During the late 1942 to late 1946 period Ella Fitzgerald had seven Top Five hits on the _"black"_ charts, Ella Mae Morse had three, including this song, Louis Armstrong had two, Woody Herman had two, Billie Holiday had two, Ella Johnson had two, Pearl Bailey had one, Julia Lee had one, Peggy Lee had one, Louis Prima had none (but had three Top Tens), Dinah Washington had none (but had three Top Tens), Lena Horne had none, Anita O'Day had none, Kay Starr had none, Sarah Vaughan had none.
"Buzz Me" (Capitol 226) was the seventh of Ella's ten pop hits. It reached #15 in January 1946,
horarwgt 8 months ago
@mallcolmx: Are you serious?
oldboatclub 8 months ago
How de hell did i end up on here - maaaaaan - black music is for black voices.
mallcolmx 1 year ago
Excellent version of Louis number, and she does sound black on this, a good thing I think.
5 stars
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gitfiddlejim 2 years ago 3
this had 0 votes and its great. i had to 5 it.
zaces083 2 years ago
During the late 1942 to late 1946 period Ella Fitzgerald had seven Top Five hits on the _"black"_ charts, Ella Mae Morse had three, including this song, Louis Armstrong had two, Woody Herman had two, Billie Holiday had two, Ella Johnson had two, Pearl Bailey had one, Julia Lee had one, Peggy Lee had one, Louis Prima had none (but had three Top Tens), Dinah Washington had none (but had three Top Tens), Lena Horne had none, Anita O'Day had none, Kay Starr had none, Sarah Vaughan had none.
JosephNScott 3 years ago 2
She sounds a lot like Billie Holiday on this one. Great stuff.
zbelzanger 3 years ago
Love Ella.. wish I would have kept her records from my mom. Sing on girl!!!! Thank you Joans20thCentury so much.....
yakback22 3 years ago
My pleasure
Joans20thCentury 3 years ago
nicccccccccccccce ella swings dad
rockovergraceland 3 years ago
She sure does
Joans20thCentury 3 years ago