Annette Hanshaw - Am I Blue-1929

[darkkoolman1]

Bessie Smith isnt that bad. Her songs were special because they reflected on her life problems.

[apocyldoomer]

Definitely I am nOT into Broadway..but, the Roaring Twenties, I'd like to time travel back to that era just for 1 month and party with those bastids.our culture and society of today is 100% total GARBAGE! Nuf said

[ArKaNtOsDeath]

i just met Annette because "Sita Sing the Blues" and i think she was great

[drinksmokelie]

No question that the Twenties were a source of real music, so much better than all that lousy stuff from the Thirties. Eddie Cantor, Bessie Smith, all of them, couldn't come close to Annette Hanshaw. And don't even get me started on Mary Martin and Kate Smith.

[preservationhall01]

@drinksmokelie I'll drink to that comment! Thanks for visiting and drop by again sometime. PH01

[jan279]

Batman brought me here! =)))

[sgoodyear2003]

Lauren Bacall also sings Am I Blue in To Have and To Have Not.

[crazy4sian]

Music grows and changes; it evolves and adapts with time. This music of old, while a brilliant masterpiece, made way for others to follow.

However, music today is more an off-shot dead branch on the family tree.

[preservationhall01]

@crazy4sian I think this classic music is from the strong center of the music tree-it will be there when the dead branches have all dropped off. Even Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Willie Nelson and other so called modern entertainers have borrowed some of their style from this music.

[VIVICANAL4]

DAZZLING!!! I LOVE THIS SINGER. IT´S A PITTY ONLY NOW I DISCOVERED SO LOVELY STAR.

[cheesecakeisgod]

her voice makes me smile. so good.

[idan111]

This is awesome.

Better than all the mainstream bullshit.

[preservationhall01]

@idan111 When I discovered "20s" jazz a few years ago, I was hooked. I agree that nothing today can come close to the pleasure of listening to music such as this.

[ErnieHollerhagen]

This divine cornet accompaniment is really impressive. Sounds like Joe Smith.

[yaoiloveranimegirl]

The first time i heard Annette Hanshaw from Bioshock with the song 'Daddy wont you please come home.' and now i am in love with her!

[XxFugufishXx]

@yaoiloveranimegirl Me too!

[goldie0800]

@yaoiloveranimegirl - Well, I gotta admit, - me too! Her singing is top of the vocalist heap for me especially, "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?" - it's a classic.

[gabcarol8]

the first time I heard this was by lauren bacall in to have and have not...

[crazy4sian]

Children today wouldn't know culture if it hit them in the face, and that scares me.

[twistedhand86]

moanin low by annette..luv that song

[1casey234]

I've listened to Ruth Etting numerous times , and comparing her to Annette, I'd have voted for Annette in 1935. I see why Annette was the most popular singer in the poll that was taken that year.

[1casey234]

She's wonderful!!! I hadn't heard of her until last Nov., and she immediately became my #1 singer. She stopped recording when I was only 2, and by the time I was interested in music,(mostly big bands), her records were no longer being played. I'm so grateful for finding her on YouTube. Thank you for posting this .

[RedRyder1985]

Thanks for giving us a glimpse of this wonderful lady.

[kallemick]

this was recorded one day after my birthday (i was born in 1995 btw)

[jc2008musicman]

Vraiment rafraichissant cette chanson interpreter par Annette Hanshaw. Ceci représenter les années ou tout les espoirs étaient permis. Bravo preservation hall01

[Topicarmno]

Could you imagine the X Factor contestants even having the ability and coaching to sing like this. What skill they had in the past

[markdstump]

I hate Linda Ronstadt, but her version of this song is beautiful!

[Vadergeek]

And this is why Batman is the best superhero ever.

[jimreeves70]

@Vadergeek colon

[fairman1952]

why so much white bigotry? get over it whites are quite good at everything. get over it.

[Puddingtime53]

i love this sort of music, and big band type music aswel could anyone give me names of more artists from this era and the 40's? i love it!

[fairman1952]

she was the best. stop the white bigotry.

[claycmi]

This version is more adapted to whites. I love it, since I am white, but I also love Ethal Waters. It's almost a toss up.

[genatzvalee]

Very good version of "Am I Blue"!

[Tacoflavoredkiss1]

I wish that this kind of music was still sold in stores, not all that other crap that everyone listens to.

[bigcity233]

YOU SAID IT! Our culture today is such trash.

[Tacoflavoredkiss1]

I know it really really is. No one knows how to be classy. Many female artists these days arn't even capable of wearing pants. And they arn't known for their talent, but for their looks.

[Krispaymon]

@bigcity233

what culture? we have none of our own, sadly. :<

[Vermontist]

@bigcity233 People said that in the '20s, too.

[marguitar1]

@bigcity233 Yeah, today's culture is a disgrace.

[nameoffeather]

@marguitar1 Its a matter of perspective. The 30s was very sexist and racist... Today we have much more tolerance for women voting, gay rights and interracial marriages

Yes I miss the classiness of the days past but as long as people like you still embody these qualities with news ones today they will never die.

Today's culture is ruined by over consumption, sadly people today are about taking not sharing or giving...

But i understand ur frustration i really do!

[ThomasASwilling]

@Tacoflavoredkiss1 When I was a kid, my grandparents owned an old Victrola and had scores of the old 78 RPM singles, mostly jazz; and Annette Hanshaw was among them. They also had some old comedy records of a comedy team called "Two Black Crows". No matter how often I listened to those old comedy routines, they always had me crying, I'd laugh so hard. Ahhh! Those were the days! My mother was an excellent singer, too--a regular songbird--and she loved to sing the "oldies" she called them then.

[SnivelyTheGlamful]

@Tacoflavoredkiss1 Actually people still make this type of music. You just have to search EXTREMELY hard to find those type of artists. They surely aren't sold in stores but I am seeing some mainstream artists going jazzy and I'm glad about that. Anyways, just look extremely hard and you will find a few good ones that just aren't in the media that much.

[Tacoflavoredkiss1]

@SnivelyTheGlamful Yeah I've heard a few too! like Christina Agulira, Katy Perry, etc. I actually am quite fond of their music.

[yogisuperman]

I've been listening to ALL the renditions of this song. I can't find anyone, any era, any singer ever, that compares to the silky soft, delicious sounds of this vocalist, Annette Hanshaw. Must we try? Happy birthday, Annette, October 18th!

[livingwhites]

Gorgeous voice. Would love to see her sans the 20's hair perm. Guess they all had that permed look back then. Great voice.

[Shabannie]

I love Annette Hanshaw, and this song. Good contribution.

------Ellen

[kspm01]

How could I be blue after hearing this excellent version?

[preservationhall01]

Thanks for your comment! Does the vid look at all familiar?

[kallemick]

@kspm01 hi can you help me with something? what does "blue" mean in this case depressed or something like that?

[crab5mt]

@kallemick Yes, it certainly does! Down, sad, unhappy, depressed, lonely, down in the dumps, etc...

I thought everyone knew that!!