HELEN SHAPIRO - St Louis Blues

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WOW!!! Reminds me of Anita O'Day from the USA! FABULOUS!!!

[willbashem]

WOW, this is so damn good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, Best thing I've heard in ages, Thanks for the posting Piggie58

[siegfried406]

Is there any information available on the beautiful score and the wonderful soloists?

I think some famous jazzmen are in action here, e.g. John Dankworth (clarinet) and Kenny Wheeler (trumpet). What orchestra plays here? Who is conducting?

[siegfried406]

Unbelievable!

As a very young girl, Helen Shapiro already knew exactly how to miss the tones initially, how to climb to their key gradually, how to manipulate and grind them, how to give them that intimate bluesiness...

And then that deep, full, mature voice!

I've heard all the queens of blues: including Odetta, Mamie, Bessie, Ida, Ma, Billie...

But Helen was better, really: her blues was very good music.

Isn't it a pity that she wasted her wonderful talent on cheaper (teenage music) stuff?

[tonyhgv]

@siegfried406 ...oi mate.!..cheap teenage music stuff...thats your opinion but not mine...i was there the first time around 1961/62 and let me tell you it was the best time for music and helen contributed big-time and i count myself lucky to have been a teenager then..even if it was in black and white...lol

[48weepee]

wow! what a track, I love this woman's abilityand delighted to say I have met her

[OLdies1960s]

Thanks Piggie58, Helen Sings the Blues, she

could sing any style of music, just SUPER !!!!!

[joopterbeek]

tks again piggie. In the Netherlands is was the b-side of an ep with A teenager sings the blues and another song with I have forgotten at a-side

Joop (jobe005)

[PIGGIE58]

The EP came out in Britain too. The other Song was "Blues in the Night".

[bedouinboy]

Thanks Piggie58 for this gem.

GREAT pix too :-)

VERY MUCH APPRECIATED

[tomekpy]

Thank you ! She has "a feeling" of jazz. Many thanks also for nice pictures of Helen.