Mabel Scott
Mabel Scott ( born April 30, 1915 in Richmond (Virginia ), † 19 July 2000 Los Angeles ) was an American gospel and rhythm and blues singer.
Life
Scott lived first in New York City, where she eventually became known with performances in churches and by a women's gospel lineup, The Song Cycles. Around 1932 she sang at the Cotton Club Cab Calloway Orchestra and with the dancing Nicholas Brothers. In 1936 she moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Together with pianist Bob Mosley then went on tour to Europe. In England, she took on with Parlophone. With the beginning of World War II they had to finish their tours of Europe, returned to the United States and settled in Los Angeles, where she worked with musicians from the West Coast jazz and R & B scene on Central Avenue, initially in the band of Jack McVea.
After a brief stint in the orchestra of Jimmie Lunceford Scott joined in 1943 regularly at Club Alabam, accompanied by Wynonie Harris and Johnny Otis. She also sang in a group led by Lorenzo Flennoy and recorded for the label stroke and Excelsior.
In 1948 she was successful with the songs Elevator Boogie and Boogie Woogie Santa Claus in the Billboard R & B charts. From 1949 to 1951 she was married to the pianist of "Elevator Boogie", Charles Brown. Other successful songs of this period were That Is not the Way to Love and Right Around the Corner.
In 1950 she went with Bull Moose Jackson on tour and had a long engagement at New York's Cafe Society, where she was accompanied by Teddy Wilson and his trio. In 1952 she appeared in Los Angeles with Pee Wee Crayton. In the early 1950s she took for the label King, Coral with Tyree Glenn, Eddie Barefield and Budd Johnson, Brunswick and - accompanied by the King Kolax Orchestra - on Parrot Records. Your last recordings were made in 1956 for Festival Records as part of an Australian tour with the band of Les Welch.
Frustrated by declining success and an unhappy extending second marriage to Mabel Scott in the late 1950s moved to the music business, remembered their origins in gospel music and sang for the rest of their lives only in churches. In 1995 she was honored with the Pioneer Award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.
Disco printing specifications
- The Chronological Mabe Scott 1938-1950 ( Classics )
- The Chronological Mabe Scott 1951-1955 ( Classics )