Obscure girl singers

[+ Truereview]

First time I hear of Julie London. I'm embarrassed to admit it! Somebody come collect my gay card

 

I didn't know she had remastered stuff like cry me a river. I just downloaded I'd like you for Christmas...dreamy!

 

Ty for this thread and so glad to be introduced to names and songs I had not connected with before.

[+ WilliamM]

First time I hear of Julie London. I'm embarrassed to admit it! Somebody come collect my gay card

 

No reason to be embarrassed. If I was 5-8 years younger, I would not have known Judy Henske. I did know the names of most folk singers and by chance watched "The Judy Garland Show" the night Henske appeared. Above all, I have a good memory. Still there were a few singers smentioned in this thread that I do not know - had never heard about.

[+ friendofsheila]

http://www.allmusic.com/album/womanchild-mw0002521716

 

Obscure because I've never heard of her.

 

Interesting, and takes a lot of chances. I'd rather she did more ballads, too, but that's just me.

[+ friendofsheila]

I saved up and just bought myself:

 

http://beneluxstore.harmoniamundi.com/ethel-ennis-precious-rare.html

 

http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Lonely-Toni-Harper/dp/B00000B485/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_1

on a double bill with

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Mood-Toni-Harper/dp/B0002IJNJ4/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_2

 

I hope it gets here in time for Christmas!

 

They shipped on December 29, from Germany. I'm dying for them to get here!

[+ friendofsheila]

The Toni Harper is here! (But not the Ethel Ennis, yet.)

 

I'll give a report soon.

[+ friendofsheila]

I've gotten through half the Toni Harper. She's good, and the songs are very, very interesting.

 

And the arrangements are spectacular.

[+ friendofsheila]

More good news! The Ethel Ennis arrived!

[+ Cash4Trash]

Cory Daye is a favorite of mine -

[amused1]

Love Ethel Ennis. She released a CD in the 90s that I adore. The maturity and relaxed style is so moving yer subtle I believe she was the first to perform the national anthem a capella at a major public event.

[+ friendofsheila]

http://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Swinging-Complete-Singles-1957-1962/dp/B015JMT9OQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1453860327&sr=8-1&keywords=sallie+blair

 

I found this person recently. I'm debating how much I like her sound.

[+ friendofsheila]

http://www.amazon.com/Belvin-Orchestra-Arranged-Conducted-Featuring/dp/B004UN6HMI/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1453860416&sr=8-3-fkmr0&keywords=jessie+belvin+mr+easy

 

And while looking over Ethel Azama I discovered the sultry sounds of Jessie Belvin. Nice!

[body2body]

One Saturday a couple of years ago I saw. BBC documentary about the "Northern Soul" phenomenon from the 70s. White working class British kids went to clubs like the Wigan Casino and danced from 2AM until 8AM to music created by obscure African-American artists every weekend. At the end of each evening (more properly morning I guess), they would always play three songs that became known as "the three before eight". One is this one "Time Will Pass You By" by Tobi Legend, who spent part of her career as a backup singer for B.B. King. She recorded this in 1968.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDLIIj2TzCw

[N13]

Just ran across Dakota Staton. She was big at one time, but I wonder how many people remember her today.

[+ friendofsheila]

Just ran across Dakota Staton. She was big at one time, but I wonder how many people remember her today.

 

She's big on my list. I have (I think) all of her Capitol releases, and some of the ones after. Do you own any of hers yet?

[+ friendofsheila]

 

This is from a release I was awfully eager to get, and could only find dog-eared copies.

 

Then it came out on cd two-fer.

[N13]

I used to have all of her albums when they were on 33 1/3 but never replaced them with cd's. There is a lot of her on youtube.

[+ friendofsheila]

I used to have all of her albums when they were on 33 1/3 but never replaced them with cd's. .

 

Nice! Do you still have her stuff on the United Artists label?

[Jim Corrigan]

If Linda Ron stead is a torch singer than Judy Henske is a flame thrower

[N13]

Nice! Do you still have her stuff on the United Artists label?

 

Unfortunately my LP's went bye, bye a long time ago with the exception of all the original cast albums which I have held on to for some reason.

[N13]

If Linda Ron stead is a torch singer than Judy Henske is a flame thrower

 

Where did that come from?

[+ friendofsheila]

Where did that come from?

Left field, maybe.

[amused1]

Left field, maybe.

Not sure where it came from but Linda Ronstat did a series of recordings with Nelson Riddle & his orchestra in the 80s. They were fairly well received by the public. Other well known "pop" singers followed suit over the next two decades including Rod Stewart, Cyndi Lauper and Rita Coolidge. Lauper's cover of At Last surprised me in a good way. Coolidge's takes on the standards she chose are worth a listen, imho. Her follow up collection wasn't as effective to me.

 

Ethel Ennis has been my go to artist of choice for romantic mood setting for years.

 

Not a girl singer at all, but the former vocalist of Portuguese fado group Madredeus, Teresa Salgeuiro, has such a poignant voice that I play the CDs when I need a good emotional purging.

[Jim Corrigan]

The Judy Henske quote was from a review of one of her albums.That woman is a powerhouse

[Brian Kevin]

Aside from Massage music with no words-- this is my favorite. Its so calming. I'm sad to say I don't know much other than a couple stations on my spotify, but this is total unwind and relax and sink into a book, life, bed or a bath music!

[+ friendofsheila]

Aside from Massage music with no words-- this is my favorite.

 

Do you mean "girl singers" in general?