Throughout her recording career, starting in 1926 with thousands of
records sold and millions of fans all over the U.S. and England, Annette
sang with the Original Memphis Five, Willard Robison's Deep River
Orchestra, Sam Lanin's Orchestra, Lou Gold's Orchestra, Frank Ferera's
Hawaiian Trio and Rudy Vallee's Connecticut Yankees. Some
of the artists whose solos were featured on her recordings were Red
Nichols, Miff Mole, Phil Napoleon, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Adrian
Rollini, Vic Berton, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Tommy Dorsey, and Jack
Teagarden Orchestras.
In 1929, Hanshaw began performing on CBS
and NBC network radio. In the early 1930s, she sang on the air with Glen
Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra. From 1932 to 1934, Annette was featured on
the popular Thursday evening NBC's radio program, The Maxwell House
ShowBoat. She made her only film appearance in the 1933 Paramount short Captain Henry's Radio Show,
then was voted the most popular female singer along with male singer
Bing Crosby by a nationwide survey! On December 6, 1937 Hanshaw gave the
final performance of her career on The Chevrolet Musical Moments Revue all of these performances can be found on www.youtube.com for free and on Wikipedia.com or on Google.com by using her name.
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