ANNETTE HANSHAW

All my life I had never liked music. All the members of my family loved music and they played their songs all the time, but I always told them that I wished they would turn it off. I never felt that connection to music that everybody else around me was feeling. I didn't personally care. Who needed music anyways? I liked the peace and quiet. That is until my mind was blown and my eyes were finally opened to a WONDERFUL WORLD OF BEAUTIFUL SOUND!!!! This happened about one year ago. I was playing the piano and came across a song in a music book called "It's the Talk of the Town". I played it and found that it was very catchy and it caught my attention. I played it multiple times every day for a week or so before I thought of searching it on youtube. When I did type it into the search box one of the first videos that came up was Annette Hanshaw singing "It's the Talk of the Town". I had never heard of her and didn't have high expectations because music really wasn't my thing, even though I had been playing piano since second grade. Well, my expectations were all blown away because her singing that song had changed my life for good. When I got my iphone that was the first song of ten that I downloaded. Annette Hanshaw's singing changed my life and maybe it can change yours if you have never heard her sing. So, I will make a list of my favorite songs that she sings.

    1. It's the Talk of the Town  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS-Lv8fid4k
    2. We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkbqCM175_4
    3. I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MRDc2bgAzI
    4. Lover Come Back to Me  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb9qQM50ekY
    5. You're the Cream in My Coffee  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk_wVO7NBMQ
% 6. I Can't Give You Anything But Love  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufBLTay2cjs
    7. Say it isn't So  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O9bBS5_TC8
    8. Forgetting You  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIzYbV8ZhvI
    9. Get Out and Get Under the Moon  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k52oAH1VfZ0
%10. Moon Song  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkngzIO1cJg
%11. Daddy Won't You Please Come Home  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH49bFIZ5uA
%12. The Song is Ended  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yro1SAbHfQk
   13. Under the Moon  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5WO0kATepM
   14. Lovable and Sweet  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgOWbSkZQMo
   15. Ho Hum  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySN62DIr0EQ
   16. Little White Lies  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGgP8uhUtu0
%17. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Love  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGgP8uhUtu0
%18. I've Got 'It' but 'It' Don't Do Me No Good  -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gWldO4jWv4
These aren't even all of my favorite songs but I don't want the list to be too long and overwhelming. I will put one of these -> % next to the songs that I really really just love and can't ever get enough of so if you want to quickly pick one to listen to you have a smaller choice.
Also, if you want a larger selection, just type in her name into youtube or google. Also, youtube has a playlist of Annette Hanshaw songs. Not all her songs, but a great deal of them.
Here's the link to that ->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELlKVQtDYrM&list=PL21F92A7B0DBE200B

Just something interesting about her: she had a bad case of stage fright and that is one of the reasons why she retired from her singing career when she did. There is an interview with her on youtube that I didn't even mean to listen to but I did. She said that she was comfortable singing with the band in the recording space but was always so nervous when she had to perform in front of other people. She said that she ended up being only 90 pounds because she had such bad anxiety and she had to retire.
Just if you were wondering.
Tell me what you think about her singing and the songs I put on the list. Maybe make your own list if you have the time.