Year: 2023
Time: 47:50
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Size: 111,8 MB
Art: Front
(3:11) 1. That's Where I Came In
(3:03) 2. Take Me
(3:00) 3. This Will Make You Laugh
(2:57) 4. Can't We Be Friends
(2:59) 5. The Best Things In Life Are Free
(3:01) 6. I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town
(2:59) 7. I Can't Get Started
(3:14) 8. Tomorrow Night
(3:07) 9. This Time We're Through
(3:21) 10. Always
(3:04) 11. Out Of The Blue
(3:23) 12. I Must Have That Man
(3:11) 13. You Won't Let Me Go
(3:51) 14. That's My Desire
(3:23) 15. After You've Gone
Hadda Hapgood was born in Los Angeles in 1916, into a middle-class family: her father was a Deputy Sheriff and her mother was a doctor. Hadda’s musical education began when she attended the opera, and she studied classical piano for twenty years. After college in Chicago, where she picked up a rather different style of music, Hadda began playing piano professionally in LA, pounding out boogies in the style of Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis. She was spotted by Saul Bihari and was one of the first artists signed to his Modern label in 1945, scoring a regional hit with her debut record.
The instrumental ‘Swingin’ the Boogie’ was billed under the name Hadda Brooks, a name given by the company. Her keyboard skills got her a lot of session work for the Bihari’s labels: for example she featured on most of ‘Smokey’ Hogg‘s records. After a few more instrumental releases of her own, Hadda was chosen to appear in the movie ‘Out of the Blue’, playing a lounge-singer: the record of the same name was Hadda’s vocal debut and it became her biggest hit. Further movie rôles and hit records like ‘That’s My Desire’ made Hadda something of a celebrity in the late 40s. https://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/hadda-brooks/https://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/hadda-brooks/
The instrumental ‘Swingin’ the Boogie’ was billed under the name Hadda Brooks, a name given by the company. Her keyboard skills got her a lot of session work for the Bihari’s labels: for example she featured on most of ‘Smokey’ Hogg‘s records. After a few more instrumental releases of her own, Hadda was chosen to appear in the movie ‘Out of the Blue’, playing a lounge-singer: the record of the same name was Hadda’s vocal debut and it became her biggest hit. Further movie rôles and hit records like ‘That’s My Desire’ made Hadda something of a celebrity in the late 40s. https://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/hadda-brooks/https://www.allaboutbluesmusic.com/hadda-brooks/
City Streets and Cafe Beats - Hadda Brooks' Summertime Stories
