What a difference a day makes : African American women who conquered 1950s music
What a difference a day makes : women who conquered 1950s music
American made music series
American made music series.
Foreword / Introduction : Teardrops from my eyes : Mabel Scott, Otis and Leon Rene, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Ruth Brown, Rudy Toombs -- I wanna be loved (1950) : Helen Humes, Nellie Lutcher, Jewel King, David Bartholomew, Lew Chudd, Tommy Ridgley, Fats Domino, Dinah Washington, Lionel Hampton -- Smooth sailing (1951) : Savannah Churchill, Joe Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Boswell Sisters, Norman Granz, Margie Day, Griffin Brothers, Ruth Brown, Willis Jackson, Dinah Washington -- 5-10-15 hours (1952) : Ralph Bass, Little Esther (Esther Phillips), Johnny Otis, Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams, Wini Brown, Marie Adams, Edna McGriff, Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, Lucky Millinder, Rudy Toombs -- Hound dog (1953) : Elvis Presley, Big Mama Thornton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Big Maybelle, Denver Ferguson, Linda Hayes, Mitzi Mars, Annisteen Allen, Eartha Kitt, Varetta Dillard, Dinah Washington, Christine Kittrell, Sarah Lawler, Ruth Brown, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Faye Adams, Joe Morris -- Teach me tonight (1954) : Fred Mendelsohn and Al Silver, Charles Singleton, Faye Adams, Henry Glover, Lula Reed, Linda Hayes, Ruth Brown, Chuck Willis, Dinah Washington, Patti Austin, Boswell Sisters, Andrews Sisters, The Dreamers (The Blossoms), Shirley Gunter and The Queens -- Tweedle Dee (1955) : Zelma "Zell" Sanders, Ike and Bess Berman, Macy Lee and Charles Henry, Miriam and Herb Abramson, Louise Harris Murray, Rex Garvin, Sol Rabinowitz, Etta James, Barbara Hawkins, Reggie Vinson, Lavern Baker, Winfield Scott, Georgia Gibbs, Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, Ella Johnson, Priscilla Bowman, Johhny Ace, Varetta Dillard, Clyde McPhatter, Gene & Eunice -- Let the good times roll (1956) : Billie Holiday, Hadda Brooks, Jules and Joe Bihari, Eddie Heywood, Denver Ferguson, Dinah Washington, Joe Greene, Ruth Brown, Lavern Baker, Lincoln Chase, Shirley and Lee, The Teen Queens, The Six Teens, Louise Harris Murray, Zell Sanders, Justine "Baby" Washington, Cliff Driver -- Love is strange (1957) : Zell Sanders, Freddie Scott, Johnnie and Joe, Mickey & Sylvia, The Tune Weavers, Frank Paul, Annie Laurie, Paul Gayten, Lavern Baker, Ruth Brown, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, Dinah Washington, The Bobbettes -- Maybe (1958) : Julia Lee, Marie Adams, Three Tons Of Joy, Mickey & Sylvia, Billy & Lillie, Diane Renay, Bob Crewe, The Quin-Tones, Ruth Brown, Bobby Darin, The Shirelles, The Chantels, George Goldner -- What a diff'rence a day makes (1959 and beyond) : The soloists : Lavern Baker, Ruth Brown, Della Reese, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Arnold Shaw, Clyde Otis, Annie Laurie, Shirley Goodman, Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson, Joe Jones, Lezli Valentine, Etta James -- Sally go 'round the roses (1959 and beyond) : The groups : The Bobbettes, Richard Barrett, The Chantels, The Blossoms (The Dreamers), Phil Spector, The Shirelles, Luther Dixon, The Jaynetts, Abner Spector, Jimmie Raye, Zell Sanders, Artie Butler, Louise Murray, Lezli Valentine -- Epilogue.
