Uploaded by macNjulia on Sep 4, 2009
Ethel Waters is probably one of the most 'forgotten' Jazz Ladies ... Yet she was one of the first black 'superstars' ... Often considered a 'Lady of Blues', her singing and delivery was much more Jazz than Blues ... A distinction that is all-too often overlooked ... Though she was successful before Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, her name fell into some obscurity ... Early in her career, she was a very extroverted performer, who inspired such luminaries as Josephine Baker ... After her career slowed down, she unfortunately lost her spark and turned to religious belief ... Still having a great voice, she lent it even to the infamous soul catcher Billy Graham, and his so-called-christian, hate mongering, anti-gay movement ... Ethel Waters passed away in1977, never to regain the popularity of her earlier years ... 'Black & Blue' is one of her biggest early successes ... Often ignored by biographers and today's listeners with their obsession for 'political correctness' it deals with deeply personal, yet universal problems of loneliness, discrimination and rejection ... Enjoy! ... Cheers, Julia
69 videosYouTube Mix for Ethel Waters- 8:06
Louis Armstrong Live Paris 1965by lounisproduction1,736 views
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Louis Armstrong - (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue - New York, 22.07. 1929by bibi19444,727 views
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Louis Armstrong - A Kiss to Build a Dream on (Fallout 2 Theme Song)by ITherealMarcomanI73,922 views
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Black and Blue- Louis Armstrong.wmvby ApMusicPlot5,925 views
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Ethel Waters Sings: I Ain't Gonna Sin No Moreby perfectjazz786,993 views
- 2:33
Darkies Never Dreamby thehiphopprophet3,849 views
- 2:58
Ethel Waters - Tell 'em 'bout Me (1924)by edmundusrex5,705 views
- 1:53
Black and Blue -- Fats Wallerby SpecialAPB5,222 views
- 2:53
Ethel Waters Sweet Man 1925by jazzgirl1920s2,940 views
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Ethel Waters - St Louis Bluesby GoldenEraDame4,227 views
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I Can't Give You Anything But Loveby galandgue991 views
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Black and Blue from Ain't Misbehavinby MRJTRIP11,682 views
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Black And Blueby evanmook6,493 views
- 2:30
Billie Holiday: I Gotta Right To Sing The Bluesby phalenopsis12,925 views
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1926 ETHEL WATERS sings THE CHARLESTON - SWEET MAN & DINAH w HER PLANTATION ORCHESTRAby sanfranphono6,381 views
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Bessie Smith (Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town, 1926) Jazz Legendby RagtimeDorianHenry1,965 views
- 3:21
Black Swan Classic Jazz Band "Black and Blue" in Kalispellby tdub19412,788 views
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Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone - Ethel Waters, 1931by 1930RedRed2,502 views
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(What Did Do To Be So) Black And Blue - Frankie Laineby HightBloodPressure277 views
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Ethel Waters - Eyes On The Sparrowby footcheck166,434 views
I really don't think Ethel Waters' vocal legacy is as forgotten as you seem to indicate. Though she certainly deserves more contemporary recognition, her music catalogue was largely eclipsed by her acting career beginning in the 1930s. Her recording output also decreased in that decade...I call her the "Template" or the "Prototype". As Mahalia Jackson, a vocal disciple of Bessie Smith once said, "Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington...they all come from Ethel Waters".
direfranchement 2 years ago