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Annette Hanshaw (October 18, 1901 - March 13, 1985) was on of the first great female jazz singers. In the late 1920's she ranked among Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith and the Boswell Sisters. Jump to: navigation, search October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Ethel Waters, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1938 Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an African American blues vocalist who frequently performed jazz, big band, gospel, and popular music, on Broadway and off. ... Bessie Smith photographed by Carl Van Vechten Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA was the most popular and successful blues singer of 1920s and 30s, and a huge influence on the singers who followed her. ... The Boswell Sisters on the cover of the reissue album collection Thats How Rhythm Was Born The Boswell Sisters were a singing group that attained national prominence in the USA in the 1930s. ...

Annette Hanshaw
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In 1936, she retired from singing and never attempted a comeback. The singer Helen Kane is said to have based her look on Hanshaw. Noteable is her influence in the Hyperreality theory of Jean Baudrillard. Since Kane based her look on Hanshaw, she purported to be the reality of the hyperreality character of Betty Boop. Image File history File links Annette Hanshaw File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Helen Kane (August 4, 1903 - September 26, 1966) was an American popular singer, best known for her boop-boop-a-doop trademark and her signature song, I Wanna Be Loved By You. Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick used Kane as the model for his studios most famous creation, Betty... Hyperreality (not to be confused with surrealism) is a concept in semiotics and postmodern philosophy. ... Jean Baudrillard (born July 29, 1929) is a cultural theorist and philosopher. ... MY story of Betty Boop By Shirelle M. Evans Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character appearing in the Talkartoon and Betty Boop series of films produced by Max Fleischer and released by Paramount Pictures. ...


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Annette Hanshaw - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (122 words)
Annette Hanshaw (October 18, 1901 - March 13, 1985) was on of the first great female jazz singers.
The singer Helen Kane is said to have based her look on Hanshaw.
Since Kane based her look on Hanshaw, she purported to be the reality of the hyperreality character of Betty Boop.
Bio-Hanshaw, FrankWMcCoy (1516 words)
Guy Hanshaw, Frank was named as an heir, and was entitled to a 1/24 share of the estate, which included lucrative oil and gas wells.
One of Annette's best-loved songs was "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye." Her performances were so popular but her career so short that a special website has been created in her memory with a vast and impressive compendium of her life, career and recordings.
Frank's wife W. Jayne (Fowler) Hanshaw later was president of the Arnold Agency, and was one of the first women franchisees in Georgia for the American Federation of Television and Recording Artists (AFTRA) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
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