HUNTER, ALBERTA. Blues singer ( in Memphis,Tennessee). She went to Chicago at the age of eleven; by the time she was fifteen she was singing professionally in local clubs. She began to attract wide attention when she sang at Chicago's Dreamland Cafe; her song Down hearted blues
(1923) also brought her recognition. In 1926 she replaced
Bessie Smith
in the leading role of the musical, How Come?, and shortly thereafter she toured in Europe, including a leading...