔()〕 Hanshaw made her one and only appearance on film〔(Film clip. ) Accessed January 30, 2007〕 in the 1933 Paramount short ''Captain Henry's Radio Show,'' "a picturization" of the popular Thursday evening radio program ''Maxwell House Show Boat,'' in which she starred from 1932 to 1934. Having grown tired of show business, in the late 1930s Hanshaw retired and settled into married life with her husband, Pathé Records executive Herman "Wally" Rose. She later commented, Later in life, in a would-be comeback, she recorded two demo records, but they were never released. She died of cancer in 1985 at New York Hospital, aged 83, after a long illness; she was living in Manhattan at that time. Collections of Hanshaw's recordings were released on Audio CD in 1999 by Sensation Records. Another revival of interest occurred in 2008 with the use of Hanshaw's music throughout the full-length indie animated feature ''Sita Sings the Blues'', which retells the Indian epic poem the ''Ramayana'' from Sita's perspective by setting scenes from it to performances by Hanshaw. More recently, her 1929 song "Daddy Won't You Please Come Home" was featured in the video game ''BioShock 2'' in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Annette Hanshaw」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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