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Release Date: 10 May 2024
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988280821
Description
Ethel Waters was one of the greatest African-American stars of the 20th Century, she introduced such classic hit songs as Am I Blue, There'll Be Some Changes Made, Dinah, Sweet Georgia Brown, I Got Rhythm, Three Little Words and Tiger Rag. She was also a major star of Broadway: "As Thousands Cheer," "At Home Abroad," "Mamba's Daughters," "Rhapsody in Black."
Her Hollywood films included: "Cairo," "Pinky," "The Member of the Wedding," and "The Sound and the Fury."
She was also the first African-American performer to star in her own television series - "Beulah." and made dozens of other television guest star appearances.
All of her recordings have been issued on LP or CD except for this current release of her inspirational tracks recorded in stereo in 1959. Jasmine's set is filled with some of the most powerful sacred pieces of all time: "Just a Closer Walk With Thee", "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See", "Deep River", "Cabin in the Sky", "His Eye Is on the Sparrow", many more.
Tracklisting
The Mudlarks
The Goofers
Slim Willet
Sleepy LaBeef
Marty Wilde
June Carter
Jimmy McCrackin
Gene Vincent
Vanessa Bell Armstrong
The Staple Singers
Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers with Mississippi Fred McDowell & Ed Young
Ethel Waters
Alice Russell
Lonnie Donegan
Elizabeth King
Louise Lemon
