Humes Helen- Today i Sing The Blues

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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