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Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse. Her career had started back in the early 1920s, and from there on, she became a successful jazz and blues recording artist, being critically acclaimed to the ranks of Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith. In the 1950s, she retired from performing and entered the medical field, only to successfully resume her singing career in her 80s.
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The Alberta Hunter Collection: 1921-1940 [2017]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Downhearted Blues | 3:03 |
| Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try to Two-Time Me) | 3:12 |
| Old Fashioned Love | 2:48 |
| Beale Street Blues | 3:19 |
ABC of the Blues: The Ultimate Collection from the Delta to the Big Cities [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Down Hearted Blues | 3:04 |
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1: Messin' Around with the Blues [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Beale Street Blues | 3:17 |
Century of the Blues: The Definitve Country Blues Collection [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Downhearted Blues | 2:51 |
The Essential George Gershwin [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Somebody Loves Me [From George White's Scandals of 1922] | 2:55 |
Downhearted Blues [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Downhearted Blues | 6:02 |
| The Dark Town Strutter's Ball | 4:17 |
| The Darktown Strutters' Ball | 4:17 |
| Old Fashioned Love | 4:15 |
| When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles With You) | 2:57 |
| Handy Man | 4:10 |
Fats Waller at the Organ, Vol. 3: 1926-1929 [Purple Cover] [1998]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Beale Street Blues [Vocal Version] | 3:11 |
Alternate Takes (1921-1924) [1997]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Downhearted Blues [Take 1] | 3:03 |
| Downhearted Blues [Take 2] | 3:00 |
| Aggravatin' Papa [Take 1] | 3:08 |
| Old Fashioned Love [Take 1] | 3:09 |
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1923-24) [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Aggravatin' Papa | 3:14 |
| Old Fashioned Love | 2:49 |
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1927-46) [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Beale Street Blues | 3:21 |
| Downhearted Blues | 2:52 |
Young Alberta Hunter: The 20's and 30's [1996]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Downhearted Blues [1939] | 2:52 |
| Downhearted Blues [1922] | 3:07 |
Better Boot That Thing: Great Women Blues Singers of the 1920's [1992]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Beale Street Blues | 3:15 |
Jazz at the Smithsonian [Video] [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Downhearted Blues | |
| Handyman | |
| When You're Smiling | |
| Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out | |
| Darktown Strutters' Ball |
Louis Armstrong and the Blues Singers: 1924-1930 [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Everybody Loves My Baby | 2:46 |
| Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning | 2:57 |
| Cake Walking Babies from Home | 3:33 |
Amtrak Blues [1978]
Chicago: The Living Legends [1961]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Blues | 2:25 |
| Downhearted Blues | 2:55 |
| Sweet Georgia Brown | 6:33 |
Unknown Album
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Always | 3:44 |
| Downhearted Blues | 2:55 |
| Beale Street Blues [Vocal Version] | 3:11 |
| When You're Smiling | |
| St. Louis Blues | 3:31 |
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