# Elizabeth Lennox

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**Elizabeth Lennox** (March 16, 1894 – May 3, 1992), also known as **Louise Terrell**, was an American [contralto](/source/Contralto) singer. She made over 150 musical recordings in the 1920s, on the [Brunswick](/source/Brunswick_Records), [Edison](/source/Edison_Records), [Victor](/source/Victor_Talking_Machine_Company), and [Columbia](/source/Columbia_Records) labels.

## Early life

Elizabeth Lennox was born in [Ionia, Michigan](/source/Ionia,_Michigan) the daughter of Lambert E. Lennox and Hester Anna Tyrell Lennox.[1] Her parents were from Canada. Her father was a Methodist clergyman,[2] and her older sister Olive Lennox was a pianist who sometimes accompanied her.[3][4] She graduated from the Cosmopolitan School of Music in Chicago.[5] Her father's work meant that she lived in various towns as a child; she counted [Benton Harbor, Michigan](/source/Benton_Harbor,_Michigan) as one of her hometowns.[6]

## Career

Lennox began her professional singing career as a church soloist in Chicago, and in New York.[5][7][8] She sang mainly in concert and oratorio programs,[9][10] and made over 150 recordings in the 1920s, on the Brunswick, Edison, Victor, and Columbia labels.[11][12] Some of her recordings were made under the name "Louise Terrell" (using a variation on her mother's maiden name).[13] She explained that making recordings helped her hear her own voice and find where improvements were needed.[14] "People may try to flatter you by saying you are singing perfectly," she said, "but the record certainly shows up every little imperfection in a wonderful way."[15]

Lennox also taught voice in Michigan, as a young woman.[2][3] She and accompanist Ann Straton Miller made a national concert tour during the 1921–1922 season.[16] In the 1930s she often performed on radio programs, including on the *American Album of Popular Music*,[17] and in a regular weekly slot on [CBS Radio](/source/CBS_Radio)'s "Broadway Varieties" show.[5][18][19]

After she retired from professional performance in the 1940s, she was program committee chair of the South Shore Music Club, a women's club in Connecticut,[20] and was executive vice-president of the Connecticut Symphony Orchestra.[21]

## Personal life

Lennox was tall, "distinctly the type for whom tailored clothes were made," according to a 1937 profile.[5] She married George Percival Hughes, an advertising executive, in 1922.[22] Their son David Gratton Hughes was born in 1926.[23][24] Her husband died in 1967,[25] and she died in 1992, aged 98 years, in [Fairfield, Connecticut](/source/Fairfield,_Connecticut). Her son became a musicologist on the faculty at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University).[26] Her granddaughter Catherine E. C. Hughes was a television news reporter and an Emmy-nominated filmmaker.[27][28]

## References

1. ["Rev. Lennox, Ex-Sister City Pastor, is Dead"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110090171/rev-lennox-ex-sister-city-pastor-is/). *The Herald-Press*. 1934-03-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-09-24. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["Contemporary American Musicians, No. 283: Elizabeth Lennox"](https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-america_1923-07-14_38_12/page/14/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+). *Musical America*. **38** (12): 15. July 14, 1923. – via Internet Archive.

1. ["Elizabeth Lennox"](https://books.google.com/books?id=5HtFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Olive+Lennox+piano&pg=RA18-PA30). *Music News*. **8** (2): 30. November 10, 1916.

1. ["Plan April Homecoming for Two Brilliant Lennox Sisters"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110089461/plan-april-homecoming-for-two-brilliant/). *The Herald-Palladium*. 1927-02-16. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-09-24. – via Newspapers.com.

1. Arell, Ruth (March 27, 1937). ["No Glamor Girl is She!"](https://archive.org/details/radio-guide-1937-03-27/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+singer). *Radio Guide*. – via Internet Archive.

1. ["Gifted Singer 'Comes Home' Next Tuesday"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110087056/gifted-singer-comes-home-next-tuesday/). *The Herald-Palladium*. 1923-05-12. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-09-24. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["Elizabeth Lennox Won Spurs Against Disheartening Odds"](https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-america_1920-12-11_33_7/page/44/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+). *Musical America*. **33** (7): 44. December 11, 1920. – via Internet Archive.

1. ["Elizabeth Lennox under New Management"](https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1920-09-02_81_10/page/16/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+). *Musical Courier*. **81** (10): 16. September 2, 1920. – via Internet Archive.

1. ["Frederic Warren Ballad Concert"](https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1921-02-17_82_7/page/40/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+). *Musical Courier*. **82** (7): 41. February 17, 1921. – via Internet Archive.

1. ["Elizabeth Lennox with Lowell Choral Society"](https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1921-02-17_82_7/page/54/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+). *Musical Courier*. **82** (7): 54. February 17, 1921. – via Internet Archive.

1. ["Elizabeth Lennox"](https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/mastertalent/detail/117078/Lennox_Elizabeth). *Discography of American Historical Recordings*. Retrieved 2022-09-23.

1. ["Elizabeth Lennox"](https://www.discogs.com/artist/3206088-Elizabeth-Lennox). *Discogs*. Retrieved 2022-09-23.

1. [*Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933*](https://books.google.com/books?id=YpWIfGgSpR8C&dq=%22Louise+Terrell%22+%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22&pg=PA328). Greenwood Publishing Group. 1996. pp. 328–330. ISBN 978-0-313-29241-5.

1. ["Lennox Declares Phonograph a Post Graduate Course in Vocal Training"](https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1922-04-06_84_14/page/58/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+). *Musical Courier*. **84** (14): 58. April 6, 1922. – via Internet Archive.

1. ["'Corrective Criticism of Priceless Value' says Elizabeth Lennox"](https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1920-02-12_80_7/page/42/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+). *Musical Courier*. **80** (7): 42. February 12, 1920. – via Internet Archive.

1. D.J.T. (January 14, 1922). ["Carrying Musical Classics to the Oil Country"](https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-america_1922-01-14_35_12/page/30/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+). *Musical America*. **35** (12): 30. – via Internet Archive.

1. Cox, Jim (2003-05-21). [*Frank and Anne Hummert's Radio Factory: The Programs and Personalities of Broadcasting's Most Prolific Producers*](https://books.google.com/books?id=UJP2VwJf9icC&dq=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+Connecticut+music&pg=PA52). McFarland. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-0-7864-1631-8.

1. Banner, Jack (September 14, 1935). ["Broadway Varieties"](https://archive.org/details/radio-guide-1935-09-14/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+). *Radio Guide*. – via Internet Archive.

1. Dunning, John (1998-05-07). [*On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio*](https://books.google.com/books?id=HqhoAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+Connecticut+music&pg=PA122). Oxford University Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-19-977078-6.

1. Sherman, Robert (1978-06-04). ["Music: 45 Golden Years"](https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/04/archives/connecticut-weekly-music-45-golden-years.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2022-09-24.

1. Pascone, Tere (1954-10-31). ["Symphony Workers Push Drive for Goal of 1,000 Subscriptions"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110089869/symphony-workers-push-drive-for-goal-of/). *The Bridgeport Telegram*. p. 63. Retrieved 2022-09-24. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["Eminent Singer a Bride"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110086898/eminent-singer-a-bride/). *The South Bend Tribune*. 1922-06-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-09-24. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["A Son to Elizabeth Lennox"](https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1926-08-05_93_6/page/10/mode/2up?q=%22Elizabeth+Lennox%22+). *Musical Courier*. **93** (6): 11. August 5, 1926. – via Internet Archive.

1. ["Elizabeth Lennox Hughes is Mother Son Born Today"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110089656/elizabeth-lennox-hughes-is-mother-son/). *The Herald-Press*. 1926-07-02. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-09-24. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["George P. Hughes"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110090033/george-p-hughes/). *The Bridgeport Post*. 1967-06-28. p. 91. Retrieved 2022-09-24. – via Newspapers.com.

1. ["David Grattan Hughes, 88"](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/07/david-grattan-hughes-88/). *Harvard Gazette*. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

1. WCAX News Team (August 1, 2022). ["Channel 3′s Catherine Hughes remembered as tough, no-nonsense reporter"](https://www.wcax.com/2022/08/01/channel-3s-catherine-hughes-remembered-tough-no-nonsense-reporter/). *WCAX*. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

1. ["In person: Catherine Hughes"](https://www.rutlandherald.com/news/in-person-catherine-hughes/article_1f38cabd-b9cb-5a72-9427-0a946e8d0741.html). *Rutland Herald*. 23 November 2002. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

## External links

- [Elizabeth Lennox singing "Abide with Me"](https://archive.org/details/78_abide-with-me_marie-tiffany-and-elizabeth-lennox-monk_gbia0059168a%2FAbide%2Bwith%2BMe%2B-%2BMarie%2BTiffany%2Band%2BElizabeth%2BLennox.flac) with [Marie Tiffany](/source/Marie_Tiffany) in 1920, on Internet Archive
- [Louise Terrell singing "Don't You Remember the Time?"](https://archive.org/details/78_dont-you-remember-the-time_louise-terrell-charles-hart-w-r-willaims_gbia0080462b%2FDon't%2BYou%2BRemember%2Bthe%2BTime%3F%2B-%2BLouise%2BTerrell.flac) with Charles Hart in 1920, on Internet Archive
- [Elizabeth Lennox singing "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs"](https://archive.org/details/78_i-cannot-sing-the-old-songs_elizabeth-lennox-claribel_gbia0082235a%2FI%2BCannot%2BSing%2Bthe%2BOld%2BSongs%2B-%2BElizabeth%2BLennox.flac) in 1924, on Internet Archive

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