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crowd. "The crowd wouldn't stay downstairs. They'd go upstairs to hear us sing the blues. That's where I would stand and make up verses and sing as I go along." Many claim her appeal was based on her gift for improvising lyrics to satisfy the audience. Her big break came when she was booked at
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as the vocalist. This record sold almost 1 million copies. Hunter learned what
Williams had done and stopped recording for him. In 1928, Hunter played Queenie opposite
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709:Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1 (1921-1923)
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1051:(deluxe ed.). New York: View Video.
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1234:Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism
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354:. She received only $ 368 in
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226:Dreamland Cafe, singing with
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800:The Glory of Alberta Hunter
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254:Downhearted Blues (1922)
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446:In 1944, she took a
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