Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters had a long and varied career, and was one of the first true jazz singers to record. Defying racism with her talent and bravery, Waters became a stage and movie star in the 1930s and '40s without leaving the U.S. She grew up near Philadelphia and, unlike many of her contemporaries, developed a clear and easily understandable diction. Originally classified as a blues singer (and she could sing the blues almost on the level of a Bessie Smith), Waters made jazz-oriented recordings between 1921 and 1928 that swung before that term was even coined. A star early on at theaters and nightclubs, Waters introduced such songs as "Dinah," "Am I Blue" (in a 1929 movie), and "Stormy Weather." She made a smooth transition from jazz singer of the 1920s to a pop music star of the '30s, and she was a strong influence on many vocalists including Mildred Bailey, Lee Wiley, and Connee Boswell. Waters spent the latter half of the 1930s touring with a group headed by her husband-trumpeter Eddie Mallory, and appeared on Broadway (Mamba's Daughter in 1939) and in the 1943 film Cabin in the Sky; in the latter she introduced "Taking a Chance on Love," "Good for Nothing Joe," and the title cut. In later years Waters was seen in nonmusical dramatic roles, and after 1960 she mostly confined her performances to religious work for the evangelist Billy Graham. The European Classics label has reissued all of Ethel Waters' prime recordings and they still sound fresh and lively today.
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Classic Recordings
Jazz - Released by Firefly Entertainment on 5 May 2008
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Don't Blame Me
Jazz - Released by Blooming Jazz Records on 5 May 2016
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Golden Artists Of The USA, Vol. 14
Jazz - Released by Diamond Days on 5 May 2008
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Golden Artists Of The USA, Vol. 13
Jazz - Released by Diamond Days on 5 May 2008
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Shake That Thing
Jazz - Released by Jazz League Music on 21 Aug 2016
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Black and Blue
Vocal Jazz - Released by Supreme Media on 30 Oct 2013
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Ethel Waters, 20 Essential Classics
Jazz - Released by Firefly Entertainment on 1 Oct 2012
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Milestones of Legends: Female Blues Singers, Vol. 3
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Ethel Waters, Eddie Mallory Orchestra
Gospel - Released by Intense Media GmbH on 18 Mar 2018
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Ethel Waters
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by PnR on 1 Jan 2000
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The Greatest Of Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey & Ethel Waters (All Tracks Remastered)
Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ethel Waters
Blues - Released by Millennium Digital Remaster on 30 Sep 2022
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Ethel Waters, Vol. 3 "I Got Rhythm"
Vocal Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 7 Mar 2016
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Ethel Waters, Vol. 2 "Cabin in the Sky"
Vocal Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 7 Mar 2016
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The Collection 1938-1946
Jazz - Released by Marmot Music on 7 Oct 2013
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His Eye Is on the Sparrow
Gospel - Released by Start Up Records on 21 Jan 2021
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Miss Otis Regrets
Jazz - Released by Black Barn Music on 18 Aug 2023
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Shake That Thing / Sugar (All Tracks Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Hit Singles Records on 8 Jun 2020
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Ethel Waters, Vol. 1 "In My Soul"
Vocal Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 7 Mar 2016
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