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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Diskografie
8 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Gotta Go Upside Your Head: The Rock & Roll Years 1953-55
Rock - Erschienen bei Cherry Red Records am 30.10.2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gotta Go Upside Your Head
Blues - Erschienen bei Poppydisc am 16.09.2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shut Your Big Mouth
Buddy & Ella Johnson, Louis Jordan, Clyde McPhatter
R&B - Erschienen bei Kenzo Records am 23.12.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rock On!: The 1956-1962 Recordings (The Remastered Edition)
Soul - Erschienen bei Yeah Mama Records am 24.07.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Fire
Buddy & Ella Johnson, Louis Jordan, Clyde McPhatter
Blues - Erschienen bei Redlobstar am 30.09.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
So Good / Crazy (feat. Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra) (All Tracks Remastered)
R&B - Erschienen bei Hit Singles Records am 28.01.2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bring It Home to Me / Crazy (Remastered 2019)
R&B - Erschienen bei Hit Singles Records am 30.08.2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bring It Home to Me (EP) [feat. Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra] (Remastered 2019)
R&B - Erschienen bei Hit Singles Records am 24.12.2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo