Hannah Williams (July , â€" January , ) was an American actress,
singer, and comedian and former wife of bandleader Roger Wolfe Kahn
and Hall of Fame boxer Jack Dempsey.Hannah Williams was born in
Taylor, Pennsylvania and performed as a young child with her older
sister Dorothy as "The Williams Sisters", a singing and dancing
vaudeville act. Hannah was aged eight and her sister Dorothy aged ten
when they commenced their stage careers. The sisters performed with
the Scranton Sirens Orchestra (), and achieved early fame on Broadway,
New York, when they performed in George White's Scandals of . In
Chicago, they performed with the Charley Straight Orchestra in (), and
with the Ben Pollack Orchestra from to , and in various Chicago and
New York nightclubs and theaters. They were known as the hippest
sister act in vaudeville and cabaret.During the s the Williams Sisters
recorded with various orchestras including Ben Pollack's band. In
Chicago on December , , the Williams Sisters recorded the vocals on
‘He's The Last Word’ with Ben Pollack and his Californians
starring Benny Goodman. The following day, also in Chicago with Ben
Pollack and his Californians, the Williams Sisters recorded ‘Nothing
Else Matters Anymore’ and ‘Sam, The Old Accordion Man’ with a
piano accompaniment by Wayne Allen. The tracks were released by Victor
Records (No. ).
singer, and comedian and former wife of bandleader Roger Wolfe Kahn
and Hall of Fame boxer Jack Dempsey.Hannah Williams was born in
Taylor, Pennsylvania and performed as a young child with her older
sister Dorothy as "The Williams Sisters", a singing and dancing
vaudeville act. Hannah was aged eight and her sister Dorothy aged ten
when they commenced their stage careers. The sisters performed with
the Scranton Sirens Orchestra (), and achieved early fame on Broadway,
New York, when they performed in George White's Scandals of . In
Chicago, they performed with the Charley Straight Orchestra in (), and
with the Ben Pollack Orchestra from to , and in various Chicago and
New York nightclubs and theaters. They were known as the hippest
sister act in vaudeville and cabaret.During the s the Williams Sisters
recorded with various orchestras including Ben Pollack's band. In
Chicago on December , , the Williams Sisters recorded the vocals on
‘He's The Last Word’ with Ben Pollack and his Californians
starring Benny Goodman. The following day, also in Chicago with Ben
Pollack and his Californians, the Williams Sisters recorded ‘Nothing
Else Matters Anymore’ and ‘Sam, The Old Accordion Man’ with a
piano accompaniment by Wayne Allen. The tracks were released by Victor
Records (No. ).
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