Ethel Waters

Aliases: Ethel Waters - Accompanied by Albury's Blue and Jazz Seven
Ethel Waters and Her Jazz Masters
Ethel Waters and Her Plantation Orchestra
Born: October 31, 1896
Died: September 1, 1977
Country: United States
IPI: 01040088106 1 work
Comments: Blues, jazz and gospel singer, and actress on stage and in film
Family: Crystal Waters Great-niece
Edward Mallory Husband (1938-1977)

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Am I Blue? BRD	Ethel Waters		(347 artists) Originally by Ethel Waters REC,REL
Am I Blue? REC,REL	Ethel Waters	July 1929	(347 artists) Originally by Ethel Waters BRD
At the New Jump Steady Ball	Ethel Waters - Accompanied by Albury's Blue and Jazz Seven	May 1921	Carol Leigh and Jim Dapogny
Baby, What Else Can I Do?	Ethel Waters with Ed Mallory and His Orchestra	October 1939	(5 artists)
Birmingham Bertha REC,REL	Ethel Waters	July 1929	(21 artists) Originally by Ethel Waters BRD
Birmingham Bertha BRD	Ethel Waters		(21 artists) Originally by Ethel Waters REC,REL
Bread and Gravy	Ethel Waters with Ed Mallory and His Orchestra	September 15, 1939	(10 artists)
Cabin in the Sky	Ethel Waters and Dooley Wilson		(54 artists)
Down Home Blues	Ethel Waters - Cordy Williams' Jazz Masters	July 1921	(12 artists)
Get Up Off Your Knees	Ethel Waters - Piano Accomp. by Clarence Williams	January 4, 1929	(3 artists)
Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	September 20, 1925	(17 artists)
Guess Who's in Town	Ethel Waters - Piano Accomp. by James P. Johnson	September 30, 1928	(17 artists)
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe BRD	Ethel Waters		(105 artists) Originally by Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
Harlem on My Mind REC,REL	Ethel Waters	October 1933	(7 artists) Originally by Ethel Waters PRF
Harlem on My Mind PRF	Ethel Waters		(7 artists) Originally by Ethel Waters REC,REL
Heat Wave PRF	Ethel Waters		(71 artists) Originally by Ethel Waters REC,REL
Heat Wave REC,REL	Ethel Waters	October 1933	(71 artists) Originally by Ethel Waters PRF
Honey in the Honeycomb	Ethel Waters	1940	Unverified
If You Can't Hold the Man You Love	Ethel Waters	May 30, 1926	(3 artists)
I'm Coming Virginia	Ethel Waters and Her Singing Orch. arranged and directed by Will Marion Cook	December 1926	(185 artists)
I Wonder What's Become of Joe	Ethel Waters	May 30, 1926	(13 artists)
Jazzin Babies Blues	Ethel Waters and Joe Smith's Jazz Masters	August 1922	(44 artists)
Jeepers Creepers REC	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra	1938	(222 artists) Originally by The Warner Brothers Studio Orchestra BRD
Long Lost Mama	Ethel Waters and Her Jazz Masters	July 1923	(9 artists)
Love Is the Thing	Ethel Waters	May 1933	(21 artists)
Memories of You REC	Ethel Waters	1930	(378 artists) Originally by Minto Cato PRF
Midnight Blues	Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters	June 1923	(11 artists)
My Handy Man	Ethel Waters - Piano Accomp. by James P. Johnson	September 30, 1928	(26 artists)
No Man's Mamma	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	January 20, 1926	(3 artists)
Oh Daddy	Ethel Waters - Cordy Williams' Jazz Masters	July 1921	(49 artists)
Oh Joe, Play That Trombone	Ethel Waters and Her Jazz Masters	November 1922	Carol Leigh & Jim Dapogny
Porgy	Ethel Waters	April 1930	(19 artists)
Smile!	Ethel Waters	August 1927	(3 artists)
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) PRF	Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra		(487 artists) Originally by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
Sugar	Ethel Waters	July 20, 1926	(214 artists)
Supper Time	Ethel Waters		(42 artists)
Taking a Chance on Love	Ethel Waters		(318 artists)
Tell 'Em Bout Me (When You Reach Tennessee)	Ethel Waters	August 1924	(2 artists)
There'll Be Some Changes Made	Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters	November 1921	(235 artists)
Thief in the Night	Ethel Waters		(6 artists)
Till the Real Thing Comes Along	Ethel Waters		(159 artists)
True Blue Lou REL	Ethel Waters	July 1929	(35 artists) Originally by Ted Bartell & His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Tom Frawley REC, Hal Skelly BRD
You Can't Do What My Last Man Did	Ethel Waters – Acc. by J. C. Johnson	August 1923	(8 artists)
You Can't Stop Me from Lovin' You PRF	Ethel Waters		(6 artists) Originally by Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Welcome Lewis REC
You're Lucky to Me REC	Ethel Waters	1930	(58 artists) Originally by Ethel Waters PRF
You're Lucky to Me PRF	Ethel Waters		(58 artists) Originally by Ethel Waters REC

Covers by Ethel Waters

Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
A Hundred Years from Today	Ethel Waters – Accompanied by Reggie Beane	1947	Katherine Perry
A Hundred Years from Today	Ethel Waters with Benny Goodman's Orch.	December 1933	Katherine Perry
Cabin in the Sky	Ethel Waters with The J.C. Heard Orchestra	1946	Ethel Waters and Dooley Wilson
Careless Love	Ethel Waters with The Herman Chittison Trio	December 1947	(unknown)
Careless Love	Ethel Waters	2002	Unverified
Deep River	Ethel Waters	March 1960	Maud Powell accompanied by George Falkenstein
Dinah	Ethel Waters and Her Plantation Orchestra	December 1925	The Revelers [US1] REC,REL, Eddie Cantor PRF
Don't Blame Me	Ethel Waters	August 1933	Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
Do What You Did Last Night	Ethel Waters - Piano Accomp. by James P. Johnson	January 4, 1929	Helen Humes
Down Home Blues	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	September 20, 1925	Ethel Waters - Cordy Williams' Jazz Masters
Frankie and Johnny	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra	November 30, 1938	The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe	Ethel Waters – Accompanied by Reggie Beane	1947	Ethel Waters BRD, Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL
He Brought Joy to My Soul	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	December 1926	Taskiana Four
Heebie Jeebies	Ethel Waters and Her Jazz Band	1926	Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
His Eye Is on the Sparrow	Ethel Waters	March 1960	(unknown)
I Can't Give You Anything but Love	Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra	1933	Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
If You Ever Change Your Mind	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra	May 3, 1939	Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Helen Forrest
I Got Rhythm	Ethel Waters	December 1930	Ethel Merman
I Just Couldn't Take It Baby	Ethel Waters with Benny Goodman's Orch.	December 1933	Jack Teagarden
I'll Get Along Somehow	Ethel Waters	January 1938	Ted Black and His Orchestra
I've Found a New Baby	Ethel Waters	1926	The Dixie Stompers [US1] (Fletcher Henderson) REC, Clarence Williams' Blue Five - Singing Chorus by Eva Taylor REL
Jersey Walk	Ethel Waters	January 1927	Johnny Marvin
Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Ethel Waters	March 1960	(unknown)
Loud Speakin' Papa (You'd Better Speak Easy to Me)	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	1925	(unknown)
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor	Ethel Waters	March 20, 1926	Virginia Liston
Mammy	Ethel Waters	March 1960	William Frawley
Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)	Ethel Waters	September 1934	Peggy Johnson and Her Orchestra REC, Douglas Byng PRF
Moonglow	Ethel Waters	September 1934	Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
Nobody Knows the Trouble I See	Ethel Waters	March 1960	Tuskegee Institute Singers
Organ Grinder Blues	Ethel Waters	November 10, 1928	Clarence Williams [US1]
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Ethel Waters	1931	Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
Pleasure Mad	Ethel Waters	October 1924	(unknown)
Porgy	Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra	March 1933	Ethel Waters
River, Stay 'Way from My Door	Ethel Waters	August 1931	Jimmie Noone and His Orchestra
Shake That Thing	Ethel Waters	January 20, 1926	Papa Charlie Jackson
Shine On, Harvest Moon	Ethel Waters	August 1931	Miss Walton and Mr. Macdonough
Someday Sweetheart	Ethel Waters	December 1927	Alberta Hunter and Ray's Dreamland Orchestra
Some of These Days	Ethel Waters	December 1927	Sophie Tucker
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Ethel Waters	1957	(unknown)
Stand by Me	Ethel Waters	March 1960	Madame Magdalene Tartt Lawrence
St. Louis Blues	Cecil Mack Choir with Ethel Waters	March 1933	Prince's Band
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)	Ethel Waters	May 1933	Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC
Summertime	Ethel Waters – Accompanied by Reggie Beane	1947	Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
Suppertime	Ethel Waters – Accompanied by Reggie Beane	1947	Ethel Waters
Sweet Georgia Brown	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	June 1925	Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
Sweet Man	Ethel Waters and Her Plantation Orchestra	December 1925	Sam Lanin and His Orchestra (Vocal Chorus, Arthur Hall) REL, Raderman's Roysterers REC
Take Your Black Bottom Outside	Ethel Waters	June 20, 1927	Sara Martin with Clarence Williams Blue Five
Taking a Chance on Love	Ethel Waters with The J.C. Heard Orchestra	1946	Ethel Waters
They Say	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra	1938	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Tommy Ryan
Three Little Words	Ethel Waters	December 1930	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The Rhythm Boys BRD,REC
West End Blues	Ethel Waters	November 10, 1928	King Oliver and His Dixie Syncopators
(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?	Ethel Waters	April 1930	Edith Wilson PRF, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra REC,REL
What Goes Up Must Come Down (And Baby, You've Been Flyin' Too High)	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orch.	April 19, 1939	Bill Robinson [US1] PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
When It's Sleepy Time Down South	Ethel Waters	April 1943	Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
When Your Lover Has Gone	Ethel Waters	1931	Gene Austin
Without That Gal!	Ethel Waters	1931	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Carmen Lombardo
Y' Had It Coming to You	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra	April 19, 1939	Bunny Berigan and His Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Kathleen Lane
You Can't Do What My Last Man Did	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	December 30, 1925	Ethel Waters – Acc. by J. C. Johnson
You Can't Stop Me from Lovin' You	Ethel Waters	1931	Nat Shilkret and The Victor Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Welcome Lewis REC, Ethel Waters PRF
You're a Sweetheart	Ethel Waters	January 1938	Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC, Alice Faye BRD

Songs written by Ethel Waters

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night	Ethel Waters, Sidney Easton	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	July 28, 1925	Covered by (17 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Ethel Waters	Ethel Waters – Accompanied by Reggie Beane	1947	Mary Howard Recordings
Ethel Waters Souvenir Album	Ethel Waters	April 1943	Decca
His Eye Is on the Sparrow	Ethel Waters	March 1960	Word

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
At the New Jump Steady Ball	Ethel Waters - Accompanied by Albury's Blue and Jazz Seven	May 1921	Cardinal [US1]
At the New Jump Steady Ball	Ethel Waters and Her Jazz Masters	November 1922	Black Swan Records
Baby, What Else Can I Do?	Ethel Waters with Ed Mallory and His Orchestra	October 1939	Bluebird
Back-Bitin' Mamma	Ethel Waters	October 1924	Vocalion [US]
Birmingham Bertha	Ethel Waters	July 1929	Columbia [US]
Bread and Gravy	Ethel Waters with Ed Mallory and His Orchestra	September 15, 1939	Bluebird
Craving Blues – Too Sweet for Words	Ethel Waters – Lovie Austin's Serenaders	1925	Paramount
Dinah	Ethel Waters and Her Plantation Orchestra	December 1925	Columbia [US]
Doin' the New Low Down – I Can't Give You Anything but Love	Mills Brothers, Cab Calloway with Don Redman and His Orchestra - Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra	1933	Brunswick
Don't Blame Me	Ethel Waters	August 1933	Brunswick
Do What You Did Last Night	Ethel Waters	January 4, 1929	Columbia [US]
Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	September 20, 1925	Columbia [US]
Harlem on My Mind	Ethel Waters	October 1933	Columbia [US]
Heebie Jeebies	Ethel Waters and Her Jazz Band	1926	Columbia [US]
I Just Couldn't Take It Baby	Ethel Waters with Benny Goodman's Orch.	December 1933	Columbia [US]
I'm Coming Virginia	Ethel Waters	December 1926	Columbia [US]
I've Found a New Baby	Ethel Waters	1926	Columbia [US]
I Want My Sweet Daddy Now	Ethel Waters	August 1927	Columbia [US]
I Wonder What's Become of Joe	Ethel Waters	May 30, 1926	Columbia [US]
Jazzin Babies Blues	Ethel Waters and Joe Smith's Jazz Masters	August 1922	Black Swan Records
Lonesome Walls	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra	May 3, 1939	Bluebird
Long Lost Mama	Ethel Waters and Her Jazz Masters	July 1923	Black Swan Records
Loud Speakin' Papa (You'd Better Speak Easy to Me)	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	1925	Columbia [US]
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor	Ethel Waters	March 20, 1926	Columbia [US]
Memories of You	Ethel Waters	1930	Columbia [US]
Memphis Man	Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters	June 1923	Black Swan Records
Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today)	Ethel Waters	September 1934	Decca
My Handy Man	Ethel Waters - Piano Accomp. by James P. Johnson	September 30, 1928	Columbia [US]
My Special Friend is Back in Town	Ethel Waters	January 1927	Columbia [US]
No Man's Mamma	Ethel Waters	January 20, 1926	Columbia [US]
Oh Daddy	Ethel Waters - Cordy Williams' Jazz Masters	July 1921	Black Swan Records
Porgy	Ethel Waters	March 1933	Brunswick
Porgy	Ethel Waters	April 1930	Columbia [US]
Shine On, Harvest Moon	Ethel Waters	August 1931	Columbia [US]
Someday Sweetheart	Ethel Waters	December 1927	Columbia [US]
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time)	Ethel Waters	May 1933	Brunswick
Sugar	Ethel Waters	July 20, 1926	Columbia [US]
Sweet Georgia Brown	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	June 1925	Columbia [US]
Take Your Black Bottom Outside	Ethel Waters	June 20, 1927	Columbia [US]
Taking a Chance on Love	Ethel Waters with The J.C. Heard Orchestra	1946	Continental [US-NY]
Tell 'Em Bout Me (When You Reach Tennessee)	Ethel Waters	August 1924	Paramount
There'll Be Some Changes Made	Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters	November 1921	Black Swan Records
They Say	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra	1938	Bluebird
Three Little Words	Ethel Waters	December 1930	Columbia [US]
True Blue Lou	Ethel Waters	July 1929	Columbia [US]
West End Blues	Ethel Waters	November 10, 1928	Columbia [US]
When Your Lover Has Gone	Ethel Waters	1931	Columbia [US]
Y' Had It Comin' to You	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra	April 19, 1939	Bluebird
You Can't Do What My Last Man Did	Ethel Waters	August 1923	Black Swan Records
You Can't Do What My Last Man Did	Ethel Waters and Her Ebony Four	December 30, 1925	Columbia [US]
You Can't Stop Me from Lovin' You	Ethel Waters	1931	Columbia [US]
You're a Sweetheart	Ethel Waters	January 1938	Decca
You're Mine	Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory and His Orchestra	November 30, 1938	Bluebird

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Singing the Blues	various artists	December 1947	RCA Victor
	The Heart Is a Rebel	various artists	1957	Chancel

Tributes

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	A Tribute to Ethel Waters	Diahann Carroll with the Duke Ellington Orchestra	1978	Orinda Records
	Salute to Ethel Waters	Frances Wayne with Orchestra directed by Neal Hefti	June 1953	Coral

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