Hadda Brooks

Hadda Brooks

Aliases: Hadda Brooks Trio
Real name: Hattie L. Hapgood
Born: October 29, 1916
Died: November 21, 2002
Country: United States
Comments: Pianist and singer active in boogie-woogie, blues, jazz and R&B. Brroks 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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Popular Originals

Jump Back, Honey

Released on Somewhere In That Direction (1952)

Covered by (7 artists)

You Let My Love Get Cold

Released on Dreamin' and Cryin' (1953)

Covered by (6 artists)

Popular Covers by Hadda Brooks

I Feel So Good

Originally by Big Bill

Released on I Feel So Good (1951)

I Feel So Good

Time Was When

Originally by Big Bill

Released on Time Was When (1996)

I'm a Fool to Want You

Time Was When

Originally by Frank Sinatra

Released on Time Was When (1996)

My Romance

Time Was When

Originally by Gloria Grafton & Donald Novis

Released on Time Was When (1996)