Annette Hanshaw - private recordings

These two selections are the best sounding of a batch of homemade recordings that Annette Hanshaw did. Her husband copied them onto a tape for a friend of mine. I don't know when they were made but on one of the records she refers to "Steve Cochran's looks". He was a big movie star for a couple of years around 1950. So that's a hint. Unfortunately the sound on the others is pretty bad. I sent a copy of this to Transformingart who did a great job improving the sound - check it out.

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• Annette
• Hanshaw

[jameswiese]

The music is great, the covers are great.

However, please cut down on the coffee consumption before filming, use a copy stand, or simplify your vision. : )

Easy on the ears, hard on the eyes.

Thanks to First Of A Kind for the titles.

James

[merrihew]

@jameswiese Sorry, I should have used a music stand but I'm not going to buy a new one just for YT. Its not easy holding a record album just by the corner and keeping it steady. The only reason I didn't list the titles in the description is fear of the copyright police. So I put them under comments.

[firstofakind]

Do we have the titles of the songs?

[merrihew]

Penthouse Serenade (a.k.a When We're Alone), and When I'm Housekeeping for You.

[mmay519]

Who's the pianist?

[merrihew]

On some of the others I have she is playing the piano but she definitely isn't on these. I have no idea who it is.

[4trotts]

I agree totally. It's lovely to hear her in her 20 years on. She was very under-rated. Great stuff.

[Kiddman32]

Anywayy, this rediscovered Annette stuff is great!

[Kiddman32]

So, Annette gets some exposure on national TV, and I'm excited... Nobody to get excited with!

None of my friends have much if any interest in good music... They think electric guitars aren't noise pollution, and some even think Rap (The "C" is silent) is worthy of a listen... So, I have all this news and nobody to tell...

[Kiddman32]

I happened to be watching the tube last year sometime when a commercial announcing a new video game came on... "Nice graphics", I thought, then my attention went back to the 'puter... Wait, there's something about that orchestral music... Then, the voice came on... "When night is creepin, and I should be sleepin' in bed..." ANNETTE!!!!! Her great recording from the early '30's!  Somebody out there's been listening... :)

[Kiddman32]

@Kiddman32 After having listened closely to those interviews, and gathering other info around the 'net, I believe Annette used the gangster incidents as an excuse/reason to quietly slip out the backdoor of a business she had grown to despise.

[Kiddman32]

Wow... Fantastic to hear these home-made recordings! Annette was amazing!

I've been a fan of 20's, 30's and 40's music. since the mid-70's, but it took the Internet for me to find the great Annette Hanshaw , probably in the late 90's. Very overlooked singer, in a way the female Bing Crosby, stylistically.

I have, somewhere on my HD, recordings of some radio interviews that she did in NY in the late 60's, I think... Very fascinating listening!

[largblarg]

Love it. Annette Hanshaw rules.

[SIMPFANN]

WOW! I've been a Hanshaw fan for years, but I NEVER knew a tape like this existed- thank you so much for posting!

[dfarmbrough]

Thank you for doing this - the voice is still great!

[peters855]

Wow thanks man