Alberta Hunter and Joyce Richardson - " Black Shadows" in Dufaycolor1934

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From the 1934 British film "Radio Parade of 1935" - starring Will Hay, and spoofing the BBC - being set in a fictional radio station the National Broadcasting Group or the NBG (British period slang for "no bloody good"!) American Blues singer, Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 - October 17, 1984) sings a song somewhat ahead of it's time. Her career had started back in the early 1920s, and from there on, she became a successful jazz and blues recording artist, being critically acclaimed to the ...