Quote of the day
Ours [our army] is composed of the scum of the earth—the mere scum of the earth.
Alberta Hunter

Born: April 1, 1895
Died: October 17, 1984 (aged 89)
Bio: Alberta Hunter was an American jazz singer and songwriter who had a successful career from the early 1920s to the late 1950s, and then stopped performing. After twenty years of working as a nurse, in 1977 Hunter successfully resumed her popular singing career until her death.






