Ethel Waters

Ethel was born on October 31, 1896 in Pennsylvania. She was conceived from a rape of her teenage mother. She never lived in the same place for more than 15 months and was raised in poverty. She was married at age 12 and at age 13 she became a chambermaid in Philadelphia hotel. That was the first time that she sang in a local night club that year. "Sweet Mama Stringbean" was the name that she gave herself at age 17. In Baltimore, Maryland she was the first women to sing "St. Louis Blues" which is a classic by W.C. Handy. She also joined a carnival in her time. She went south to Atlanta and she worked in the same club with Bessie Smith, who demanded that Waters not compete in singing blues opposite her. She would sing, dance, play and star in musicals, movies, and TV but always went back to blues. In 1919 she moved to Harlem and had her first Harlem job at Edmond's Cellar which had a black patronage. In 1921 she was the 5th black women to make a record on the Cardinal Records label.  She was considered a blues singer during the pre-1925 period but belonged to the Vaudeville-style style. She sang "Stormy Weather" at the Cotton Club also.

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Ethel Waters "I've Found a New Baby" 1925:
She is talking about how she found a new man and talking about all the good qualities that he has, how  much he loves her, and how he's all that she wants. It is her voice, a piano that is keeping the tempo, and a type of horn maybe trombone. There is an ABA form and the piano keeps that main tempo. Her voice is the same level it doesnt get loud and very heartfelt at the end of the song or at a climaxing point.

Intro: Piano and horn 1-8 count
Verse: 8-8 counts
Chorus: 4-8 counts
Verse: 8-8counts
Bridge: Horn plays for 8-8 counts repeating the verse
Verse: 8-8 counts
Chorus: 4-8counts
End with the horn 4 counts