Adelaide Hall was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. We will discuss details of Adelaide Hall husband in this write up for you to know who she was married to.
Who is Adelaide Hall?
Adelaide Hall was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, to Elizabeth and William Hall in 1901. Adelaide and her sister Evelyn attended the Pratt Institute, where William Hall taught piano. Her father died on March 23, 1917. Three years later, Evelyn died of influenza on March 25, 1920 leaving Adelaide to support herself and her mother.
Hall began her stage career in 1921 on Broadway in the chorus line of Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake’s musical Shuffle Along. Shuffle Along became a huge hit and propelled Hall’s career.
In 1925, Hall toured Europe with the Chocolate Kiddies revue. The show included songs written by Duke Ellington. Hall was hired to join the cast of the Chocolate Kiddies revue in New York, where they rehearsed before setting sail for Europe. The initial tour started at Hamburg, Germany, on 17 May 1925, and ended in Paris, France, in December 1925, visiting many major cities in-between. The revue was designed to give Europeans a sampling of black entertainment from New York.
Included in the cast were The Three Eddies, Lottie Gee, Rufus Greenlee and Thaddeus Drayton, Bobbie and Babe Goins, Charles Davis and Sam Wooding and his Orchestra. After the initial tour disbanded, Sam Wooding and his Orchestra continued touring the Chocolate Kiddies revue for several years later.
After many years performing in the US and Europe, Hall went to the United Kingdom in 1938 to take a starring role in a stage-adapted musical version of Edgar Wallace’s The Sun Never Sets at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. She was so successful and became so popular with British audiences that she stayed and made her home there, becoming one of the most popular singers and entertainers of the time. Hall lived in London from 1938 until her death.
On 28 August 1938, Hall recorded “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” and “That Old Feeling” at London’s Abbey Road Studios, with Fats Waller accompanying her on the organ. The recordings were released on HMV Records. On 10 September 1938, she appeared in Broadcast To America with Waller at London’s St George’s Hallin a live transatlantic radio broadcast.
Who Was Adelaide Hall Husband, Bertram Errol Hicks?
Adelaide Hall was married to the British sailor Bertram Errol Hicks,who was born in Trinidad and Tobago. The pair were in a relationship for years and got married in 1924.
Soon after their marriage he opened a club in Harlem, New York, called “The Big Apple” and became her official business manager.
What to know about Adelaide Hall Death
Adelaide Hall died in the early hours of 7 November 1993, aged 92, at London’s Charing Cross Hospital of natural causes (old age). Honouring her wish, her funeral took place in New York at the Cathedral of the Incarnation (Garden City, New York) and she was laid to rest beside her mother at the Cemetery of the Evergreens in Brooklyn.
In London, a memorial service was held for her at St Paul’s, Covent Garden (known as the “actors’ church”), which was attended by many stars including Elaine Paige, Elisabeth Welch, Lon Satton and Elaine Delmar. One of the participants, TV presenter and broadcaster Michael Parkinson, remarked during his eulogy: “Adelaide lived to be ninety-two and never grew old.”
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