http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxrWLsnLtaU

1.  Here is a clip of a little performance featuring me called "Song Bird of Jazz."Two songs were played, "Afraid of You" and "We Love It." Done in 1929.





 2.  Years ago a photographer took this photo of me, dressed in the revolutionary flapper style dress with shoulders exposed, lower neck line, and ankles visible along with my short, bobbed hair. He called me the bee's knees. Back before this new style, woman could only wear dresses and skirts that hung down to the floor, and longer hair. This new style that came along made a major impact on the way that woman dressed.



 

 3.  Victor Records was the first record company I started out with in 1916, up to 1919. I left in 1920 ans stayed with Columbia Records up until 1922. Finally I had found Brunswick Records, where I made my records up to 1930. I went back to Columbia Records in London later in 1931- 1934. The picture above is the one that Victor Records puts on all of there records. I thought it would be important to mention Victor Records, considering that's where I started.


 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Qccz2qsHY

 4.  "St. Louis Blues." The first year that I was with Columbia Records, we produced this song. It was the year 1920, when my career really started to pick up, and I became more popular amung the public.



 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTtGw8hX-Vc

 5.  I sang "Did You Mean It" in 1927 in the Broadway performance of "A Night In Spain." Around this time I had been doing multiple shows, like "Your Truly." However, I did go through some hardships around this time. I got a divorce with my second husband, Rush Bissell Hughes, when he was arrested for attacking another in a performance I was in. I got custody of my second child Rush Jr.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbMjatuycOE

6.  In 1917, I wrote "When I Hear That Jazz Band Play." In was considered one of the first jazz songs to have been recorded and sung by a woman that included the word "jazz" in the title.



  

7. As I've talked about before, Stop!Look!Listen! was one of my first performances when I was discovered. Therefore, making it an important part of my journey on my career.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShQXIfFDYvY

8.  One of the many songs I produced while working for Columbia Records in 1921, WW1. This song is titled "Some Sunny Day." 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHCmKR8iLdc

9.  I grew up in the United States, and lived in places like Virginia. This song, from Victor Records, was made during the first few years of WW1. While the rest of the world was fighting, I thought this song would be nice for the people. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUsaMpObN7Q

10.  "Jazz Baby" is another song I wrote when I was with Victor Records. I truly feel that this song relates to me, after all, I really did grow up loving sweet jazz. It's amazing that I got the chance to make a career out of something I love.