| LC control no. | n 80158642 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hunter, Alberta |
| Variant(s) | Alix, May Beatty, Josephine |
| Birth date | 1895-04-01 |
| Death date | 1984-10-17 |
| Place of birth | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Singing Jazz Nursing |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz singers Singers Nurses |
| Found in | Amtrak blues [SR] p1980 (a.e.) labels (Alberta Hunter) container (was 66 in 1961; now nearly 85; b. ca. 1895) Taylor, F.C. Alberta Hunter, c1986: CIP t.p. (Alberta Hunter) galley (d. 1984) Men are like street cars-- [SR] p1999: container (Alberta Hunter) insert (b. Apr. 1, 1895 in Memphis, Tenn.; d. Oct. 18, 1984) Hunter, A. Young Alberta Hunter [SR] p1996: container (Alberta Hunter; also recorded under the pseudonym of Josephine Beatty) New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (under Alix, May (i): pseudonym of Alberta Hunter) Wikipedia, Mar. 25, 2016 (Alberta Hunter; b. Apr. 1, 1895 in Memphis, Tenn.; d. Oct. 17, 1984 on Roosevelt Island, N.Y.; African-American jazz singer and songwriter who had a successful career from early 1920s to the late 1950s; then decided to stop performing to work as a nurse; after 20 years of working as a nurse, in 1977 Hunter made a successful comeback and resumed her singing career) |
| Associated language | eng |
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