Helen Humes
Helen Humes was a versatile singer equally skilled on blues, swing standards, and ballads. Her cheerful style was always a joy to hear. As a child, she played piano and organ in church, and made her first recordings (ten blues songs in 1927) when she was only 13 and 14. In the 1930s, she worked with Stuff Smith and Al Sears, recording with Harry James in 1937-1938. In 1938, Humes joined Count Basie's Orchestra for three years. Since Jimmy Rushing specialized in blues, Helen Humes mostly got stuck singing pop ballads, but she did a fine job. After freelancing in New York (1941-1943) and touring with Clarence Love (1943-1944), Humes moved to Los Angeles. She began to record as a leader and had a hit in "Be-Baba-Leba"; her 1950 original "Million Dollar Secret" is a classic. Humes sometimes performed with Jazz at the Philharmonic, but was mostly a single in the 1950s. She recorded three superb albums for Contemporary during 1959-1961, and had tours with Red Norvo. She moved to Australia in 1964, returning to the U.S. in 1967 to take care of her ailing mother. Humes was out of the music business for several years, but made a full comeback in 1973, and stayed busy up until her death. Throughout her career, Helen Humes recorded for such labels as Savoy, Aladdin, Mercury, Decca, Dootone, Contemporary, Classic Jazz, Black & Blue, Black Lion, Jazzology, Columbia, and Muse.
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Sings Fine Jazz
Pop - Erschienen bei Golden Jazzsingers am 19.05.2017
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Three Classic Albums Plus (Songs I Like to Sing! / Swingin’ with Humes / Helen Humes) (Digitally Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei AVID Jazz am 06.08.2021
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Blue and Sentimental
Blues - Erschienen bei ProExport Digital am 29.03.2021
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Complete Jazz Series 1927 - 1945
Jazz - Erschienen bei Complete Jazz Series am 16.02.2009
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Central Avenue Boogie
Jazz - Erschienen bei Redwood Records am 14.04.2014
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Me Myself and My Songs (Remastered)
Jazz - Erschienen bei Underground Inside Records am 24.06.2016
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Dobre Records am 09.08.2011
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Vocal & Jazz Essential Masters
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Master Classics Records am 01.04.2011
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Blue Notes – A Blues Survey from 1920-1960, vol. 4
Helen Humes, Jimmy Rushing, Pinetop Smith
Blues - Erscheint am 14.06.2024 bei Phontastic
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Helen Humes' Be Baba Leba
R&B - Erschienen bei Charly Records am 24.06.2006
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Complete Jazz Series 1948 - 1950
Jazz - Erschienen bei Complete Jazz Series am 16.02.2009
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The Helen Humes Collection 1927-62
R&B - Erschienen bei ACROBAT am 08.08.2017
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Million Dollar Secret
Pop - Erschienen bei Black Sheep Music am 16.08.2013
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Be-Baba-Leba (1944-52)
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei Jasmine Records am 21.10.2012
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Sea of Sounds
Jazz - Erschienen bei Beat Machine Records am 19.10.2020
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Today I Sing the Blues (1944 - 1955)
Blues - Erschienen bei Jasmine Records am 02.11.2018
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The Sound of Vocal Swing Music
Jazz - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 22.06.2015
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