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Adelaide Hall
Deceased

How Did Adelaide Hall Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 92
Also known asAdelaide Louise Hall, The Singing BlackbirdGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn20/10/1901Born inBrooklyn, New York, USADied07/11/1993Died inLondonCausepneumoniaWikidataQ293087Buried atThe Evergreens CemeteryTMDb#1249787

Adelaide Louise Hall was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death. Early in her career, she was a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance; she became based in the UK after 1938. Hall entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2003 as the world's most enduring recording artist, having released material over eight consecutive decades.

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Filmography3 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1940The Thief of BagdadMovieSinger39
1935An All-Colored Vaudeville ShowMovieSelf34
1932Dancers in the DarkMovieGloria Bishop (singing voice)31