Annette Hanshaw, Helen Kane - You Wouldn't Fool Me

Annette Hanshaw (October 18, 1901 - March 13, 1985) was one of the first great female jazz singers. In the late 1920s she ranked alongside Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith and the Boswell Sisters.

Her singing style was relaxed and suited the new jazz-influenced pop music of the late 1920s. Although she had a low opinion of her own singing, she continues to have fans because of how she combined the voice of an ingenue with the spirit of a flapper.
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Helen Kane (b. August 4, 1903, some sources indicate 1904 - d. September 26, 1966) was an American popular singer, best known for her "boop-boop-a-doop" trademark and her signature song, "I Wanna Be Loved By You".

She spent the early 1920s trouping in vaudeville as a singer, and kickline dancer with a theater engagement called the 'All Jazz Revue.' She played the New York Palace for the first time in 1921. Her Broadway days started here as well with the Stars of the Future (1922-24, and possibly a brief revival in early 1927). She also sang onstage with an early girl harmony singing trio - The Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce.

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Annette Hanshaw & Helen Kane - You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You (1929)

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• Annette
• Hanshaw
• Helen
• Kane
• 20's
• 30's

[edmundusrex]

Thank's for all the information. I'm also shure now, that annette is imitating Helen.

ed.

[itgirl1982]

This is one of my favorite songs. Annette Hanshaw had a great sound. Helen Kane has a distinctly different sound. I did hear that this was a little bit of a prank as the two singers were friends and Hanshaw would imitate Kane. Did a pretty good job of it too!

[Corrie121]

This is class,whether it is both Annnette and Helen, or Annette alone.

Thank you for the information. I learn a lot from your notes.

Thank you too, for sharing.

[mianno58]

It is Annette, not a doubt....Thats All

[largblarg]

Annette Hanshaw Rules the Airwaves.

[DMgraduate09]

but the second voice is helen

[reyalpEleluku]

I always suspected it -- love the song and the way it's sung.

[Ichkovitch]

I vote for both voices being Hanshaw. Good tune.

[kspm01]

Indeed, sounds like Hanshaw all the time, who did some imitations of Kane.

[theonewhitstyle]

Hmm...sounds like Annette imitating Helen,just as she did eraly in her carreer...