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Sheet music cover, 1924 "Hard Hearted Hannah, the Vamp of Savannah" is a popular song with words by Jack Yellen, Bob Bigelow, and Charles Bates, and music by Milton Ager. [1] The song was published in June 1924 by Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, Inc., New York. [2] "
Culture writer Martin Chilton defines the term "Great American Songbook" as follows: "Tunes of Broadway musical theatre, Hollywood movie musicals and Tin Pan Alley (the hub of songwriting that was the music publishers' row on New York's West 28th Street)". Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire of jazz musicians" during the ...
1924 – "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)" [46] is a song composed by Milton Ager with lyrics by Charles Bates, Bob Bigelow and Jack Yellen. It was introduced by Frances Williams in the Broadway musical Innocent Eyes. [47] Hit recordings were made by Dolly Kay, Margaret Young and Herb Wiedoeft and His Orchestra. [48]
Emma Thompson Kelly (December 17, 1918 – January 17, 2001) was an American musician. Known as the "Lady of 6,000 Songs", [1] she appeared in both John Berendt's 1994 book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and its 1997 movie adaptation.
Dolly Kay (12 June 1900? – 26 August 1982) [2] was an American vaudeville singer who recorded in the 1920s and was one of the first white singers to incorporate blues songs into her repertoire, most notably "Hard-Hearted Hannah".
Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah) J. Johnny's in Town; L. Louisville Lou (That Vampin' Lady) M. My Yiddishe Momme This page was last edited on 26 September ...
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During 1927, Kahn hired Hannah Williams from the Williams Sisters to dance in a revue at his New York Night Club, Le Perroquet de Paris. It was during her engagement at the club that she popularised the song, "Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)".