- Aliases
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Hadda Brooks Trio
- Real name
- Hattie L. Hapgood
- Born
- October 29, 1916
- Died
- November 21, 2002
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00243697053 2 works
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- 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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