Hadda Brooks (born October 29, 1916 in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California; died November 21, 2002 in Los Angeles, California), was a noted American pianist, vocalist and composer. Her first single, "Swingin' The Boogie", which she composed, was issued in 1945. She was billed as "Queen Of The Boogie."Larkin, Colin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Populat Music, Guinness Limited, page 563, (1995) - ISBN 1561591769 Highlights of her life included singing at Hawaii's official statehood ceremony in 1959 and being asked for a private audience with Pope Pius XII. Hadda Brooks, the 'Queen of Boogie' Life and career She was raised in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, by her parents, who had migrated to California from the South. Her mother Goldie Wright was a doctor, her father John Hapgood a deputy sheriff. Her grandfather, Samuel Alexander Hopgood, moved to California from Atlanta, Georgia, and proved to be an enormous influence on Brooks. He introduced her to theater and the operatic

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