Wendell Hall
Wendell Wood Hall (born August 23, 1896 in St. George , Kansas - † April 2, 1969 in Alabama ) was an American folk , old-time and novelty musician who had his greatest success in the 1920s could record. His nickname was "The Red-haired Music Maker".
Life
Beginnings
Born in Kansas, Wendell Hall began his music career in high school. In 1922 he was hired as a composer by Foster Music in Chicago and began to tour the USA with the Vaudevilles ; meanwhile Hall learned to play a large number of instruments, such as the guitar , xylophone , banjo or the banjolele, a mixture of banjo and ukulele that had been developed a few years earlier by the instrument maker Alvin D. Keech in San Francisco . However, he learned his favorite instrument, the ukulele, relatively late.
Career
In 1923 he got a record deal with RCA Victor . His first song, It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo ', was released that same year. He had already recorded a few demo versions of the title last November. The record sold over two million copies, making it country music's first million seller. The title is based on an old folk song on which Hall wrote a new text. In 1924, Hall took on the Everyday Hour radio show on WEAF in New York City . The first show started on November 4, 1924 with guests such as Carson Robison , Art Gillham and Will Rogers . Hall had grown into a successful musician and one of the world's first radio hosts in just two years.
In 1925 Hall published his book Ukulele Methods with Foster Music and got married live on the radio. Hall also appeared in various short films and continued to release records for Columbia Records and Brunswick Records ; Well-known Hall titles include Big Rock Candy Mountain, It Looks Like Rain and Who Said I Was a Bum? In the late 1920s, Hall began working with friend and country musician Carson Robison. This connection resulted in the hits Whistling the Blues Away, Oh! Susanna and Camptown Races . In the mid-1920s, Hall undertook several world tours that also took him to Asia and Europe.
Since 1929 Hall took on other radio shows and composed songs such as Underneath the Mellow Moon and Carolina Rose. In the 1930s, Hall's popularity declined noticeably, and from then on he concentrated on composing promotional songs. In 1950 he published another book, Famous Collection for the Ukulele.
Wendell Hall died on April 2, 1969 at the age of 73.
Discography
Hall's Columbia records were subsequently re-released on Banner Records .
| year | title | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RCA Victor | |||
| 1923 | It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo '/ Red Headed Music Maker | ||
| 1924 | It Looks Like Rain / Comfortin 'Gal | ||
| 1924 | Land of My Sunset Dreams / Wonderful One | B-side by Henry Burr | |
| 1924 | Oh Susanna / Gwine Run All Night | A-side with Carson Robison; B-side with the Shannon Quartet | |
| 1924 | Old Plantation Medley / Pickaninny Lullaby | ||
| 1924 | Lonely Lane / Swanee River Dreams | B-side with Carson Robison | |
| 1925 | It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo 'No. 2 / We're Gonna Have Weather | B-side by Carson Robison | |
| 1925 | I Couldn't Get To It On Time / Oh Mabel | B-side of Billy Murray | |
| 1925 | Don't Say Aloha (When You Say Goodbye) / Rose Of Hawaii | ||
| 1925 | I Struck My Funny Bone / Ain't the Sunshine Grand | ||
| 1925 | Farmer Took Another Load Away / Little Lindy Lou | A-side of Jimmy Miller and Charles Farrell | |
| 1925 | Your Shining Eyes / Over The Rainbow Trail | ||
| 1925 | Angry / Whisp'ring Trees, Memories of You | ||
| 1925 | We're Gonna Have Weather / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo 'No. 2 | ||
| 192? | ? / Land of My Sunset Dreams | ||
| Brunswick Records | |||
| 1925 | Hockey Pockey Diddle Dee Dum / Paddlin 'Madeline Home | ||
| 1925 | Kentucky's Way of Saying Good Morning / Show Me the Way to Go Home | ||
| 1926 | Just Around the Corner / Let's Talk About My Sweetie | ||
| 1926 | Say Mister, Have You Met Rosie's Sister? / Spanish Shawl | ||
| 1926 | I'm Gonna Let the Bumble Bee Be / Lulu Lou | ||
| 1926 | My Dream Sweetheart / That's Why I Love You | ||
| 1926 | Mandy / Precious | ||
| 1926 | No One But You Knows to Love / She's Still My Baby | ||
| 1926 | Just a Bird's Eye View / Meadowlark | ||
| 1926 | I'm Tellin 'the Birds / Take In the Sun, Hang Out the Moon | ||
| Columbia Records | |||
| 1927 | Hot Feet / Down Kentucky Way | ||
| 1927 | There's a Trick in Pickin 'Chick Chick Chicken / Headin' Home | ||
| Brunswick Records | |||
| 1927 | Yesterday / Down Kentucky Way | ||
| 1928 | Headin 'Home (Bound for Birmingham) / Oh! Lucindy | ||
| 1928 | My Dream Sweetheart / Polly Wolly Doodle | ||
| 1928 | I Told You I'd Never Forget You / Will You Remember (What I Can't Forget)? | ||
| 1928 | Hot Feet / Oh! Lucindy | Republication | |
| 1928 | Headin 'Home (Bound for Birmingham) / Old Fashioned Locket | ||
| 1928 | Easy Goin '/ My Dream Sweetheart | ||
| 1928 | If I Only Knew / Polly Wolly Doodle | ||
| 1929 | Dear Heart of Mine / Angeline | ||
| 1929 | Ploddin 'Along / There's a Four Leaf Clover in My Pocket | ||
| 1929 | Seven Times Seven Is Forty-Nine / Eleven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat | ||
| 1930 | Underneath the Mellow Moon / Land of Sunset Dreams | ||
Web links
- Wendell Hall at Allmusic (English)
- Wendell Hall at Discogs (English)
- The Ukulele: A Visual History
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wendell Woods Hall, Sr. in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ↑ Alvin Keech, Kelvin, and the Banjulele , ukulele.fr. Retrieved April 18, 2014 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hall, Wendell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hall, Wendell Wood (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American country singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. George , Kansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd April 1969 |
| Place of death | Alabama |