Made only one record because of a clause in her Warner Brothers contract. It was the 78 of "Lullaby of Broadway" (side A) and "I'm Goin' Shoppin' With You" (side B), Decca 408.
Year of birth is sometimes given as 1899 and place of birth as
Hawaii.
She had an unexpected hit in 1976, when "Lullaby Of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) made the British record charts.
At the time of her death she was survived by two children from her union with Leo Cummins: a son, James Cummins, and a daughter, Elizabeth Holding.
Father: James Edmonds Shaw; Mother: Esther Pua Kinamu Stephenson.