Anna Russell

Anna Russell (born Anna Claudia Russell-Brown; 27 December 1911 – 18 October 2006) was an English–Canadian singer and comedian. She gave many concerts in which she sang and played comic musical sketches on the piano. Among her best-known works are her concert performances and famous recordings of The Ring of the Nibelungs (An Analysis) – a humorous 22-minute synopsis of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen – and (on the same album) her parody How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera. Autobiography: I'm Not Making This Up, You Know (a quote from her Ring of the Nibelung routine), ISBN 0-8264-0364-6, was published by Continuum in 1985. Edited by Janet Vickers.

The Power of Being a Positive Stinker / Perpetrated by Anna Russell, New York : Citadel Press, c1955. Reissued by Deirdre Prussak Books, Rosedale NSW 2536, Australia

The Anna Russell Song Book, New York: Citadel Press, c1960. Includes lyrics and scores of: "I Gave My Love a Cherry"; "Rikki Tikki"; "Jolly Old Sigmund Freud"; "Old Mother Slipper Slopper"; "Je N’ai Pas la Plume de Ma Tante"; "I'm Only a Faded Rose"; "Two Time Man"; "How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera"; "Advice on Song Selection for Concert Singers: A Square Talk on Popular Music"; "Anna Russell's Guide to Concert Audiences"

Anna in a Thousand Cities, Rosedale NSW, Australia; by Deirdre Prussak; ISBN 0-9580819-0-5 : (memoir by Russell's "sort of adopted daughter")