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She made her first recordings at the age of 14, singing to the guitar accompaniment of the legendary Sylvester Weaver. These 1927 recordings in the classic female Blues style of the period brought her to the attention of the American music business. Although she worked and recorded with Harry James, she next appears on our CD recorded in 1938 as vocalist for The Count Basie Orchestra, a role she inherited from Billie Holiday. She managed to become as equally adept at small group R&B as she was at fronting Big Bands and worked in both genres throughout her career...............
1. Garlic Blues
2. Nappy Headed Woman
3. If Papa Has Outside Lovin'
4. Blues with Helen
5. Sub-Deb Blues
6. My Wandering Man
7. Unlucky Woman
8. Gonna Buy Me a Telephone
9. I Would If I Could
10. Suspicious Blues
11. Fortune Tellin' Man
12. Be Baba Leba
13. Blue Prelude
14. He May Be Your Man
15. Central Avenue Boogie
16. He Don't Love Me Anymore
17. Pleasing Man Blues
18. It's Better to Give Than to Receive
19. Jet Propelled Papa
20. They Raided the Joint
21. Flippity Flop Flop
22. Today I Sing the Blues |
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