Ella Mae Morse
Ella Mae Morse ( born September 12, 1924 in Mansfield, Texas, † 16 October 1999 in Bullhead City, Arizona ) was an American singer in the areas of rhythm and blues, country, jazz vocal and popular music.
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Life and work
Ella's father was a drummer, his mother a pianist; first attempts as a singer she was in the band of her father. Ella Mae Morse began singing at the age of fourteen years with Jimmy Dorsey. This they thought was a 19 -year-old, and when he was informed by the school board about her real age, he fired her. In 1942, she was - now 17 years old - Singer of the band boogie -woogie pianist Freddie Slack. With him, she took on the record " Cow Cow Boogie" for Capitol Records; the single brought the label a, the first gold record. Another successful 78rpm single with Slacks orchestra was "Mr. Five by Five ", which also appeared on Capitol 1942. From it also the hit " Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet ," which was later known by Nancy Walker in the film Broadway Rhythm originates.
1943 Morse began recording as a soloist; with the song " Shoo Shoo Baby" it was in December for two weeks at # 1 in the R & B and four weeks at # 18 of the national charts. In the same year she had a cameo appearance in the film Reveille with Beverly. Now sang in various musical styles and had Hiterfolge both the Billboard Hot 100 for pop and in the rhythm and blues charts, but never gained a lot of popularity.
As a result, more singles were released by Capitol as the jazz standard "Love Me or Leave Me" with the back " Blacksmith Blues". In 1946 she took with Freddie Slack as the "House of Blue Lights ", the latter had written with Don Raye, which was then interpreted by many African-American R & B artists .. Her biggest success was the 1952 " Blacksmith Blues"; In the same year she recorded her version of the classic " Down the Road a Piece" with Slack. With the hillbilly singer Tennessee Ernie Ford sang in 1952 entitled " I'm Hog Tied Over You" as a duet. Their version of " Oakie Boogie " reached # 23 on the charts in 1952; the title was one of the first arrangements of Nelson Riddle. Was your last hit in August 1953 " Forty Cups of Coffee", in which she was accompanied by Dave Cavanough orchestra.
In 1955 they released their version of the early rock & roll song " Razzle Dazzle ", the Bill Haley & His Comets grossed. Recent recordings by Ella Mae Morse emerged still in 1957, when she the album The Morse Code grossed for Capitol; but they still went on until 1987. She died in 1999 from respiratory arrest at the age of 75 years in Bullhead City, Arizona. Morse had six children from two marriages.
Appreciation
Her career was in Nick Tosches book, The Unsung Heroes of Rock ' N' Roll: The Birth of Rock described in the Wild Years Before Elvis from 1984. Ella Mae Morse was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1724 Vine Street. S.T. Alewine designated Ella Mae Morse in Allmusic as one of the most talented, but forgotten vocalists of the 1940s. With their mix of jazz, country, pop and R & B Morse was a remarkable pioneer of what soon became known as Rock & Roll. So Elvis Presley described the singer, who was considered by many mistaken for a black woman, as an important role model.
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78s and singles
- The title of the 40s appeared first as a 78er with Capitol Records, as 1942 - Cow Cow Boogie, Mister Five by Five, Get On Board Little Chillun, Old Rob Boy, He's My Guy
- 1943 - Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet, Shoo Shoo Baby, The Patty Cake Man, Solid Potato Salad
- 1944 - Take Care of You for Me
- 1945 - Captain Kidd, House of Blue Lights,
- 1947 - Pig Foot Pete
- 1951 - Okie Boogie
- 1952 - The Blacksmith Blues
- 1953 - Money Honey, Forty Cups of Coffee
- 1954 - Barrelhouse, Boogie And The Blues.
- Coupled with two titles of Connee Boswell ( " Stormy Weather ", "Invitation fot the Blues" ) was published in " Cow Cow Boogie" as a V-Disc.
Compilations
On the compilation Dynamite Texas Diva Live (Collector's Choice ) were 19 live recordings from Ella Mae Morse from August 1942 to November 1945, most of the AFRS Orchestra released, so two versions of their most famous song " Cow Cow Boogie" (1942 ) with the Freddie Slack Orchestra and then two years as a soloist with an AFRS band, which was led by Meredith Willson. More tracks compilation are their top title, " Five by Five " and " Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet ," the latter. From the Johnny Mercer radio show with Paul Weston & His Orchestra Another compilation was published under the title In the 50s - Razzle Dazzle.
The most comprehensive retrospective of her recordings appeared on Bear Family Records under the title Barrelhouse, Boogie And Blues on five CDs, supplemented by a 40seitiges book. It contains their recordings, which she recorded in the course of 15 years for Capitol Records ( 1942-1957 ), more than 100 titles, including 20 previously unreleased songs. Her accompanying musicians were out of Freddie Slack Benny Carter, Barney Kessel, Pete Johnson, Red Callender, Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West.