Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her notable recordings include "Dinah", "Stormy Weather", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp), "Heat Wave", "Supper Time", "Am I Blue?", "Birmingham Bertha", "Cabin in the Sky", "I'm Coming Virginia", and her version of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award, the first African American to star on her own television show, and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.
Genre: vocal-jazz, ragtime, classic-blues
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Top Tracks
- Don't Blame Me
- Do What You Did Last Night (with James P. Johnson)
- My Handy Man
- Guess Who's In Town (with James P. Johnson)
- Lonesome Swallow (with James P. Johnson)
- My Handy Man
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love (with Ethel Waters) - Take A
- Porgy (with Ethel Waters) - Take A
- Porgy (with Ethel Waters) - Take B
- Porgy (with Ethel Waters) - Take C
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love (with Ethel Waters) - Take A
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love (with Ethel Waters) - Take B
- Dat Suits Me - Remastered
- You're Mine - Remastered
- The Crucifixion - Remastered
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Remastered
- Am I Blue? (Alternate Take) - Remastered
- Blues In My Heart - Remastered
- Taking a Chance On Love - Remastered
- Heat Wave - Remastered
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