# Alberta Hunter
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alberta hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter from the early 1920s to the late 1950s. After twenty years of working as a nurse, Hunter resumed her singing career in 1977.
== Early life ==
Hunter was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Laura Peterson, who worked as a maid in a Memphis brothel, and Charles Hunter, a Pullman porter.
Female Blues Legends: Voices that Shaped History
Episode at a Glance
Step into the smoky clubs and crowded juke joints of the early 20th century — where women’s voices cut through silence and reshaped music forever. This episode dives into the stories of female blues pioneers, women who transformed pain into poetry, struggle into song, and defi…
Marguerite Cartwright
Dr. Marguerite Phillips Dorsey Cartwright, born May 17, 1910, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was a journalist, sociologist, educator, and actress, who served as a correspondent for the United Nations, attended and wrote about both the Bandung Conference and the All-African People's Conference, and w…
‘God Loves a Sinner Like Me’: A Short Play About Alberta Hunter
As a special offering in our Offscript feed, here's a monologue by Tanya Everett about the legendary blues and jazz singer-songwriter who wrote 'Downhearted Blues.'
James P. plus
James P. Johnson solo piano: Bleeding Heart Blues, Carolina Shout, You Can't Do What My Last Man Did, Harlem Strut, Worried and Lonesome Blues, Weeping Blues, Toddlin', Scouting Around, Keep Off the Grass. C. Williams: Achin' Heart Blues, Texas Moaner Blues, Richard M. Jones: Jazzin' Babies Blues.…
'God Loves a Sinner Like Me': A Short Play About Alberta Hunter
In this monologue by Tanya Everett, performed by Nedra Marie Taylor, we hear from the legendary blues and jazz singer-songwriter who wrote "Downhearted Blues"
A Bit of Relief: Jody's Playlist
Jody Rosen, a writer for The Times Magazine, transports us into his current soundtrack. From Alberta Hunter's “voice of longevity” to the “transfixing performance” of Missy Elliott, Jody shares the music that’s helping him find new rhythms — during these days stuck inside.
Music discussed:
“My C…
Special Playlist
Todays playlist for you
Sheryl Crow - You're an original
Tori Amos-I'm not in love
Crystal Gayle - Old boyfriends
Jolie Holland - Crush in the ghetto
Lissie - When I'm alone
Alberta Hunter - Ezekiel saw the wheel
Billy Holiday - Them there eyes
Holly Humberstone - Elvis impersonators
Lowland Hum -…
Detox Mans!on with Gaz - A Blues Special
1. Gary Moore
2. Alberta Hunter
3. Greg Brown
4. The Allman Brothers
5. George Thorogood And The Destroyers
6. B B & The Bullets
7. Robert Cray
8. Muddy Waters
9. Howlin’ Wolf
10. ZZ Top
11. Steve Earle
12. Janis Joplin
13. The Juke Joint Pimps
14. Savoy Brown
On this day in Blues history for May 20th
Today’s show features music performed by Alberta Hunter and Sterling Magee
The Cabaret Room - August 2026
In this month's podcast we feature quite a number of new names you may not have come across before. Such artists as Yaala Ballin, Paul Jost, Alberta Hunter and Pinky Winters to name but a few.
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