ELLA MAE MORSE & FREDDIE SLACK. "ROCKIN' BREW" EMBER UK 1969 LP. NM COND.
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Feb 10, 2016 Sold Date
Jan 18, 2016 Start Date
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Description

Ella Mae Morse / Freddie Slack ?– Rockin' Brew

Label: Ember Records ?– SPE 6605 Series: Specialty – Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation 
Country: UK Released: 1969 Genre: Rock, Blues, Pop, Folk, World, & Country Style: Rockabilly, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues

Tracklist

A1 Rock Me All Night Long A2 Mister Five By Five A3 Blacksmith Blues A4 Pig Foot Pete A5 40 Cups Of Coffee A6 Strange Cargo A7 The House Of Blue Lights B1 Money Honey B2 Down The Road A Piece B3 Get Off It And Go B4 Have Mercy Baby B5 Cow Cow Boogie B6 Buzz Me B7 I Love You, Yes I Do




Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

One of the most talented and overlooked vocalists of the '40s, Ella Mae Morse blended jazz, country, pop, and R&B; at times she came remarkably close to what would be known as rock & roll. When she wasn't yet 14, Morse had her first taste of the big time, when Jimmy Dorsey's band came to Dallas for a stay at the Adolphus Hotel and she called for an audition. Unbeknownst to her, the band needed a new female vocalist. Believing that Morse was indeed 19, as she and her mother claimed, Dorseyhired her. When he received a letter from the school board declaring that he was responsible for The Morse's care, Dorsey fired her. Morse joined former Dorsey pianist Freddie Slack's band in 1942; she was only 17 when they cut "Cow Cow Boogie," which became Capitol Records' first gold single. The following year, Morse began recording solo. Although her recordings were consistently solid and sold fairly well (frequently charting better on the Black charts than on the pop charts), Morse never obtained a huge following. She retired from recording in 1957, and died of respiratory failure on October 16, 1999.


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