The Girl Next Door 1927-1932

Annette Hanshaw | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 29, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Take Two
• ASIN: B000008B5T
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,130 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #33 in Music > Pop > Oldies > Tin Pan Alley

Track Listings

1. It All Depends on You

2. My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now

3. I Can't Give You Anything But Love

4. In a Great Big Way

5. Lover Come Back to Me

6. You Wouldn't Fool Me Would You

7. Button Up Your Overcoat

8. I Get the Blues When It Rains

9. That's You Baby

10. Big City Blues

11. My Sin

12. I Think You'll Like It

13. Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home

14. I Love a Ukulele

15. Am I Blue

16. (I'm a Dreamer) Aren't We All

17. I Have to Have You

18. Happy Days Are Here Again

19. Ho Hum

20. Say It Isn't So

Editorial Reviews

One of the few listenable singers from the 20's, has a highly appealing and swinging style which puts her in the same category as Ethel Waters in the 20's. Some excellent jazz singing with excellent jazz musicians backing her (The Dorsey Brothers, Manny Klein, Joe Venuti and Bunny Berigan). Annette had an extremely plaintive voice but she was certainly not a sugary sweet singer. On this CD are a few songs in which she does an uncanny Helen Kane impersonation.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent overview of 20's jazz singer, January 17, 2000

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ab (ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Girl Next Door 1927-1932 (Audio CD)

One of the few listenable singers from the 20's, has a highly appealing and swinging style which puts her in the same category as Ethel Eaters in the 20's. Some excellent jazz singing with excellent jazz musicians bacing her(The Dorsy Brothere, Manny Klein, Joe Venuti, Bunny Berrigan, exe...)

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Annette Hanshaw: An Underrated Talent!, October 29, 2005

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Dennis Lee Cleven (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Girl Next Door 1927-1932 (Audio CD)

Annette Hanshaw was an important artist of the 20s and 30s. She is as much of that era as Ruth Etting, Helen Kane, and The Boswell Sisters. Annette had an extremely plaintive voice but she was certainly not a sugary sweet singer. On this CD are a few songs in which she does an uncanny Helen Kane impersonation.
I am fond of Helen Kane, but let Helen be Helen and let Annette sing like herself. There are many gems on this CD not available on other compilations such as "It All Depends on You", "My Blackbirds are Bluebirds Now", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love". There is a blues feeling with "Big City Blues" and "My Sin". Annette's rendition of "Button Up Your Overcoat" is on an equal par with Ruth Etting's version which is better known. This is a CD well worth having and it includes many songs from early talkies of 1929. I am so glad to have discovered this CD which has excellent sound quality. My favourite, if I had to choose one, would be "Say It Isn't So" which is poignant and heartfelt. Annette Hanshaw's music is a delight and I am grateful for the legacy that she left behind in a career that seems to have been too brief.