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Peggy English

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Aliases
Harlem Hannah and Her Hot Boys
Jane Gray
Jessie Shaw
Peggy Britton
Winnie Smith
Real name
Marguerite Grace English
Born
December 9, 1893
Died
September 4, 1988
Country
United States
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Vocalist from Helena, Montana. Peggy English recorded under at least 13 different names across many record labels during her short 1920’s recording career. Peggy English recorded from 1925 to 1928, and then appeared to try a comeback on a lone 1933 recording date as “Harlem Hannah” on the Bluebird record label. Her entire recording output consisted of 102 sides for the Vocalion, Banner, Cameo, Brunswick, Victor, Harmony, and Bluebird labels. Her piano accompanists included Rube Bloom and Bill Wirges.
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Covers by Peggy English

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1927 Ernest Hare
1933 Mae West
listen on Internet Archive (Peggy English) 1927 Johnny Marvin
Are You Happy? Jane Gray (Peggy English) 1927 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive (Peggy English) 1927 Al Lentz's Dance Orchestra
(Peggy English) 1926 Miss Annette Hanshaw and The Red Heads
1933 The Dixie Rhythm Kings (Under direction of Omer Simeon)
listen on Internet Archive 1926 Mike Speciale and His Orchestra (Vocal Chorus, Frank Nichols)
listen on Internet Archive 1926 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra
  1927 Zelma O'Neal PRF, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REC
1927 Howard Lanin and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert
listen on Internet Archive (Peggy English) 1926 Original Dixie Rag Pickers
Hello Bluebird Peggy Britton (Peggy English) 1926 Unverified
(Peggy English) 1927 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive (Peggy English) 1927 Jean Goldkette and His Orchestra
1926 The Buffalodians
listen on Internet Archive (Peggy English) 1927 Ford and Glenn
listen on Internet Archive   March 1926 Johnny Marvin "The Ukulele Ace" REL, Aileen Stanley REC
listen on Internet Archive (Peggy English) 1927 Hollywood Dance Orchestra [Adrian Schubert]
(Peggy English) 1927 Isham Jones Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1926 Rosa Henderson with The Four Black Diamonds
(Peggy English) 1927 Percival Mackey's Band
listen on Internet Archive   1926 Philip Spitalny and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Charles Hart REC, Honey Duke and His Uke (Johnny Marvin) REL
listen on Internet Archive 1927 Annette Hanshaw
listen on Internet Archive (Peggy English) 1926 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Fred and Tom Waring
listen on Internet Archive 1928 Ed Lowry
(Peggy English) May 1933 Ethel Waters - Piano Accomp. by James P. Johnson
  (Peggy English) 1927 Lou Gold and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Irving Kaufman REC, Tom and Jerry [US2] REL
listen on Internet Archive 1926 Bennie Krueger's Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1928 Markel's Orchestra
(Peggy English) 1927 Williams Sisters
listen on Internet Archive (Peggy English) 1926 Abe Lyman's California Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive   November 1925 Sam Lanin and His Orchestra (Vocal Chorus, Arthur Hall) REL, Raderman's Roysterers REC
listen on Internet Archive March 1926 Hall and Ryan
listen on Internet Archive 1926 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive (Peggy English) 1927 Ruth Etting
listen on Internet Archive 1928 Sophie Tucker
(Who's Wonderful, Who's Marvelous?) Miss Annabelle Lee Jane Gray (Peggy English) 1927 Unverified
1926 Gene Austin
(Peggy English) 1927 The Florida Four