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Adelaide Hall, American-born jazz improviser whose wordless rhythm vocalizing ushered in what became known as scat singing. After making her professional debut in the musical revue Shuffle Along, she appeared in several Broadway shows. She also sang with Duke Ellington on his 1927 classic ‘Creole Love Call.’