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Brooks, Hadda

LC control no.no 93027651
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingBrooks, Hadda
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Variant(s)Hapgood, Hadda
Hopgood, Hadda
Morrison, Hadda
Morrison, Hattie Levenia
Brook, Hattie
Hapgood, Hattie L.
Hopgood, Hattie L.
Queen of the Boogie
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1916-10-29
Death date2002-11-21
Place of birthLos Angeles (Calif.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activityActing Piano Singing
Profession or occupationActors Pianists Singers
Found inHer Femme fatale [SR] 195-: label (Hadda Brooks)
New York Times, Nov. 24, 2002 (Hadda Brooks, 86, torch singer and pianist; d. Nov. 21, 2002, Los Angeles; b. Hadda Hapgood, 1916, Los Angeles)
Grove music WWW site, June 18, 2003: Jazz (Brooks, Hadda (née Hopgood; Morrison, Hadda); b. Oct. 29, 1916, Los Angeles; pianist and singer)
IMDb, March 23, 2017: (Hadda Brooks, actress ; b. October 29, 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA ; d. November 21, 2002 (age 86) in Los Angeles, California, USA)
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, viewed October 13, 2022 via Ancestry.com (Hattie Levenia Morrison; born, October 29, 1916 in Los Angeles, California; died, November 21, 2002; also known as Hattie Brook; Hadda Brooks; Hattie Levenia Hopgood)
California Birth Index, 1905-1995, viewed October 13, 2022 via Ancestry.com (Hattie L. Hapgood; born October 29, 1916 in Los Angeles, California)
1930 United States Federal Census, viewed October 13, 2022 via Ancestry.com (Hattie L. Hopgood; born, about 1917 in California)
Oxford music online, viewed October 13, 2022 (Hadda Brooks; recorded first hit, Swingin' the boogie, in 1945 and soon earned the billing Queen of the Boogie)
Associated languageeng