Editing Hadda Brooks (section)

==Career==
Brooks became a singer during the mid-1940s.<ref>Vladimir, Bogdanov. ''All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues'', Backbeat Books, page 68 (2003); {{ISBN|0-87930-736-6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mchie |first=Benjamin |title=Hadda Brooks, Pianist, and Singer born |url=https://aaregistry.org/story/an-entertainment-pioneer-hadda-brooks/ |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=African American Registry |language=en}}</ref>

In the 1970s, she commuted to Europe for performances in nightclubs and festivals. She performed rarely in the United States, and moved to Australia. ''Queen of the Boogie'', a compilation of recordings from the 1940s, was released in 1984. Two years later her manager [[Alan Eichler]] brought her out of a 16-year retirement before she went on tour.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/26/arts/with-boogie-woogie-hadda-brooks-is-back.html?pagewanted=print&src=pm |work=The New York Times |first=Peter |last=Watrous |title=With Boogie-Woogie, Hadda Brooks Is Back |date=July 26, 1989}}</ref> She sang at Hawaii's statehood ceremony in 1959, and was once asked for a private audience by [[Pope Pius XII]].<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/11/23/BA224984.DTL Hadda Brooks, the 'Queen of Boogie' dies], sfgate.com; accessed November 9, 2014.</ref>

She resumed her recording career with the 1994 album ''Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere'' for DRG. [[Virgin Records]] acquired the old Modern catalogue and, thanks to Brooks' new-found success, issued a compilation of her 1940s and 1950s recordings entitled ''That's My Desire''.<ref>[http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-musicians/brooks-hadda-biography E-notes: Hadda Brooks Biography]; accessed November 9, 2014.</ref> The label signed her to record three songs for the Christmas album ''Even Santa Gets the Blues'', made more unusual by the fact she had releases on the same label 50 years apart. ''Time Was When'' (Virgin, 1996) included [[Al Viola]] (guitar), [[Eugene Wright]] (bass) and [[Richard Dodd]] (cello), and she wrote two of its songs: "You Go Your Way and I'll Go Crazy" and "Mama's Blues". Concerts were held at Michael's Pub in New York City, and the Vine St. Bar and Grill.

In 2007, a 72-minute documentary on Brooks's life, ''Queen of the Boogie'', directed by [[Austin Young]] and Barry Pett, was presented at the Los Angeles Silver Lake Film Festival.<ref>[http://audience.silverlakefilmfestival.org/?festID=&schedule_id=251&filter-section=&filter-country=&filter-letter=M+-+Q&group=6 "Queen of the Boogie"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724160210/http://audience.silverlakefilmfestival.org/?festID=&schedule_id=251&filter-section=&filter-country=&filter-letter=M+-+Q&group=6|date=July 24, 2011}}, audience.silverlakefilmfestival.org; accessed November 9, 2014.</ref>