Ella mae morse, blues singer, was born in mansfield, texas, on september 12, 1924. Born in mansfield, texas, she was an american singer. Capitol collectors series, an album by ella mae morse on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Shop our newest and most popular ella mae morse sheet music such as milkman, keep those bottles quiet, or click the button above to browse all ella mae morse sheet music. Ella mae morse, 75, vocalist who transcended pop genres. Morse, ella mae the handbook of texas online texas. She died on october 16, 1999 in bullhead city, arizona, usa. Ella mae morse passed away from respiratory failure in 1999.
May 31, 2008 ella mae morse buzz me september 25, 1945. Her father, george morse, was a british sailor turned texan who played the drums. Ella mae morse was an american singer of popular music whose 1940s and 1950s recordings mixing jazz, blues, and country styles influenced the development of. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. Capitol collectors series by ella mae morse on amazon music. Ella fitzgerald discography torrents yourbittorrent. When ella mae morse was 9 years old and living in paris, texas, she went to the grocery store with her mother and heard someone playing. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here.
Ella mae morse on broadway by ella mae morse on amazon music. A little further down the road a piece don rayegene depaul ella mae morse and her boogie woogie seven. Listening to ella mae morse sing songs in a variety of styles, it occurs to me that she has much stronger claims than the vast majority of female singers that were around before 1955. The first story seems to be the official version, probably cooked up by morses press agents, while the second is how dorsey bandmembers and music journalists of the time remembered it. This package comes close to five stars, but im only giving it four, because. Ella mae morse biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Oct 18, 1999 ella mae morse, the sultry, swinging popjazz singer whose 1942 hit, cowcow boogie, became the first million seller for the fledgling capitol records and helped establish the label, died on. Now, listen while i tell you bout a place i know down in tennessee where the tall corn grows hidden from the world in a bunch of pines where the moons a little bashful and it seldom shines civilized people live there alright but they all go native on a saturday night their music is a fiddle and a cracked guitar they get their kicks from an old fruit jar they do the boogie to an old square.
Ella mae morse was born on september 12, 1924 in mansfield, texas, usa. More ella fitzgerald discography available on the site. She was also one of the most most talented and overlooked vocalists of the 1940s. The voice of capitols first hits in 1942, the founders of capitol records were in urgent need of a hit. Ella mae morse was one of the most exciting vocalists of the 1940s and 50s, a hardtoclassify, texasborn white singer who knocked everyone out with her hip, blackinflected vocals from the moment she hit the scene as a seventeenyearold with boogie pianist freddie slacks orchestra in 1942. Download ella fitzgerald discography fast and for free. Freddie slack with rhythm and ella mae morse and don raye. Ella mae morse september 12, 1924 october 16, 1999 was an american singer of popular music whose 1940s and 1950s recordings mixing jazz, blues, and country styles influenced the development of rock and roll. Forty cups of coffee danny overbea oh you crazy moon.
Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. But she never received the popularity of a major star, mainly because her versatility prevented her from being placed into any one category of music. Find ella mae morse movies, filmography, bio, co stars, photos, news and tweets. Five by five, pig foot pete, 40 cups of coffee, the house of blue lights, cow cow boogie, biography. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Andy russell paul weston orch laughing on the outside crying on the inside 1021. Early in the morning hickmanjordanbartley ella mae morse and her boogie woogie sextet conducted by dave cavanaugh. Ella mae morse is widely recognized as one of the finest singers to emerge from the 1940s. Morse blended jazz, country, pop, and rhythm and blues. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ella mae morse at the discogs marketplace. Media in category ella mae morse the following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. Ella mae morse vocal big band charts a selection of ella mae morse vocal arrangements for solo vocalist with big band. In 1943, her single get on board, little chillun, also with. The hits of, ella mae morse on broadway, top tracks.
She was hired by jimmy dorsey when she was 14 years old. She is an upbeat and funloving girl who positively fizzes with enthusiasm, ideas, and most importantly a. Choose country australia 1 canada 2 germany 2 netherlands 2 new zealand 1 spain 1 uk 12 usa 32 unknown country 2. Music profile for ella mae morse, born 12 september 1924. Ella mae morse, 75, vocalist who transcended pop genres the. Morse, ella mae the handbook of texas online texas state. Capitol 100 499, 78rpm numerical listing discography. Ella bella bingo 0 hours and 07 minutes movie 2011 ella bella bingo follows the adventures of happygolucky ella and her friends. Down in old kentucky where horseshoes are lucky theres a village smithy standin under the chestnut tree hear the hammer knockin see the anvil rockin he sings the boogie blues while hes hammerin on the shoes see the hot sparks aflyin like fourth of julyin hes even got the horses cloppin pop, down the avenue folks love the rhythm the clangbangin rhythm youll get a lot o kicks out. Sep 15, 2011 listen to your favorite songs from ella mae morse on broadway by ella mae morse now. Ella mae morse september 12, 1924 october 16, 1999 was an american singer of popular music whose 1940s and 1950s recordings mixing jazz, blues, and. The top ranked albums by freddie slack are boogie woogie volume 2 and. She was a very gifted stylist and rhythm singer who phrased like no other white chanteuse from her era. She climbed to stardom at the age of seventeen with her 1942 hit single, cow cow boogie.
She was married to jack bradford and showalter, richard. Her 1942 recording of cowcow boogie with freddie slack and his orchestra gave capitol records its first gold record. Ella mae morse september 12, 1924 october 16, 1999 was an american popular singer. Perfectly tuned to the brittle mood of the time, ella mae morses record was a topten hit and helped to establish capitol records, the thrusting new independent company that had issued it. She was the daughter of a husbandandwife jazz combo. Ella mae morse obituary noah remembers singer ella mae morse, the woman who recorded capital records first millionselling single, cow cow boogie. Ella mae morse, american singer whose vocals were deeply influenced by her apprenticeship with a black guitarist who taught her the blues and whose style defied characterizationit embraced boogiewoogie, blues, jazz, swing, and countryand many were convinced that she, a white singer, was black. Ella mae morse was born in mansfield, texas, united states. Albums include barrelhouse, boogie, and the blues, the house of blue lights hey mr. Tracklist 01 when boy kiss girl its love 02 40 cups of coffee 03 shoo shoo baby 04 tesss torch song 05 the patty cake man 06. Ella mae morse on broadway by ella mae morse on amazon. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Perfectly tuned to the brittle mood of the time, ella mae morse s record was a topten hit and helped to establish capitol records, the thrusting new independent company that had issued it.
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