Vocalist's Showcase Presenting Songs By :

AILEEN STANLEY - PHONOGRAPH RECORDING &
VAUDEVILLE FAVORITE—ENCORE 1 EDITION

(RECORDED 1924-1930)

THIS CUSTOM CD WAS MADE FROM RARE ORIGINAL DISC RECORDS.
ADVANCED FILTERING SYSTEM WAS USED FOR VERY CLEAN SOUND.
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Aileen Stanley (1897 - 24 March 1982) was popular on records and in vaudeville.
Her stage appearances billed her as "The Phonograph Girl" and "The Girl With The Personality".
This CD release includes most of her electrically recorded discs from the mid 1920’s through the early 1930’s.
Her great personality and jazz style comes through very clearly in these recordings.

Stanley was born as Maude Elsie Aileen Muggeridge in Chicago, Illinois. In her childhood, with the urging of her widowed mother,
she and her older brother Stanley sang and danced in vaudeville as Stanley and Aileen.
After her brother left the act she started performing solo, forming her stage name by reversing the name of the old family billing.

Stanley performed on vaudeville and in cabarets. In 1920 she made a hit in New York City in the review show "Silks And Satins".
She made the first of her numerous recordings the same year.
Throughout the 1920s she would record prolifically.
The majority of her records were for the Victor Talking Machine Company, but she also recorded with other record labels with recording studios in the New York City area.
They included Edison, Pathe, Okeh, Brunswick, Vocalion, Gennett and others. Many of her records sold well at the time.

Stanley was said to have invested heavily in the stock market, and was one of the many who lost most of their money in the Stock Market Crash of 1929.
About 1931 she moved to London, where she made more records for HMV from 1934 through 1937.
In her later years she worked as a singing teacher and vocal coach.

Aileen Stanley died in Los Angeles, California.