Ethel Waters

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'Ethel Waters' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Stage Door Canteen (1943)

Actors

Plot
"Dakota," a young soldier on a pass in New York City, visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theatre and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. Dakota meets a pretty young hostess, Eileen, and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.

Keywords: actor, actress, bandleader, burlesque, chinese, comedian, dancer, dummy, engagement, entertainment

Genres

Waters, Ethel Filmography

Bicentennial Nigger
2006, role: actress
The Nightclub Years
2001, role: actress , character name: Herself
Blues Masters
1999, role: actress
Classified X
1998, role: actress , character name: Herself
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
1998, role: actress , character name: Herself
20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years
1997, role: actress , character name: Actress 'Pinky'
That's Black Entertainment
1990, role: actress , character name: Herself
The Ladies Sing the Blues
1989, role: actress , character name: Herself
That's Dancing!
1985, role: actress , character name: Herself
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976, role: actress , character name: Clip from 'Cabin in the Sky'
Black Shadows on the Silver Screen
1975, role: actress , character name: Herself
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
1975, role: actress , character name: Herself
Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '72
1972, role: actress , character name: Herself
The 37th Annual Academy Awards
1965, role: actress , character name: Herself - Audience Member
The Sound and the Fury
1959, role: actress , character name: Dilsey
The Heart Is a Rebel
1958, role: actress , character name: Gladys
Carib Gold
1957, role: actress , character name: Mom
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
1956, role: actress , character name: Sunday School Teacher
The Member of the Wedding
1952, role: actress , character name: Berenice Sadie Brown
Pinky
1949, role: actress , character name: Pinky's Granny
Let's Sing a Song from the Movies
1948, role: actress
New Orleans
1947, role: actress
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943, role: actress , character name: Herself
Cabin in the Sky
1943, role: actress , character name: Petunia Jackson
Stage Door Canteen
1943, role: actress , character name: Ethel Waters
Tales of Manhattan
1942, role: actress , character name: Esther
Cairo
1942, role: actress , character name: Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
Let My People Live
1939, role: actress
Bubbling Over
1934, role: actress , character name: Ethel Peabody
Gift of Gab
1934, role: actress , character name: Herself
Change Your Luck
1933, role: actress , character name: Ethel
Rufus Jones for President
1933, role: actress , character name: Mother of Rufus
On with the Show!
1929, role: actress , character name: Ethel

Ethel Waters - His Eye Is On The Sparrow ( 1975 )

Duration: 5:54
Updated: 04 Sep 2014

Ethel Waters - His Eye Is On The Sparrow ( 1975 )

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'Birmingham Bertha' - Ethel Waters - 1929

Duration: 2:46
Updated: 01 Sep 2014

The unmissable, unforgettable and totally lovely Ethel Waters sings 'Birmingham Bertha' from the 1929 film 'On With The Show'. With her is the legendary danc...

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Ethel Waters duet with Pearl Bailey

Duration: 3:03
Updated: 03 Sep 2014

Memorable moment from a 1960s syndicated tv show titled "Pearl" (the Pearl Bailey network show was later)

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STORMY WEATHER by Ethel Waters 1933

Duration: 3:05
Updated: 03 Sep 2014

The original classic 1933 performance by Ethel Waters of Stormy Weather, here re-released by Columbia in 1941. Real smooth. Enjoy!

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Cabin in the Sky 1943 Ethel Waters Eng13

Duration: 4:59
Updated: 04 Sep 2014

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Ethel Waters - I've Found a New Baby (1925)

Duration: 2:56
Updated: 05 Sep 2014

Ethel Waters (oct.31,1896 - sep.1,1977) was an American blues and jazz vocalist and actress. She was born to a 12 year old mother, Louise Anderson, who had b...

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Ethel Waters / My Handy Man

Duration: 2:57
Updated: 26 Aug 2014

2000 compilation Flashbacks, Vol. 3 - Copulation Blues 1926-1940: Hot & Sexy Various Artists LYRICS Oh my, such a great song.. It's from 1928. I think:D.. He...

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Taking A Chance On Love - Ethel Waters

Duration: 4:36
Updated: 03 Sep 2014

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Ethel Waters Suppertime

Duration: 4:58
Updated: 30 Aug 2014

WHOOOOOOOAA.

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Ethel Waters 1896-1977 "Remember Me" Tribute

Duration: 7:39
Updated: 25 Aug 2014

Ethel Waters' contributions to American music were huge and yet she's often forgotten and overlooked today. I discovered this amazing lady's music when I was...

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Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters (1933)

Duration: 3:07
Updated: 01 Sep 2014

"Stormy Weather" was written by Harold Arlen (1905-1986) and Ted Koehler (1894-1973), in 1933. It was first sang by Ethel Waters (1896-1977) at a club, and t...

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Ethel Waters - Eyes On The Sparrow

Duration: 2:34
Updated: 04 Sep 2014

Ethel Waters sings Eyes On The Sparrow. Song from the 1952 movie "The Member of the Wedding" With Ethel Waters as Bernice Sadie Brown; Julie Harris as Franki...

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Ethel Waters - Georgia On My Mind (1939)

Duration: 3:27
Updated: 27 Jul 2013

As sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines.

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Diana Ross & the Supremes host Hollywood Palace (3 of 5)

Duration: 9:41
Updated: 18 Aug 2014

Diana Ross & the Supremes host Hollywood Palace (3 of 5) Aired 03/08/1969 -- Ethel Waters - "Suppertime" -- Ethel Waters and Diana Ross - "Bread 'n' Gravy"

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Ethel Waters - Sweet Georgia Brown - 1925

Duration: 3:13
Updated: 01 Aug 2013

This Song Reached US Billboard Charts For Ethel At #6 - Sep 1925 (2 weeks). Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 -- September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz ...

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Ethel Waters - Jeepers Creepers 1938

Duration: 2:54
Updated: 05 Sep 2014

Bluebird B-10025-B Ethel was the first to record this song. Jeepers Creepers Music written by Harry Warren Lyrics written by Johnny Mercer First recording St...

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Ethel Waters - Moonglow (1934)

Duration: 3:19
Updated: 21 Aug 2014

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Ethel Waters

Duration: 5:45
Updated: 09 Aug 2013

Recreating her Broadway role in Member of the Wedding, Ethel Waters speaks to Frankie about her deceased husband, Ludie. Julie Harris also reprises her Broad...

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His Eye Is On The Sparrow - Ethel Waters [Psalms 23]

Duration: 3:26
Updated: 01 Sep 2014

Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 -- September 1, 1977) she was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band...

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Della Reese: My Idol Ethel Waters

Duration: 2:30
Updated: 12 Aug 2013

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"Miss Otis Regrets" (Ethel Waters, 1934)

Duration: 3:02
Updated: 19 Aug 2014

A charmingly sinister tale, elegantly told by Ethel Waters. One of Cole Porter's quirkier and more ghoulish tunes: MISS OTIS REGRETS Miss Otis regrets she's ...

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Ethel Waters - His Eye is on the Sparrow

Duration: 9:44
Updated: 03 Sep 2014

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Ethel Waters - True Blue Lou (1929)

Duration: 3:00
Updated: 30 Aug 2014

"TRUE BLUE LOU" Music by Richard Whiting Words by Sam Coslow Vocal by Ethel Waters Accompanied by: Bob Effros - trumpet Tommy Dorsey - trombone Jimmy Dorsey ...

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Bea Lillie Ethel Waters "At Home Abroad" Half hour Radio Minnelli Live Cleaned

Duration: 28:54
Updated: 19 Sep 2013

Beatrice Lillie, Ethel Waters, Eleanor Powell and Reginald Gardiner in a half hour radio show broadcast during the run of the Broadway hit "At Home Abroad", ...

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Ethel Waters and the Plantation Orchestra - Dinah (1926)

Duration: 3:14
Updated: 04 Aug 2014

Ethel Waters (oct.31,1896 - sep.1,1977) was an American blues and jazz vocalist and actress. She was born to a 12 year old mother, Louise Anderson, who had b...

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Ethel Waters - What Did I Do To Be So Black And Blue (1930)

Duration: 3:07
Updated: 02 Sep 2014

Ethel Waters (Oct.31,1896(1900?) - Sept.1,1977) was an American blues and jazz vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, rock and roll a...

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Am I Blue Ethel Waters

Duration: 3:26
Updated: 22 Jul 2014

Am I Blue Ethel Waters Ethel Waters Vol 1926 - 1929.

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Ethel Waters "Moonglow" 1934

Duration: 3:20
Updated: 07 Aug 2013

This is definitely one of my favorite songs and it is wonderfully presented by the great Ethel Waters. In the 1920s she was one of the most famous Afro-Ameri...

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"Some of These Days" Ethel Waters

Duration: 3:00
Updated: 16 Aug 2013

The original Diva singing "Some of These Days". Recorded in 1927.

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Diana Ross & Ethel Waters

Duration: 9:55
Updated: 04 Sep 2014

Ethel waters- one of the greats!!

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Ethel Waters & Her Ebony Four - No Man's Mamma (1925)

Duration: 3:14
Updated: 05 Sep 2014

Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 -- September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, an...

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Ethel Waters - Heat Wave (1933)

Duration: 3:14
Updated: 24 Aug 2014

"Heat Wave" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1933 musical "As Thousands Cheer," and introduced in the show by Ethel Waters (1896-1977.) Thi...

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Ethel Waters-Am I Blue/Underneath A Harlem Moon-1933

Duration: 5:27
Updated: 11 Aug 2013

Ethel Waters sings her signature song "Am I Blue" followed by "Underneath a Harlem Moon" in 2 clips from the 1933 movie Rufus Jones for President. Cast in th...

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Ethel Waters - Am I Blue? 1929

Duration: 3:20
Updated: 01 Sep 2014

5-14-1929 Columbia 1837-D Am I Blue? From Warner Brothers Talking Picture "On With The Show" Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 -- September 1, 1977) was an Amer...

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ETHEL WATERS - Come Up And See Me Sometimes

Duration: 3:16
Updated: 14 Jul 2013

Ethel Waters with another one of her less known songs 'Come Up And See Me Sometimes' ... Remarkably carefree and very self-assured she portrays a young woman...

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Joy To My Soul (Vinyl LP) - Ethel Waters,"His Eye Is On The Sparrow"

Duration: 1:43
Updated: 18 May 2014

born Oct. 31, 1896/1900, Chester, Pa., U.S.—died Sept. 1, 1977, Chatsworth, Calif.) American blues and jazz singer and dramatic actress whose singing, based ...

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Ethel Waters - Jersey Walk 1926 Wanaque Pompton Lakes Cape May New Jersey NJ

Duration: 2:23
Updated: 30 Aug 2014

9-29-1926 Columbia14182-D For Wendy A tribute to Wanaque - Pompton Lakes - Cape May New Jersey. Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 -- September 1, 1977) was an A...

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Ethel Waters - Birmingham Bertha

Duration: 1:25
Updated: 05 Jul 2013

From 1929 - a sassy performance of "Birmingham Bertha" by the great Ethel Waters.

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Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and Ethel Waters

Duration: 6:34
Updated: 24 Mar 2014

A project for class on Eddie Anderson and Ethel waters.

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Ethel Waters - His Eye is on the Sparrow (1952)

Duration: 2:34
Updated: 15 Jul 2013

Ethel Waters sings "His Eye is on the Sparrow", a song from the 1952 movie "The Member of the Wedding" With Ethel Waters as Bernice Sadie Brown; Julie Harris...

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I Do, Don't You (Partners With God) (Vinyl LP) - Ethel Waters,"His Eye Is On The Sparrow"

Duration: 4:38
Updated: 11 Mar 2014

born Oct. 31, 1896/1900, Chester, Pa., U.S.—died Sept. 1, 1977, Chatsworth, Calif.) American blues and jazz singer and dramatic actress whose singing, based ...

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Daihann Carroll sings an Ethel Waters Tribute

Duration: 8:07
Updated: 10 May 2013

Hollywood Palace 03-21-64 with Nat King Cole.

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Ethel Waters

Duration: 3:52
Updated: 20 Mar 2013

2013 Black History Show: "Ethel Waters" A. Rivera & J. Wade, 9th grade at Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts, Theatre.

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Diana Ross impersonates J. Baker, Messie Bessie and Ethel Water

Duration: 7:58
Updated: 17 Aug 2014

This video is taken from the 1976 one-woman show, " An evening with Diana Ross" . For this show, Diana Ross was awared, in 1977,with a special Tony Award .

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ETHEL WATERS

Duration: 5:23
Updated: 01 Sep 2010

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Blacks and Vaudeville: PBS documentary

Duration: 19:55
Updated: 03 Sep 2014

PBS two-hour documentary on "Vaudeville": the segment on Blacks and Vaudeville (19 min). Beginning in the 1880s and through the 1920s, vaudeville was home to...

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Rufus Jones for President part 1

Duration: 7:35
Updated: 09 Aug 2013

A short film featuring Ethel Waters and a very young Sammy Davis Jr. sorry about some parts being upside down. I used Windows Movie Maker to split the movie ...

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Billie Holiday - Ethel waters

Duration: 3:15
Updated: 01 Apr 2013

Performer(s): « Billie Holiday » « Ethel waters » Audio : Very Hq - CD Quality Sound -- MP3 320 Kbps Album : « Eternal Billie Holiday » by « Billie Holiday »...

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Ethel Kennedy's story

Duration: 3:09
Updated: 03 Jul 2014

(Boston Globe) As her documentary debuts on HBO, Rory Kennedy and her mother, Ethel, talk to the Globe.

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Blacks and Vaudeville - part 2 from documentary

Duration: 9:15
Updated: 25 Aug 2014

Second of two parts of the segment on Blacks and Vaudeville, from a two-hour documentary on Vaudeville. especially good bits and quality film of The Nicholas...

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Poetic License 4 Charity-The Autobiography of Ethel Waters by Scott Hightower

Duration: 1:32
Updated: 06 Aug 2010

This is one of my favorite poems. I am reading to support GPR Record's campaign to donate to charities that promote literacy worldwide.

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Amos 'n' Andy - $1,000 Windfall {with Ethel Waters}

Duration: 26:10
Updated: 01 Apr 2014

Amos 'n' Andy is a sitcom set in Manhattan's historic black community of Harlem. The show was very popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 19...

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6 x 3 little words, a.o. Ethel Waters, Ray Venrura, Jane Boucher & Sam Wooding, 1930-1935

Duration: 22:55
Updated: 14 Sep 2014

version française par André Urban, Benny Goodman with Krupa, Quintet du Hot Club de France with Django Reinhardt French comment by Jean Christof Averty. Finis = Nathanaël Shilkret Orch. "Head's up" 1930 Finis: Nat Shilkret 1930 "Head's up"

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Pinky (Pinki) 1949 Jeanne Crain

Duration: 101:42
Updated: 06 Sep 2014

Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house after graduating from a nursing school and falling in love with a young doctor... Clic...

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Hollywood Palace 6-22 Diana Ross & the Supremes (host), Stevie Wonder, Ethel Waters, Soupy Sales

Duration: 58:58
Updated: 04 Sep 2014

Originally aired Mar 8, 1969. This program features: - Diana Ross & the Supremes (hosts): "It's Today", "Day After Day" and "I'm Livin' in Shame." - Diana Ro...

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Singing With The Girls - Great Female Jazz Singers

Duration: 73:41
Updated: 05 Sep 2014

Singing With The Girls – Great Female Jazz Singers SUBSCRIBE HERE for more videos : http://bit.ly/10VoH4l Find the album here : http://bit.ly/1nK5Q1I http://amzn.to/1thvIJy http://bit.ly/1pQKfd0...

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Stage Door Canteen - 1943 - Full Movie

Duration: 131:09
Updated: 01 Sep 2014

Musical romance set in NYC's Stage Door Canteen for World War Two service personel featuring a host of stars - Aline MacMahon, Gypsy Rose Lee, Alan Mowbray, ...

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Beulah - Second Wedding

Duration: 24:52
Updated: 06 Aug 2014

The Beulah Show is an American situation-comedy series that ran on CBS Radio from 1945 to 1954, and on ABC Television from 1950 to 1952. The show is notable ...

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Rufus Jones For President 1933

Duration: 21:20
Updated: 05 Sep 2014

Rufus Jones for President 1933 Film Rufus Jones for President is a satirical musical-comedy short subject directed by Roy Mack, and starring Ethel Waters. Th...

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General Electric Theater - Winner by Decision - Free Old TV Shows Full Episodes

Duration: 25:41
Updated: 21 Jun 2014

An episode of the anthology series "General Electric Theater". This dramatic episode features Harry Belafonte & Ethel Waters, and originally aired 6 November...

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General Electric Theater - Winner by Decision 1955 Vintage TV FULL EPISODE

Duration: 25:41
Updated: 30 Aug 2014

An episode of the anthology series "General Electric Theater". This dramatic episode features Harry Belafonte & Ethel Waters, and originally aired 6 November...

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RUFUS JONES FOR PRESIDENT (Full Film/1933)

Duration: 21:20
Updated: 04 Oct 2014

Rufus Jones for President (1933) is a satirical musical-comedy short subject directed by Roy Mack, and starring Ethel Waters. The film also stars Sammy Davis, Jr. in his first onscreen appearance. Despite its tone that appears to today's audience as racist, it is still considered an important musical short. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY. No copyrights implied. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Jones_for_President Public Domain/No Copyright - This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Thumbnail: Though this image may or may not be subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: 1. It's a low resolution copy of a Film Poster / VHS or DVD Cover. 2. It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the film in any way. 3. Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork/image. 4. The image is significant because it was used to promoted a notable film.

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BEST OF JAZZ - THE TOP 60 FEMALE JAZZ SINGERS OF ALL TIME - PART THREE

Duration: 69:50
Updated: 05 Sep 2014

This is the third of a series of three videos highlighting the top 60 female jazz singers of all time as chosen by the website DigitalDreamDoor. This video f...

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The Ladies Sing Jazz Vol 1

Duration: 69:01
Updated: 23 Sep 2014

The Ladies Sing Jazz, Vol. 1 Billie Holiday: 01. The Blues Are Brewin' 02. Easy To Remember 03. What A Little Moonlight 04. Foolin' Myself 05. Fine And Melow 06. Strange Fruit 07. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 08. (I Love You) Porgy Nina Simone: 09. I'll Look Around 10. Improvisation 11. When I Was In My Prime 12. Zungo 13. For All We Know 14. There Is A Book Of Love Ethel Waters: 15. Quicksand Anita O'Day: 16. Thanks For The Boogie Ride 17. Let Me Off Uptown Dinah Washington: 18. Only A Moment Ago 19. Such A Night 20. I Don't Hurt Anymore 21. My Lean Baby 22. Lover Come Back To Me 23. Send Me To 'lectric Chair Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship,and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

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Route 66-Goodnight Sweet Blues

Duration: 50:13
Updated: 03 Sep 2014

Originally aired October 6, 1961.

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"Well Done" Celebration of the Life of Ethel Jackson

Duration: 49:17
Updated: 05 Jan 2014

"No Matter Where You Have Been, Where You Are or Where You Are Going, There Is A Place For You At St. Paul AME Church" Visit www.SaintPaulFamily.com 85 ML Ki...

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Biography In Sound Ethel Barrymore

Duration: 54:55
Updated: 07 Mar 2014

Biography in Sound was an hour-long documentary radio program that was produced and broadcast in the 1950s. It's one of the best examples of radio excellence...

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Can we just lose now? gg wp - Counter Strike: Global Offensive

Duration: 36:11
Updated: 18 Dec 2013

So the other day we decided to play a competitive match on CSGO, and this is how it ended up... Thumbnail art by Mr 4Eva again Music in order Savant - Organi...

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Jazz and Swing of the 40's - Vol 1 - Part 1

Duration: 89:22
Updated: 01 Sep 2014

Jazz and Swing of the 40's - Vol 1 - Part 1 Tracklist; 01 Artie Shaw & Orch, Helen Forest - Lady Be Good 02 Count Basie & Orch - This Could Be Start Of Somet...

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Evangelist Ethel Washington "The Time Is Now"

Duration: 34:05
Updated: 26 Aug 2014

My Evangelist Sister Walked that Word at the Body of Christ Christian Believers Convention on October 23, 2013 in Corpus Christi Texas. Bishop C. E. Richards...

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Hollywood Palace 1-12 Nat King Cole (host), Diahann Carroll, Paul Winchell, Allen & Rossi

Duration: 59:07
Updated: 03 Aug 2014

Originally aired Mar 21, 1964. This program features: - Nat King Cole: Medley of "My True Carrie Love", "Paper Moon", "Unforgettable" and "Day In, Day Out" -...

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Charleston Jukebox - 2: Jenkins Orphanage Band musicians

Duration: 45:48
Updated: 24 Jun 2014

Featured in the book "Doin' the Charleston: Black Roots of American Popular Music & the Jenkins Orphanage Legacy." Songs which feature former members of the ...

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Ethel Merman Interviewed by Gene Shalit 1983

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Updated: 01 Sep 2014

Musical theater legend #EthelMerman interviewed by film critic and TV personality #GeneShalit in 1983, one year prior to her death. For more Merman, read stargayzing.com.

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Excuse Me, But We Never 'Won' in Iraq

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16 Oct 2014

It's often been said that generals always fight the last war, especially if they think they won it. That old adage remains as true today as it was when the Maginot Line was built in the 1930s to prevent a second German invasion of France. And it is as true for politicians as it is for generals. The proof can be found in the current debate about the so-called Islamic State, a terrorist organization so vile that even al-Qaida disowned it....(size: 5.7Kb)

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Air France flight AF 028 landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, USA.

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Spain tests 3 with fever for Ebola, isolates jet

Dayton Daily News

16 Oct 2014

Three people with fever considered at risk for having Ebola were being tested Thursday in Spain for the virus, including one who arrived on an Air France jet that was isolated at Madrid's airport as a precaution, officials said ... Another person with a fever who came into contact with infected Spanish nursing assistant Teresa Romero before she was hospitalized on Oct ... ___ ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)

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President Barack Obama speaks the economy, Iraq, and Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, before convening a meeting with his national security team on the militant threat in Syria and Iraq.

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Obama cancels trips to focus on Ebola

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16 Oct 2014

Washington, October 16 .. US President Barack Obama cancelled two trips Thursday to Rhode Island and New York to focus on his government's response to the Ebola crisis, as Republicans urged him to suspend flights from countries affected by the disease ... Nurse Amber Joy Vinson, 29, tested positive to the Ebola virus after taking care of an infected Liberian patient who died last week at the Dallas hospital where she worked ... Comments(0) ... ....(size: 3.2Kb)

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The head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), Anthony Banbury, today welcomed the arrival of a German aircraft which will be delivering needed supplies and material to countries in western Africa affected by the Ebola virus, 15 October, 2014.

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Ebola crisis: UN launches urgent appeal for donations

BBC News

17 Oct 2014

Ban Ki-moon has launched another urgent appeal for funds to help fight Ebola after a United Nations drive for donations fell short of its target. The UN chief said a $1bn trust fund he launched in September has received just $100,000 (£62,000) so far. He joins a growing chorus of world leaders criticising the global effort to tackle the Ebola outbreak ... US reservists on standby ... How not to catch Ebola ... Ebola basics. What you need to know ... ....(size: 6.9Kb)

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Professor emeritus to discuss actors, acting at Newark Senior Center (University of Delaware)

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18 Sep 2014

(Source. University of Delaware) Sept. 22 ... In the book, the actors talk of their own art and the art of those they most admire, including Laurette Taylor, Ethel Waters, Ralph Richardson, Alfred Lunt and Lyn Fontanne, Tony Randall, Laurence Olivier and Kim Stanley ... (noodl....(size: 1.3Kb)

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A Shout-Out To America's Hard-Working Ladies

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04 Sep 2014

Ethel Waters - "Oh those St ... Sound familiar? Ethel Waters was the first woman to sing this famous tune on stage ... But she wasn't just a singer - Ethel Waters was also the first African American women to be given equal billing with white stars in Broadway shows ... Waters became the first African American to star in her own television program, The Ethel Waters Show....(size: 4.3Kb)

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getTV Celebrates Comedy Icon Lucille Ball With A Special Birthday Block Packed With Four Of Her Most Popular Films On Wednesday, August 6, At 11:05 A.M. ET Other Highlights Include a James Stewart Triple Feature, THE LONE WOLF movie franchise on Thursdays, and Stunts Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Buck Jones, and More

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(PRNewsFoto/Sony Pictures Television). × ... ET ... ET. The star-studded lineup features original silver screen sirens Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn in SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER (August 3); Gregory Peck gets MAROONED (August 10); Humphrey Bogart sets sail in THE CAINE MUTINY (August 17); THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (August 24), with Ethel Waters and Julie Harris; and Rita Hayworth shines in COVER GIRL (August 31) ... ET ... Groovy Tuesdays ... 8 ... ....(size: 9.3Kb)

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Portrait Gallery Unveils Video Portrait of Esperanza Spalding on YouTube (Smithsonian Institution)

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16 Jul 2014

... best-selling jazz album worldwide. Spalding joins other notable female American musicians in the museum's collection, including Maria Callas, Ella Fitzgerald, Roberta Flack, Deborah Harry, Chippie Hill, Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, Madonna, Anita O'Day, Katy Perry, Bessie Smith, Patti Smith, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington and Ethel Waters....(size: 4.9Kb)

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Tony-Winner Leslie Uggams Leads ‘Gypsy’ as Mama Rose (University of Connecticut)

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10 Jul 2014

(Source. University of Connecticut). Tony Award winner Leslie Uggams, stars as Rose, in Connecticut Repertory Theatre's production of 'Gypsy. A Musical Fable,' onstage July 10-20 at the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre ... Leslie Uggams is a pioneering figure in show business, starting as a child actor playing the niece of Ethel Waters on "Beulah" in 1950, singing on "The Lawrence Welk Show," and as a regular on "Sing Along with Mitch ." ... Yes....(size: 8.6Kb)

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Jennifer Lopez, Duke Ellington, Joshua Redman, Jenny Linn

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19 Jun 2014

Pop. Jennifer Lopez. AKA. [Capitol]. ∆z ... It’s all in context though with Ivie Anderson singing with the band (yes, on “It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing”), the Mills Brothers on 1932’s “Diga Diga Doo” (with Johnny Hodges’ priceless playing on soprano saxophone) and Ethel Waters near-sublime on “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love.”....(size: 7.7Kb)

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Jazz at Lincoln Center presents Legends of the Jazz Age June 11-12

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07 Jun 2014

Jazz at Lincoln Center will close out the season with Legends of the Jazz Age, the last of the four segments of the Jazz and Popular Song series. Award winning singer-pianist Michael Feinstein returns as Director and Host ... Some of the most popular stars of the time- Louis Armstrong, Mildred Bailey, Sophie Tucker, Fats Waller, Ethel Waters, and Lee Wiley- will be in the spotlight once again in the Appel Room of Frederic P. Rose Hall ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)

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Fun facts about television

The Examiner

26 May 2014

Did you ever wonder where or how television came to be, how children know how to bully or who was the first TV star? Here are fun facts about television and how it began. When was television invented? The first television was invented in 1927 by Philo T. Farnsworth a teenager from Idaho ... Who was the first African American with their own TV show? In 1939, Ethel Waters hosted The Ethel Waters Show, a one night experimental TV show ... ....(size: 2.1Kb)

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At home: Condo captures actress' spirit

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15 Apr 2014

“Ethel Merman is my all-time …,” Stellie says, her low-pitched voice rising, her thrill palpably mounting, “all-time favorite star of the musical ... In another, a Hirschfeld composite of many performers who played New York’s Shubert Theatre, Merman takes her place alongside such legends as Clark Gable, Ethel Waters, Jason Robards and Katherine Hepburn....(size: 3.3Kb)

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Vanessa Williams sings 'Stormy Weather' in Broadway's 'After Midnight' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Entertainment Weekly

08 Apr 2014

lang and original guest star Fantasia (who is coming back May 13-June 8). Related. Stage ... Her silky performance style here (in one of Isabel and Ruben Toledo’s drop-dead costumes, no less) will make you momentarily forget the classic takes by Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, and Billie Holiday, and remind you Ms ... ....(size: 1.6Kb)

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PHILADELPHIA CELEBRATES JAZZ APPRECIATION MONTH (City of Philadelphia, PA)

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07 Apr 2014

(Source. City of Philadelphia, PA). Philadelphia, April 3, 2014 - Mayor Michael A ... "Philadelphia is home to a rich jazz legacy and a dynamic music scene," said Mayor Michael A. Nutter ... Philadelphia has an extraordinary jazz heritage, beginning with Ethel Waters, and extending to John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Stan Getz, the Heath Brothers, Dizzie Gillespie, Sun Ra, McCoy Tyner, Grover Washington Jr ... ###....(size: 3.3Kb)

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Old Soul Cecile McLorin Salvant Breathes Life And Rhythm Into Standards

Hartford Courant

31 Mar 2014

At 21, an age that finds many of us grinding it out in unpaid internships or entry-level jobs (if we're lucky), vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant had already won the 2010 International Jazz Competition, one of the jazz world's most prestigious honors ... It's insane that I even have an album out on a label." ... Maybe I'm just old-fashioned." ... She listens to Lil Armstrong and Ethel Waters, and also singer-songwriters and hip-hop artists....(size: 5.7Kb)

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Top Ethel Waters, Heat Wave

Heat Wave
Ethel Waters
Were having a Heat Wave,
A tropical Heat Wave.
The tempratures rising,
It isnt surprising.
She certainly can, can-can.
She started the Heat Wave
By letting her seat wave.
And in such a way
That the customers say
That she certainly can, can-can.
Gee her anatomy, made the mercury
Jump to ninety three. yes sir!
Were having a Heat Wave,
A tropical Heat Wave.
The way that she moves
That thermometer proves
That she certainly can, can-can.

Top Ethel Waters, Stormy Weather

Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor old self together
I'm weary all the time
Every time
So weary all of the time
When she went away
The blues walked in and then they met me
If she stays away
That old rocking chair's bound to get me
All I do is pray
The lord above will let me
Just walk in that sun again
Can't go on
Everything I had is gone
Stormy Weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time

Top Ethel Waters, Am I Blue

I'm just a woman, a lonely woman
Waiting on the weary shore
I'm just a woman who's only human
One you should feel sorry for
It was a morning, long before dawn
Without a warning I found he was gone
How could he do it, why should he do it
He never done it before
Am I blue, am I blue
Ain't these tears in these eyes telling you
How can you ask me am I blue
Why, wouldn't you be too
If each plan with your man
Done fell through
There was a time
When I was his only one
But now I'm the sad and lonely one... lonely
Was I gay, until today

Top Ethel Waters, Taking a Chance on Love

Here I go again
I'm hearing trumpets blow again
All aglow again
Taking a chance on love
Here I slide again
About to take that ride again
Starry eyed again
Taking a chance on love
I thought the cards were a frame-up
That I never would try
But now I'm taking the game up
And the ace of hearts is high
Things are mendin' now
I see a rainbow blendin' now
We'll have our happy ending now
Taking a chance on love
Here I slip again
I'm gonna take that tip again
Got my grip again
Taking a chance on love
Now I prove again
That I can make life move again
In a groove again
Taking a chance on love
I'm walkin' 'round with a horseshoe
And in clover I lie
Why Mister Rabbit, off course you
Better kiss your foot goodbye
On the ball again
I'm ridin' for a fall again
I'm gonna give my all again
Taking a chance on love
Here I sink again
I'm getting in the pink again
On the brink again
Taking a chance on love
This game I'm taking a crack at
Sure needs good luck with me
And so I'm taking a whack at
Any black cat that I see
Boy, I'm booked again
I'm in the swim and hooked again
This goose of mine is cooked again

Top Ethel Waters, You Can't Do What My Last Man Did

Listen, daddy mine, what do you want of me?
I've been just as good as can be;
Now the love I had for you has turned to hate;
You don't appreciate,
So, Daddy, there's the gate.
You can't do what my last man did.
Boss me 'round, and treat me like he did,
I'm wise to what you'd like to do,
So from now on, let me miss you,
I weep and pine all the time,
While you show off with friends of mine!
My last man tried to drag me down,
But he was one good man to have around;
But when the clock on the wall strikes half past three,
I want all the things you took from me,
'Cause you can't do what my last man did.
Early this morning, you wanted to fight,
'Cause you heard I cabareted last night,
Tried to take my money, and pawn my flat,
Now you've worn the welcome clean off my mat.
'Cause you can't do what my last man did:
Hold me tight, treat me right, every night;
I'd love you if you only did,
Every night, treat me right, hold me tight,
You're mighty old to be so bold,
And I can't stand a man that's cold,
Why you can't love me sufficiently,
To make me forget my used-to-be.
He could love like a lover should,
Always could, when he would, he was good,
You've lost your nest, go east or west, but go, just go
Now that last cruel papa, he blacked my eye,
Then left me alone to sigh and cry,

Top Ethel Waters, Jeepers Creepers

I don't care what the weatherman says
When the weatherman says it's raining
You'll never hear me complaining
I'm certain the sun will shine
I don't care how the weather vane points
When the weather vane points to gloomy
It's gotta be sunny to me
When your eyes look into mine
Jeepers creepers, where'd ya get those peepers?
Jeepers creepers, where'd ya get those eyes?
Gosh all, git up, how'd they get so lit up?
Gosh all, git up, how'd they get that size?
Golly gee, when you turn those heaters on
Woe is me, got to put my cheaters on
Jeepers creepers, where'd ya get those peepers?
Oh, those weepers, how they hypnotize!

Top Ethel Waters, What Goes Up (Must Come Down)

You leave me alone, you don't even phone
You're carefree as a bird in the sky
But what goes up must come down
And, Baby, you've been flying too high
It's all over town, you're chasing around
But I'm not gonna sit home and cry
Remember what goes up must come down
And, Baby, you've been flying too high
You ought to get your walkin' papers
But now it's too late
Because I know you too well
When you're through cuttin' capers
You break down my gate
To ring my front door bell
So go have your fling, and don't miss a thing
I'll see you down to earth by and by
Remember what goes up must come down

Top Ethel Waters, Shine On Harvest Moon

Shine on, shine on harvest moon up in the sky
I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June, or July
Snow time ain't no time to sit outdoors and spoon
Shine on, shine on harvest moon for me 'n' my gal
MONOLOGUE: C'mon, shine on harvest moon way up there in the sky. Don'tcha
know I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June, AND July? Now, looka
here? don't you know better than to set out there in the snow 'n' spoon? C'mon, I don't
want no half moon, I want a full moon.
Oh, won't you shine on, shine on harvest moon(shine on, shine on)
Up in the sky? (shine on)
I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June, or July
(ah-ooba, ah-ooba, ah-ooba, ah-ooh)
Don't you know you're gonna freeze to death
Settin' out there in the snow tryin' to spoon?
So shine on, shine on harvest moon for me 'n' my gal

Top Ethel Waters, Frankie And Johnny

Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts,
Boy, how they could love!
Swore to be true to each other,
True as the stars above!
'Cause he was her man,
But he done her wrong!
One night Frankie happened to pass by the hotel;
Just casually glanced into a window so high,
And who did she see but her lovin' man
Lovin' up old Nellie Bligh!
She caught her man
Doin' her wrong!
Well, she went round the corner to her favourite pawn shop;
This time she didn't go there for fun!
'Cause when she left, underneath her long red kimono,
She was totin' a forty-four gun!
She was gunnin' for her man
Who was doin' her wrong!
Then back Frankie dashed to that hotel,
Started yankin' the bell!
She said, "Stand back, you madam and floozies,
Or I'll blow each and every one of you straight to hell!
I want my man
Who's done me wrong!".
Johnnie, in panic, mounted the staircase,
Screamin', "Oh Frankie, don't shoot!"
Three times she pulled a trigger on a forty-four gun,
The gun went, "Root-toot-toot!".
She nailed her man
Who'd done her wrong!
So they put her away in a dungeon,
Way up in a dark dingy cell
In the south east corner of a jail,
Where the wind seemed to blow straight from hell!
For killin' her man
Who done her wrong!
But the day Frankie mounted the scaffold,
She was just as calm as any gal could be!
And raising her eyes to heaven she cried,
"Lord, I'm comin' to thee!
I'm sorry I killed my man

Top Ethel Waters, Down Home Blues

I never felt
So lonesome before;
My friend has quit me;
He's gone for sure;
He broke my heart,
For I loved him true;
So now I'm worried,
Lonesome and blue.
I've got the blues on my mind,
And I just feel like crying all the time.
Woke up this morning, the day was dawning,
And I was feeling all sad and blue,
I had nobody to tell my troubles to;
I felt so worried,
I didn't know what to do.
But there's no use in grievin', because I'm leavin',
I'm broken-hearted and Dixie-bound;
I been mistreated, ain't got no time to lose.
My train is leaving,
And I got the down-home blues.
Woke up this morning, the day was dawning,
And I was feeling all sad and blue,
Lord, I had nobody to tell my troubles to;
I felt so worried,
I didn't know what to do.
But there's no use in grievin', because I'm leavin',
I'm broken-hearted and Dixie-bound;
Lord, I been mistreated, ain't got no time to lose.
My train is leaving,

Top Ethel Waters, Take Your Black Bottom Outside

Sheepdog
standing in the rain,
Bullfrog
doing it again
Some think that happinness is measured out in years
You don't know what it's like to listen to your fears
Child-like
No one understands,
Jack knife
In your sweaty hands,
Some think that happiness is measured out in miles
What makes you think you're something special when you smile
You can talk to me, if you're lonely you can talk to me
Big man
Walking in the park
Whigwam
Frightened of the dark
Some think that happiness is measured out in you
You think you know me but you haven't got a clue

Top Ethel Waters, Ethel Waters

Waters Ethel
Miscellaneous
There'll Be Some Changes Made
They say don't change the old for the new;
But I've found out that this will never do;
When you grow old, you don't last long,
You're just here, my honey, then you're gone;
I loved a man for many years gone by,
I thought his love for me would never die;
He made a change and said I would not do,
So now I'm going to make some changes, too.
Why, there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea,
So from now on there'll be a change in me,
My walk will be be different, my talk, and my name,
Nothing about me's going to be the same;
I'm gonna change my long tall one for a little short 'n fat,
I'm gonna change my number that I'm living at;
Because nobody wants you when you're old and gray.
There's gonna be some changes made today,
There'll be some changes made.
Why, there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea,
So from now on there'll be a change in me,
Why, my walk will be be different, and my talk, and my name,
Nothing about me gonna be the same;
I'm gonna change my way of living, and that ain't no shock,
Why, I'm thinking of changin' the way I gotta set my clock,
Because nobody wants you when you're old and gray.
There's gonna be some changes made today,

Top Ethel Waters, Three Little Words

I Want To Break Free
Written by John Deacon
I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free
I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love, yeah
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love
It's strange but it's true
Hey, I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free, baby
Oh how I want to be free
Oh how I want to break free
But life still goes on
I can't get used to living without, living without
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone, hey
God knows, got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
I've got to break free
I've got to break free
I want to break free, yeah
I want, I want, I want, I want to break free
Ooh yeah
I want to break - yeah eah

Top Ethel Waters, Harvest Moon

Its been a long long time since
Since I spent some time with you
I've spent some lonely moments
Seeing lonely truth
Some distant song has come to me
So now I find I'm missing
That old familiar tune
The song your heart has played me
A rythm I once knew
So lay me down (lay me down)
At your feet
Say the words (say the words)
That you know I need
I'm here, I want to hear your heartbeat
Please put your love around me,
And just let me know
That you're here, now I'm at arms reach from you
From the lover of my soul
So now I fight the currents
I fight the undertoe
Help me swim away from
The place my weakness grows
And lay me down (lay me down)
At your feet
Say the words (say the words)
That you know I need
I'm here, I want to hear your heartbeat
Please put your love around me
And just let me know
That you're here, now I'm at arms reach from you
From the lover of my soul
You're the lover of my soul
I'm here, I want to hear your heartbeat
Please put your love around me
And just let me know
That you're here, now I'm at arms reach from you
From the lover of my soul
You're the lover of my soul

Top Ethel Waters, Don't Blame Me

DON'T BLAME ME
Ethel Waters
Don't blame me for falling in love with you.
Blame all your charms that melt in my arms
But don't blame me.
I can't help it if that doggone moon above
Makes me need someone like you to love.
Blame your kiss, as sweet as a kiss could be.
I'm under your spell so how can I help it.
Don't blame me.

Top Ethel Waters, Shake That Thing

Down in Georgia, got a dance that's new,
Ain't nothin' to it, it's easy to do,
Called "Shake That Thing,"
Oh, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling you to shake that thing!
Now, the old folks start doin' it, the young folks, too,
But the old folks learn the young ones what to do,
About shakin' that thing,
Ah, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling you to shake that thing!
Now, Grandpapa Johnson grabbed Sister Kate,
He shook her like you shake jelly on a plate,
How he shook that thing,
Oh, he shook that thing!
I'm gettin' sick and tired of telling you to shake that thing!
Why, there's old Uncle Jack, the jellyroll king,
He's got a hump in his back from shakin' that thing,
Yet, he still shakes that thing,
For an old man, how he can shake that thing!
And he never gets tired of tellin' young folks: go out and shake that thing!
Now, it ain't no Charleston, ain't no Pigeon Wing,
Nobody has to give you no lessons, to shake that thing,
When everybody can shake that thing,
Oh, I mean, shake that thing!
I'm gettin' tired of telling you how to shake that thing!

Top Ethel Waters, Therell Be Some Changes Made

They say don't change the old for the new;
But I've found out that this will never do;
When you grow old, you don't last long,
You're just here, my honey, then you're gone;
I loved a man for many years gone by,
I thought his love for me would never die;
He made a change and said I would not do,
So now I'm going to make some changes, too.
Why, there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea,
So from now on there'll be a change in me,
My walk will be be different, my talk, and my name,
Nothing about me's going to be the same;
I'm gonna change my long tall one for a little short 'n fat,
I'm gonna change my number that I'm living at;
Because nobody wants you when you're old and gray.
There's gonna be some changes made today,
There'll be some changes made.
Why, there's a change in the weather, there's a change in the sea,
So from now on there'll be a change in me,
Why, my walk will be be different, and my talk, and my name,
Nothing about me gonna be the same;
I'm gonna change my way of living, and that ain't no shock,
Why, I'm thinking of changin' the way I gotta set my clock,
Because nobody wants you when you're old and gray.
There's gonna be some changes made today,

Top Ethel Waters, Sweet Georgia Brown

She just got here yesterday,
Things are hot here now, they say;
There's a big change in town.
Gals are jealous, there's no doubt;
Still, the fellows rave about
Sweet, sweet Georgia Brown!
And ever since she came,
The colored folks all claim, "Say,"
No gal made has got a shade on Sweet Georgia Brown,
Two left feet, oh, so neat,
Has Sweet Georgia Brown!
They all sigh, and want to die,
For Sweet Georgia Brown!
I'll tell you just why,
You know I don't lie, not much:
It's been said
She knocks 'em dead,
When she lands in town!
Since she came,
Why it's a shame,
How she cools them down!
Fellows she can't get
Are fellows she ain't met!
Georgia claimed her, Georgia named her,
Sweet Georgia Brown!
No gal made has got a shade on Sweet Georgia Brown,
Two left feet, oh, so neat,
Has Sweet Georgia Brown!
They all sigh, and want to die,
For Sweet Georgia Brown!
I'll tell you just why,
You know I don't lie; not much:
All those gifts some courters give,
To Sweet Georgia Brown,
They buy clothes at fashion shows,
With one dollar down,
Oh, boy! Tip your hat!
Oh, joy! She's the cat!
Who's that, Mister?
'Tain't a sister!

Top Ethel Waters, My Handy Man

Whoever said a good man was hard to find,
Postively, absolutely sure was blind;
I found the best that ever was,
Here's just some of the things he does:
He shakes my ashes, greases my griddle,
Churns my butter, strokes my fiddle;
My man is such a handy man!
He threads my needle, creams my wheat,
Heats my heater, chops my meat;
My man is such a handy man!
Don't care if you believe or not,
He sure is good to have around;
Why, when my furnace gets too hot,
He's right there to turn my damper down!
For everything he's got a scheme;
You ought to see his new starter that he uses on my machine;
My man is such a handy man!
He flaps my flapjacks, cleans off the table, He feeds the horses in my stable; My man is such a handy man!
He's God's gift!
Sometimes he's up long before dawn,
Busy trimming the rough edges off my lawn;
Oooh, you can't get away from it! He's such a handy man!
Never has a single thing to say,
While he's working hard;
I wish that you could see the way
He handles my front yard!
My ice don't get a chance to melt away,
He sees that I get that old fresh piece every day;

Top Ethel Waters, Maybe Not At All

Jim Johnson took me home last night,
'Twas the first time that we'd met,
He claimed to be a small-town sheik,
And all his jive he bet,
He rest his hat and coat and said, "Here I'll stay."
But his feathers fell when he heard me say:
Not on the first night, baby!
Ain't knowed you long enough!
Don't you think you're kind of hasty
To pull that kind of stuff!
Don't slam my front door, please, when you go out,
Just because there was nothin' doin' what you was thinkin' about,
Not on the first night, baby!
Or maybe not at all!
Maybe not at all!
[Spoken:]
Now, if Miss Clara Smith would sing the same song:
Not on the first night, baby!
Sweet Mama Clara ain't knowed you long enough!
Why, don't you think you're kind of hasty,
Just to pull that kind of stuff!
Run round the block, hot papa, and get yourself some air,
This ain't no seaport, daddy, don't you try to anchor in here!
Because not on the first night, baby!
Or maybe not at all!
I say, maybe not at all!
[Spoken:]
I'm gettin' ready for the Empress, Miss Bessie Smith, lord!
Not on the first night, babe!
Ain't knowed you long enough!
Don't you think you kind of hasty
To pull that kind of stuff!
Be yourself, kind mister, that's no way to act,
Let my doorknob hit you in the middle of your back!
Not on the first night, baby!
Or maybe not at all!

Top Ethel Waters, Dinah

Carolina
Gave me Dinah;
I'm the proudest one
Beneath the Dixie sun.
News is spreadin'
'Bout our weddin';
I hear church bells ringin',
Here's the song my heart keeps singin':
Dinah,
Is there anyone finer
In the state of Carolina?
If there is and you know her,
Show her!
Dinah,
With her Dixie eyes blazin',
How I love to sit and gaze in
To the eyes of Dinah Lee!
Yet, every night,
My, how I shake with fright,
Because my Dinah might,
Change her mind about me!
But if Dinah,
Ever wandered to China,
I would hop an ocean liner,
Just to be with Dinah Lee!
Dinah,
Is there anyone finer
In the state of Carolina?
If there is and you know her,
Show her!
Dinah,
With her Dixie eyes blazin',
How I love to sit and gaze in
To the eyes of Dinah Lee!
Yet, every night,
My, how I shake with fright,
Because my Dinah might,
Change her mind about me!
But if Dinah,
Ever wandered to China,
I would hop an ocean!,

Ethel Waters - His Eye Is On The Sparrow ( 1975 )

'Birmingham Bertha' - Ethel Waters - 1929

Ethel Waters duet with Pearl Bailey

STORMY WEATHER by Ethel Waters 1933

Cabin in the Sky 1943 Ethel Waters Eng13

Ethel Waters - I've Found a New Baby (1925)

Ethel Waters / My Handy Man

Taking A Chance On Love - Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters Suppertime

Ethel Waters 1896-1977 "Remember Me" Tribute

Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters (1933)

Ethel Waters - Eyes On The Sparrow

Ethel Waters - Georgia On My Mind (1939)

Diana Ross & the Supremes host Hollywood Palace (3 of 5)

'Ethel Waters' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Stage Door Canteen (1943)

Actors

Genres

Waters, Ethel Filmography

Born: 1896-10-31

Died: 1977-09-01

Ethel Waters - His Eye Is On The Sparrow ( 1975 )

'Birmingham Bertha' - Ethel Waters - 1929

Ethel Waters duet with Pearl Bailey

STORMY WEATHER by Ethel Waters 1933

Cabin in the Sky 1943 Ethel Waters Eng13

Ethel Waters - I've Found a New Baby (1925)

Ethel Waters / My Handy Man

Taking A Chance On Love - Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters Suppertime

Ethel Waters 1896-1977 "Remember Me" Tribute

Stormy Weather - Ethel Waters (1933)

Ethel Waters - Eyes On The Sparrow

Ethel Waters - Georgia On My Mind (1939)

Diana Ross & the Supremes host Hollywood Palace (3 of 5)

Ethel Waters - Sweet Georgia Brown - 1925

Ethel Waters - Jeepers Creepers 1938

Ethel Waters - Moonglow (1934)

Ethel Waters

His Eye Is On The Sparrow - Ethel Waters [Psalms 23]

Della Reese: My Idol Ethel Waters

"Miss Otis Regrets" (Ethel Waters, 1934)

Ethel Waters - His Eye is on the Sparrow

Ethel Waters - True Blue Lou (1929)

Bea Lillie Ethel Waters "At Home Abroad" Half hour Radio Minnelli Live Cleaned

Ethel Waters and the Plantation Orchestra - Dinah (1926)

Ethel Waters - What Did I Do To Be So Black And Blue (1930)

Am I Blue Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters "Moonglow" 1934

"Some of These Days" Ethel Waters

Diana Ross & Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters & Her Ebony Four - No Man's Mamma (1925)

Ethel Waters - Heat Wave (1933)

Ethel Waters-Am I Blue/Underneath A Harlem Moon-1933

Ethel Waters - Am I Blue? 1929

ETHEL WATERS - Come Up And See Me Sometimes

Joy To My Soul (Vinyl LP) - Ethel Waters,"His Eye Is On The Sparrow"

Ethel Waters - Jersey Walk 1926 Wanaque Pompton Lakes Cape May New Jersey NJ

Ethel Waters - Birmingham Bertha

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson and Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters - His Eye is on the Sparrow (1952)

I Do, Don't You (Partners With God) (Vinyl LP) - Ethel Waters,"His Eye Is On The Sparrow"

Daihann Carroll sings an Ethel Waters Tribute

Ethel Waters

Diana Ross impersonates J. Baker, Messie Bessie and Ethel Water

ETHEL WATERS

Blacks and Vaudeville: PBS documentary

Rufus Jones for President part 1

Billie Holiday - Ethel waters

Ethel Kennedy's story

Blacks and Vaudeville - part 2 from documentary

Poetic License 4 Charity-The Autobiography of Ethel Waters by Scott Hightower

Amos 'n' Andy - $1,000 Windfall {with Ethel Waters}

6 x 3 little words, a.o. Ethel Waters, Ray Venrura, Jane Boucher & Sam Wooding, 1930-1935

Pinky (Pinki) 1949 Jeanne Crain

Hollywood Palace 6-22 Diana Ross & the Supremes (host), Stevie Wonder, Ethel Waters, Soupy Sales

Singing With The Girls - Great Female Jazz Singers

Stage Door Canteen - 1943 - Full Movie

Beulah - Second Wedding

Rufus Jones For President 1933