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"Divaville Lounge" with Sarah O (archive)

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Sunday, February 2, 2020 | 14:00 to 16:00 | jazz/pop vocalists

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Artist	Song	Album	Label	Comments
Ethel Waters o/ Cordy Williams' Jazz Masters	Down Home Blues	Down Home Blues: Original Recordings 1920-1921	Jazz Age	tribute to Ethel Waters today! rec 1921, Waters' first recording session for Black Swan label
Ethel Waters o/ The Plantation Orchestra	Dinah	Golden Selection	Master Tape Records	rec. 1925 band name refers to the Plantation Club in NYC where Waters was performing. this recording brought her to the attention of jazz bands like the Dorsey Brothers
Ethel Waters o/ Ebony Four	Sweet Georgia Brown	Greatest Years	Roots	rec. 1925
Ethel Waters w/ James P. Johnson piano	My Handy Man	Flashbacks #3: Hot & Sexy	Trikont	rec. 1928 Waters was primarily a blues singer in the 1920s
Ethel Waters o/ The Travellers	Am I Blue?	Am I Blue? Original Recordings From Her Movies 1928-1929	Jazz Age	rec. 1929 from movie ON WITH THE SHOW, this was the first all-talkie, all-color feature film
Benny Goodman Orchestra	Blue	The Young Benny Goodman 1928-1931	Timeless Holland	inst.

Ethel Waters	(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue?	The Incomparable Ethel Waters	Columbia/Legacy	rec. 1930 written by Fats Waller & Andy Razaf. This was one of the earliest popular songs about racism. Louis Armstrong had an important recording of it a few months later
Ethel Waters o/ Ben Selvin	Heat Wave	Art Deco: Lovely Ladies of Stage and Screen	Columbia	rec. 1933 Irving Berlin heard Waters sing "Stormy Weather" and cast her in his show As Thousands Cheer. She had two songs including this, and was such a hit she was promoted to co-star of the show
Ethel Waters o/ Benny Goodman Orchestra	I Just Couldn't Take It Baby	The Incomparable Ethel Waters	Columbia/Legacy	rec. 1933
Ethel Waters o/ Edward Mallory	Georgia On My Mind	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1939 Waters was briefly married to Mallory
Ethel Waters	Stormy Weather	The Incomparable Ethel Waters	Columbia/Legacy	rec. 1933 this was the song that made Waters' career. She was the singer at the Cotton Club and the song was written for her by Harold Arlen, staff songwriter at the time. She said it was "the story of my misery and confusion"
Spike Hughes & His Negro Orchestra	Pastorale	The Essential Sides Remastered	JSP	inst.

Ethel Waters	Cabin in the Sky	Cocktail Hour	Columbia River	rec. 1943 for the movie CABIN IN THE SKY
Ethel Waters	Taking a Chance on Love	Cabin in the Sky OST	Rhino	rec. 1943 for the movie CABIN IN THE SKY. This is the performance in the movie, with dialogue by Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and tap dancing by Bill Bailey
Ethel Waters	St. Louis Blues	Jubilee 2 November 1943	otr-cat.com	rec. 1943 Jubilee was an AFRS program recorded live for servicemen during the war
Ethel Waters	Beulah Opening Credits	television program "Beulah"	ABC TV	rec. 1951 Waters was the first Black woman to star in her own TV show, buy quit after 1 year quit saying she found the show degrading
Ethel Waters	His Eye Is On the Sparrow	Billy Graham 1965 Hawaii tour		rec. 1965 Late in life Waters became deeply committed to religion, she often toured with Billy Graham. This song was originally sung by Waters in MEMBER OF THE WEDDING
Ethel Waters and Diana Ross	Bread and Gravy	The Hollywood Palace	ABCTV	rec. 1969 Ross was one of the show's rotating hosts
Fats Waller solo piano	Ain't Misbehavin'	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2	JSP	Up next: tribute to Fats Waller!

Fats Waller solo piano	Birmingham Blues	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1	JSP	rec. 1922 Waller's very first recording he was 18 years old. m. Artie Matthews & Charles McCord
Fats Waller solo pipe organ	The Rusty Pail	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1	JSP	rec. 1927 m. Fats Waller it is astonishing what Waller was able to do with the pipe organ
Thomas (Fats) Waller w/ Morris' Hot Babies	"Fats" Waller Stomp	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1	JSP	rec. 1927 m. Fats Waller
Fats Waller solo piano	Handful of Keys	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2	JSP	rec. 1929 m. Fats Waller this is one of his more important stride piano compositions
Fats Waller and His Buddies	Minor Drag	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2	JSP	rec. 1929 m. Fats Waller And His Buddies was one of the first integrated bands to record
Fats Waller solo piano	I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2	JSP	rec. 1929 m. Fats Waller

Fats Waller vocal and piano	I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2	JSP	rec. 1931 m. Fats Waller l. Alex Hill
Fats Waller and His Rhythm	Honeysuckle Rose	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 2	JSP	rec. 1934 m. Fats Waller l. Andy Razaf, Razaf cowrote many of Waller's greatest songs
Fats Waller solo piano	Viper's Drag	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3	JSP	rec. 1934 m. Fats Waller
Fats Waller and His Rhythm	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3	JSP	rec. 1935 m. red Ahlert l. Joe Young
Fats Waller and His Rhythm	It's a Sin to Tell a Lie	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 3	JSP	rec. 1936 m. l. Billy Mayhew
Fats Waller solo piano	Keepin' Out of Mischief Now	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4	JSP	rec. 1937 m. Fats Waller

Fats Waller and His Rhythm v/ Peggy Dade	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4	JSP	rec. 1937 evidence suggests that Fats Waller wrote this song but sold the rights, it is credited to Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
Fats Waller and His Rhythm	Blue, Turning Grey Over Your	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 4	JSP	rec. 1937 m. Fats Waller & Andy Razaf
Fats Waller and His Rhythm v/ Adelaide Hall	I Can't Give You Anything but Love	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 5	JSP	rec. 1939 evidence suggests that Fats Waller wrote this song but sold the rights, it is credited to Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields. In this recording you hear Waller mocking the lyrics, part of his frustration with the loss of rights to such a successful song
Fats Waller and His Rhythm	Your Feets Too Big	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 5	JSP	rec. 1939 m. l. Jack Hancock
Fats Waller solo piano	Carolina Shout	COmplete Recorded Works Vol. 6	JSP	rec. 1941 m. James P. Johnson
Fats Waller His Rhythm and Orchestra	The Jitterbug Waltz	Complete Recorded Works Vol. 6	JSP	rec. 1942 m. Fats Waller

The Beale Street Boys feat. Fats Waller	Ain't Misbehavin'	Stormy Weather OST	Vintage Music	rec. 1943 m. Fats Waller, Harry Brooks, l. Andy Razaf. This was the performance in the movie STORMY WEATHER, filmed just before Waller died