Buddy & Ella Johnson
Ella Johnson made her mark as the vocalist with her brother Buddy Johnson's big band during the '40s and '50s, and that is the context where she really shines. Her later solo sides for Mercury are pale imitations of her work with the band. Although many of Ella's hits are uptempo (e.g., "I Don't Want Nobody"), it is on ballads and torchy blues that she really brings it together. In fact, her earliest work for Decca during the mid-'40s (much of which has not been reissued) is uncannily good. At her best, Ella sounds pouty, vulnerable, and very sexy. Like so much of her life, it was no affectation. The comparison to Billie Holiday is inevitable, but Ella was her own singer. Ella Johnson passed away February 16, 2004, in New York City.
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Discography
8 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Gotta Go Upside Your Head: The Rock & Roll Years 1953-55
Rock - Released by Cherry Red Records on 30 okt. 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gotta Go Upside Your Head
Blues - Released by Poppydisc on 16 sep. 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shut Your Big Mouth
Buddy & Ella Johnson, Louis Jordan, Clyde McPhatter
R&B - Released by Kenzo Records on 23 dec. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rock On!: The 1956-1962 Recordings (The Remastered Edition)
Soul - Released by Yeah Mama Records on 24 jul. 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fire
Buddy & Ella Johnson, Louis Jordan, Clyde McPhatter
Blues - Released by Redlobstar on 30 sep. 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
So Good / Crazy (feat. Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra) (All Tracks Remastered)
R&B - Released by Hit Singles Records on 28 jan. 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bring It Home to Me / Crazy (Remastered 2019)
R&B - Released by Hit Singles Records on 30 aug. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bring It Home to Me (EP) [feat. Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra] (Remastered 2019)
R&B - Released by Hit Singles Records on 24 dec. 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo