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.
Watch Annette Hanshaw sing- "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye!" on, "Showboat!" (1933)
GO TO:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5uQFNZTzPM
Video clip from "Captain Henry's Showboat" (1933) with Annette
Hanshaw singing "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye!" This is Annette's only
appearance on film.
Catherine Annette Hanshaw was an American Jazz Age singer. She was
one of the most popular radio stars of the late 1920s and early 1930s,
with many of her most notable performances taking place on NBC's Maxwell
House Show Boat. Over four million of her records had been sold by
1934, following the peak of her popularity.
In her ten-year recording career, she recorded about 250 sides. In a
1934 poll conducted by Radio Stars magazine, she received the title of
best female popular singer. Second place went to Ethel Shutta, third
place went to Ruth Etting, and fourth place went to Kate Smith.
