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Hadda Brooks

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Aliases
Hadda Brooks Trio
Real name
Hattie L. Hapgood
Born
October 29, 1916
Died
November 21, 2002
Country
United States
IPI
00243697053 2 works
Affiliation
BMI
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Pianist and singer active in boogie-woogie, blues, jazz and R&B. Brooks was also a composer. In 1957, Brooks was the first African American to host her own television show, which ran on KCOP in Los Angeles. She took a hiatus of some 30 years from recording, resuming her recording career in 1994.
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