Ethel Waters - Collection '1992-2002

Tracks list

Ethel Waters had a long and varied career, and was one of the first true jazz
singers to record. Defying racism with her talent and bravery, Waters became a
stage and movie star in the 1930s and 40s without leaving the U.S. She grew up
near Philadelphia and, unlike many of her contemporaries, developed a clear and
easily understandable diction. Originally classified as a blues singer (and she
could sing the blues almost on the level of a Bessie Smith), Waters
jazz-oriented recordings of 1921-1928 swung before that term was even coined. A
star early on at theaters and nightclubs, Waters introduced such songs as Dinah,
Am I Blue (in a 1929 movie), and Stormy Weather. She made a smooth transition
from jazz singer of the 1920s to a pop music star of the 30s, and she was a
strong influence on many vocalists including Mildred Bailey, Lee Wiley, and
Connee Boswell. Waters spent the latter half of the 1930s touring with a group
headed by her husband-trumpeter Eddie Mallory, and appeared on Broadway (Mambas
Daughter in 1939) and in the 1943 film Cabin in the Sky; in the latter she
introduced Taking a Chance on Love, Good for Nothing Joe, and the title cut. In
later years Waters was seen in nonmusical dramatic roles, and after 1960 she
mostly confined her performances to religious work for the evangelist Billy
Graham. The European Classics label has reissued all of Ethel Waters prime
recordings and they still sound fresh and lively today.


Tracks:




Ethel Waters - 1921-1923 (The Chronological Classics)

 01. The New York Glide (3:05)
 02. At the New Jump Steady Ball (3:29)
 03. Oh Daddy (3:23)
 04. Down Home Blues (3:23)
 05. One Man Nan (2:57)
 06. Therell Be Some Changes Made (3:26)
 07. Dying with the Blues (2:57)
 08. Kiss Your Pretty Baby Nice (3:10)
 09. Frisco Jazz Band Blues (3:29)
 10. Royal Garden Blues (3:14)
 11. Bugle Blues (Introducing Old Miss Blues) (2:39)
 12. Jazzin Babies Blues (3:10)
 13. Kind Lovin Blues (3:05)
 14. Georgia Blues (3:16)
 15. That Da Da Strain (2:57)
 16. Tiger Rag (3:11)
 17. Pacific Coast Blues (3:36)
 18. At the New Jump Steady Ball (2:55)
 19. Oh Joe, Play That Trombone (2:40)
 20. Memphis Man (2:46)
 21. Midnight Blues (3:04)
 22. Brown Baby (2:59) 




Ethel Waters - 1925-1926 (The Chronological Classics)

01. Loud Speakin Papa (Youd Better Speak Easy to Me) (3:03)
02. You Cant Do What My Last Man Did (3:05)
03. Pickaninny Blues (3:07)
04. Sweet Man (2:52)
05. Dinah (3:17)
06. No Mans Mamma (3:08)
07. Tell Em About Me (3:07)
08. Maybe Not at All (3:15)
09. Shake That Thing (3:21)
10. Ive Found a New Baby (3:02)
11. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor (2:55)
12. Bring Your Greenbacks (2:53)
13. After All These Years (3:09)
14. Throw Dirt in Your Face (2:56)
15. Im Saving It All for You (2:52)
16. Refrigeratin Papa (Mamas Gonna Warm You Up) (3:25)
17. If You Cant Hold the Man You Love (2:51)
18. Satisfyin Papa (2:58)
19. Sugar (3:14)
20. I Wonder Whats Become of Joe? (2:51)
21. Youll Want Me Back (3:11)
22. Heebie Jeebies (2:49)
23. Evrybody Mess Aroun (2:47)





Ethel Waters - 1926-1929 (The Chronological Classics)

01. He Brought Joy to My Soul (3:12)
02. Take What You Want (2:57)
03. Im Coming Virginia (3:05)
04. We Dont Need Each Other Any More (3:03)
05. My Special Friend Is Back in Town (3:07)
06. Jersey Walk (2:36)
07. Weary Feet (3:13)
08. Smile! (2:49)
09. Home (Cradle of Happiness) (3:07)
10. Take Your Black Bottom Outside (2:48)
11. I Want My Sweet Daddy Now (2:51)
12. One Sweet Letter from You (3:15)
13. Someday, Sweetheart (3:02)
14. Some of These Days (2:59)
15. Lonesome Swallow (3:05)
16. Guess Whos in Town (3:02)
17. My Handy Man (2:59)
18. Do What You Did Last Night (2:40)
19. West End Blues (3:27)
20. Organ Grinder Blues (3:12)
21. Get Up Off Your Knees (2:44)
22. My Baby Sure Knows How to Love (3:32)
23. Birmingham Bertha (2:53)
24. Am I Blue? (3:17) 




Ethel Waters - 1929-1931 (The Chronological Classics)

 01. Second Handed Man (2:50)
 02. True Blue Lou (3:02)
 03. Do I Know What Im Doin (2:52)
 04. Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo (2:51)
 05. Georgia Blues (3:26)
 06. I Like the Way He Does It (2:35)
 07. Waiting at the End of the Road (3:22)
 08. Travlin All Alone (3:00)
 09. Long Lean Lanky Mama (2:51)
 10. Better Keep Your Eye on Your Man (2:59)
 11. Porgy (3:38)
 12. (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue (3:04)
 13. My Kind of Man (3:03)
 14. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (3:25)
 15. Youre Lucky to Me (3:11)
 16. Memories of You (3:20)
 17. I Got Rhythm (3:10)
 18. Three Little Words (3:10)
 19. When Your Lover Has Gone (3:11)
 20. Please Dont Talk About Me When Im Gone (3:17)
 21. You Cant Stop Me from Loving You (3:25)
 22. Without That Gal! (2:55) 




Ethel Waters - 1931-1934 (The Chronological Classics)

 01. River Stay Way from My Door (3:03)
 02. Shine On, Harvest Moon (3:01)
 03. I Cant Give You Anything But Love (3:07)
 04. Porgy (3:17)
 05. St. Louis Blues (3:24)
 06. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin All the Time) (3:12)
 07. Love Is the Thing (3:19)
 08. Dont Blame Me (3:15)
 09. Shadows on the Swannee (3:02)
 10. Heat Wave (3:02)
 11. Harlem on My Mind (3:29)
 12. I Just Couldnt Take It Baby (2:57)
 13. A Hundred Years from Today (2:47)
 14. Come Up and See Me Sometime (3:05)
 15. Youve Seen Harlem at Its Best (2:55)
 16. Miss Otis Regrets (Shes Unable to Lunch Today) (3:06)
 17. Dinah (2:48)
 18. When Its Sleepy Time Down South (2:48)
 19. Moonglow (3:23)
 20. Give Me a Heart to Sing To (3:22)
 21. I Aint Gonna Sin No More (3:11)
 22. Trade Mark (3:06)
 23. Youre Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim (3:07) 




Ethel Waters - 1935-1940 (The Chronological Classics)

 01. Hottentot Potentate (3:28)
 02. Thief in the Night (3:15)
 03. Youre a Sweetheart (2:58)
 04. How Can I Face This Wearied World Alone? (2:35)
 05. Ill Get Along Somehow (2:32)
 06. Youre Mine (2:47)
 07. Frankie and Johnnie (3:06)
 08. They Say (2:29)
 09. Jeepers Creepers (2:47)
 10. Lonesome Walls (2:37)
 11. If You Ever Change Your Mind (2:51)
 12. What Goes Up Must Come Down (3:02)
 13. Y Had It Comin to You (2:18)
 14. Bread and Gravy (2:57)
 15. Down in My Soul (3:03)
 16. Georgia on My Mind (3:27)
 17. Stop Myself from Worryin over You (2:46)
 18. Old Man Harlem (2:57)
 19. Push-Out (2:47)
 20. Baby, What Else Can I Do? (2:59)
 21. I Just Got a Letter (2:26)
 22. Taking a Chance on Love (3:11)
 23. Honey in the Honeycomb (2:52)
 24. Cabin in the Sky (3:23)
 25. Love Turned the Light Out (2:57)




Ethel Waters - 1946-1947 (The Chronological Classics)

01. Taking a Chance on Love (2:59)
02. Dinah (2:47)
03. Man Wanted (3:07)
04. You Took My Man (2:50)
05. Honey in a Hurry (2:57)
06. Cabin in the Sky (3:00)
07. Am I Blue (2:50)
08. I Shoulda Quit When I Was Ahead (2:46)
09. Careless Love (3:06)
10. Blues in My Heart (3:12)
11. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe (3:11)
12. A Hundred Years from Today (3:01)
13. Throw the Dirt (2:24)
14. Summertime (3:06)
15. Suppertime (3:15)
16. Little Black Boy (3:18)
17. Paper Moon (2:16)
18. Cant Help Lovin That Man (2:32)
19. St. Louis Blues (2:21)
20. Travelin (2:55)
21. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (3:14)
22. The Crucifixion (3:09)

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