Hattie King Reavis
Hattie King Reavis, also known as H. King Reavis or Hattie Beatrice Reavis, (November 18, 1890 - March 12 1970) was a singer and theater performer from the United States.[1][2] She performed with fellow African Americans in New York City in the 1920s and recorded with Black Swan Records. She was also in the ensemble of the 1932 Broadway revival of Show Boat.[citation needed]
Reavis was born in Woodsworth, North Carolina in 1890.[citation needed]
She became a soprano vocalist in the Southern Syncopated Orchestra, which toured the UK and Ireland between 1919 and 1921 when it disbanded after members died in the sinking of the SS Rowan. A critic for The Graphic in London praised her as a "colored prima donna":
One – I say one advisedly – of the finest things in this Southern Syncopated Orchestra is the vocalism of Mrs. H. King Reavis. This lady possesses a soprano voice of unusual range and the number 'Listen to the Lambs', a religious Negro melody, is exquisitely rendered.[3]
She recorded several songs for Harry Pace's Black Swan Records including arrangelents by R. Nathaniel Dett.
She received a favorable review for her role in the 1925 production Chocolate Dandies.[4] Reavis had a principal role in The Sheik of Harlem (1923), a musical production at the Lafayette Theatre (Harlem).[5]
Showboat was performed in Vienna, Austria.[6] She was in the theatrical production (On) Striver's Row in 1946.[7][8]
She and Alonzo Fenderson recorded a song in tribute to the deceased president Warren Harding. It became a hit.[9] She sang with Amanda Ida Aldridge, daughter of Ira Aldridge, in London.[10]
In 1949 she was managing Urylee Leonardos[11] and served as the executive secretary of American Negro Theater.[12]
Discography
- "I'm So Glad Trouble Doesn't Last Always"[13]
- "There is a Green Hill Far Away" (1922)[14] by Charles Gounod
- "Make More Room Anon" (1922)[15][unreliable source?] arranged by R. Nathaniel Dett
- "I'm So Glad" (1923)[16] arranged by R. Nathaniel Dett
References
- ↑ Howard Rye (2010). "Southern Syncopated Orchestra: The Roster". Black Music Research Journal. 30 (1): 19–70. doi:10.5406/blacmusiresej.30.1.0019. JSTOR 10.5406/blacmusiresej.30.1.0019.
- ↑ "Reavis—Hattie King". Daily News. New York, New York. 15 March 1970. p. 48. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ↑ 'J. C.', quoted in Madeline G. Allison, 'The Horizon', The Crisis, April 1921, p. 271, Online here. Accessed 14 April 2020.
- ↑ "Richmond Planet 14 November 1925 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper Archive". virginiachronicle.com.
- ↑ Kornweibel, Theodore (1975). No Crystal Stair: Black Life and the Messenger, 1917-1928. ISBN 9780837182841. Search this book on
- ↑ Nowakowski, Konrad (2009). ""30 Negroes (Ladies and Gentlemen)": The Syncopated Orchestra in Vienna". Black Music Research Journal. 29 (2): 229–282. JSTOR 20640679.
- ↑ Peterson, Bernard L. (April 14, 1990). Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers: A Biographical Directory and Catalog of Plays, Films, and Broadcasting Scripts. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313266218 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (March 9, 1946). "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
- ↑ Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810883512 – via Page 1058. Search this book on
- ↑ Keiler, Allan (April 13, 2002). Marian Anderson: A Singer's Journey. University of Illinois Press. p. 73. ISBN 9780252070679 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ "Indianapolis Recorder 20 August 1949 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
- ↑ "Singer Acclaimed as Carmen". The Weekly Review. Birmingham, Alabama. March 25, 1949. p. 6. Retrieved 14 April 2020 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Crisis". 1923.
- ↑ "Hattie King Reavis". Discogs.
- ↑ Audition, Audiophile (August 30, 2019). "Black Swans = Black Classical Music Performers, 1918-1944 – Parnassus – Classical Music Review".
- ↑ Brooks, Tim (October 2010). Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919. ISBN 9780252090639. Search this book on
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