Uploaded by edmundusrex on Jun 27, 2009
Hociel Thomas (july 10,1904 - aug.22,1952)
She was he Sister of George Thomas, and niece of Beuluh "Sippie" Wallace and Hersal Thomas. Hociel Thomas was a direct and effective blues singer, as she showed when she recorded during 1925-26; her records always featured Hersal on piano, and his sudden death in 1926 devastated Hociel, who abandoned her musical career.
Discovered in California by jazz fans, she recorded some fine sides in 1946 with her own capable Texas piano and Mutt Carey on trumpet, and appeared with Kid Ory in 1948, but soon retired again.
In about 1950, she was acquitted of manslaughter after a fight with a sister, in which the sister died and Hociel was blinded.
Hociel Thomas, Lillie Delk Christian - Ain't She Sweet (1927)
Link to this comment:
2 videos
YouTube Mix for Hociel Thomas
3:19Hociel Thomas & Lillie Delk Christian,I Must Ha...by lillysarchives619 views
- 2:24Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy (1938)by edmundusrex60,282 views
- 0:46Ain't She Sweetby bvelleman3,136 views
- 3:14The Tunesters-Ain't She Sweet-1926by jazzgirl1920s730 views
- 2:12Ain't She Sweet Sing alongby PianoWorldEnterprise1,802 views
- 2:09Gary Landgren - Ain't She Sweetby garylandgren7,158 views
- 3:22Irving Aaronson and his Commanders - Let's Do I...by edmundusrex3,308 views
- 2:54Blue Steele and his Orchestra, Kenny Sergant vo...by edmundusrex448 views
- 2:41Al Bernard vocal, The Olympic Dance Orchestra -...by edmundusrex516 views
- 2:33Lillie In The Moviesby Shancey4851 views
- 2:20Annette Hanshaw - Ain't He Sweet (1927)by edmundusrex26,084 views
- 3:16Sippie Wallace I'm A Mighty Tight Womanby randomandrare10,855 views
- 1:46Ain't She Sweet - piano soloby VolkerKukulenz20,121 views
- 2:51Sam Lanin's Ipana Troubadours - The Sunrise Wil...by edmundusrex1,624 views
- 1:29Shirley Temple-ain't she sweetby sweetlindablair2,290 views
- 3:15Annette Hanshaw - I Gotta Get Myself Somebody T...by edmundusrex1,910 views
- 3:12Los Dixielanders - "Ain´t She Sweet"by filiguitar1,817 views
- 2:34Roaring Twenties: Ben Bernie Orch.- Ain't She S...by 240252111,769 views
- 3:13"Ain't She Sweet', Ray Bolger, Verna Felton, Sy...by oldgypsytap5,414 views
- 2:48Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven - Don't Jive ...by edmundusrex2,429 views
This track has nothing to do with Hociel Thomas. It's Lillie Delk Christian singing with (I think) Artie Starks playing clarinet & Johnny St Cyr (Miss Christian's boyfriend at the time) playing banjo. I can't recall who it is playing piano but it may be Richard M. Jones.
RobeGre 2 years ago