and became noted for the flamboyant hats which she wore while performing, switching from one to another between songs. Betty performed a large number of shows for charity. She performed charity shows for the USO and routinely performed for nursing homes. A compilation of her recordings, The Complete Recordings 1947-1954, was issued in 2005. She was the mother of two children, and married, then divorced, George Hal. She professed to admire Mary Lou Williams, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Pete Johnson, and Duke Ellington as influences and peers. Tours In the 1960s and 1970s she did USO tours in East Asia and toured Australia and Mexico in addition to regular dates in nightclubs on Sunset Boulevard. She toured Sweden and England in the 1980s, and continued performing into the 1990s despite illness. In the 1950s she extended her itinerary from Canada to the Southwest. References Sources Howard Rye, "Betty Hall Jones". Grove Jazz online. American jazz singers American jazz pianists American women pianists Combo Records artists Capitol Records artists 1911 births 2009 deaths 20th-century American singers 20th-century American pianists 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American women