Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter was an internationally known African-American jazz singer and songwriter who had a successful career from the early 1920s to the late 1950sand then stopped performing. After 20 years of working as a nurse, in 1977 Hunter successfully resumed her popular singing career until her death...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBlues Singer
Date of Birth1 April 1895
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician call hear next people sing table
I would sing softly, and if the people at the next table would want to hear what I was doing, they'd have to call me over and give me a tip.
blame blowing folks good knocking mean please talk tame
I'm having a good time,/ Please don't blame me,/ I'm knocking myself out/ Don't try to tame me/ Let me have my fun,/ I've got to have my fling,/ Some folks say I'm blowing my top/ Talk don't mean a thing, . . .
american-musician dirt sit until
Until they put that sand and dirt in my face I will not sit in church all day.
american-musician none strict treat
None of them going to treat me bad, honey, I'm too strict for that.
ifs
Maybe if I knew music, I couldn't do what I am doing.
baby hurt heart
Blues means what milk does to a baby. Blues is what the spirit is to the minister. We sing the blues because our hearts have been hurt, our souls have been disturbed.
thinking people singing
People think the blues is sad. They hear people moaning and such. That's not the blues. That's just somebody singing slow...The blues is about truth-telling.
faith-in-god songwriting confidence-in-yourself
Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself.