Mickey Champion - Bam-A-Lama

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Born in Lake Charles, LA, powerhouse blues singer Mickey Champion has worked with the likes of T-Bone Walker, Little Esther Phillips, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson, and many others in her long but unfortunately largely unsung five-decade career. Discovered in L.A. (where she continues to make her home in the Crenshaw District) by bandleader and ever-vigilant talent scout Johnny Otis, Champion recorded several impressive R&B sides in the 1950s and early '60s, none of which established her as a household name. The wife of bandleader Roy Milton until his death, Champion began recording again in 2000, releasing I Am Your Living Legend! that year, followed by What You Want in 2003, both on Tondef Records. She was the subject of a video documentary produced by Paul Vic and Oletha Rogers called Champion Blues, and in 2008 Ace U.K. issued her collected singles from the 1950s and 1960s under the title Bam a Lam: The R&B Recordings 1950-1962.

~ Steve Leggett, Rovi

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Education

Tags:

• pop
• rock
• blues
• r&b
• oldies

[59cadcoupe]

Solid as a rock. Swingin'!!

[countrychess]

Entièrement d'accord avec " elisa412" : ceci est un grand morceau de jumpin'jive, interprété par une chanteuse injustement méconnue; l'accompagnement est rockin' à point et le sax is thunderin'.

Epoustouflant morceau ! Merci for the loading !

[elisa412]

She sure personified Blues..Working with T-Bone Walker...one of my favorites ..Call It Stormy Monday.

Thanks for always putting together some great videos and the information you also take the time to provide to us...