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.
© Scott Yanow /TiVo
-
Listen My Shuffle (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Underground Inside Records on 8 Jul 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
My Happy Heaven (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Underground Inside Records on 11 Mar 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Helen Humes Sings
Jazz - Released by Shami Media Group 3 on 22 Jan 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Complete Jazz Series 1945 - 1947
Jazz - Released by Complete Jazz Series on 16 Feb 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fantastic Christmas Songs
Jazz - Released by Best Holidays Recordings on 13 Dec 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Jumpin' on Sugar Hill
Blues - Released by Retro Music Box on 24 Aug 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Helen Humes - Music History
Jazz - Released by Vintage Jukebox on 13 Aug 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Deep In My Music
Jazz - Released by Deep In My Music Recordings TM on 13 Dec 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
-
The One and Only, Vol. 2
Jazz - Released by Diamond Days on 5 May 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Best of Christmas Holidays (Fantastic Relaxing Songs) (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Nueva Era Recordings on 1 Dec 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Songs I Like To Sing! (Album of 1960)
Helen Humes, Marty Paich Orchestra
Jazz - Released by Vocal Classics on 31 Aug 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Complete Recordings, 1927-1950 (Hd Remastered Edition, Doxy Collection)
Jazz - Released by Doxy Records on 24 May 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Greatest Of Helen Humes, Alberta Hunter & Ella Mae Morse (All Tracks Remastered)
Helen Humes, Alberta Hunter, Ella Mae Morse
Jazz - Released by Millennium Digital Remaster on 8 Jan 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Blues Aint' Nothin' But a Woman
Helen Humes, Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon
Blues - Released by JB Production on 21 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Songs I Like To Sing!
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by PnR on 1 Jan 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Songs I Like to Sing
Jazz - Released by SINETONE AMR on 11 Aug 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Songs I Like to Sing! 1960 (Original Jazz Sound)
Jazz - Released by Original Jazz Sound on 30 Jul 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
All the Greatest Songs (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Almrec Muzik Remastered on 10 Feb 2017
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo