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Chancellor of Soul (harlem_144) 5-Doyen Username: harlem_144
Post Number: 243 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.207.40.18
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 6:37 am: �� | ��� |
To me, one of the most underated singers of our time is Big Maybelle........Any fans here on SD of Ms Maybelle ?? If so, name your favorite tunes. Peace, Mike Boone (Chancellor of Soul) chancellorofsoul.com |
Destruction (destruction)
5-Doyen Username: destruction
Post Number: 378 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 199.173.224.25
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 6:40 am: �� | ��� |
The way she rips into the last chorus of "If I Could Be With You" gets me all rumbling inside. That's my fave. |
Brother Love (brother_love) 4-Laureate Username: brother_love
Post Number: 118 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 67.113.218.52
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 1:22 pm: �� | ��� |
Anything Big Maybelle does it for me. She is truly one of the all time greats. |
mel(andthensome) (mel) 6-Zenith Username: mel
Post Number: 851 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.153.212.90
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 4:11 pm: �� | ��� |
I have a few by the great Lady a mate has all her records,the early Okeh 78's are superb.He called his dog 'Ca dy' after a Maybelle 45. I love all her stuff,'black is black' superb vocals as with all her work. Mike this Lady with Bessie Smith plus Esther Philips are big faves for me. |
mel(andthensome) (mel) 6-Zenith Username: mel
Post Number: 852 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.153.212.90
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 4:13 pm: �� | ��� |
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mel(andthensome) (mel) 6-Zenith Username: mel
Post Number: 853 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.153.212.90
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 4:15 pm: �� | ��� |
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mel(andthensome) (mel) 6-Zenith Username: mel
Post Number: 854 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 81.153.212.90
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 4:20 pm: �� | ��� |
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Reese (reese) 5-Doyen Username: reese
Post Number: 178 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.15.168.222
| Posted on Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - 11:09 pm: �� | ��� |
Her album on Scepter is very good. After years of trying to win it on ebay, I bought it at a NYC record show this summer for $35. Of course, her record CANDY is a classic. |
Shawn1 (shawn1b) 4-Laureate Username: shawn1b
Post Number: 162 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.26.97.98
| Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 12:12 am: �� | ��� |
I first discovered Big Mabelle when they showed the Newport Jazz Festival on Bravo Network .And as my Grandmother would say that CHICK WORKED OUT !Shawn |
dvdmike (dvdmike) 5-Doyen Username: dvdmike
Post Number: 375 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.208.234.85
| Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 1:11 am: �� | ��� |
CANDY GABBIN' BLUES (features dialogue by songwriter Rose Marie McCoy) |
DyvaNaye (westside314) 6-Zenith Username: westside314
Post Number: 903 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 209.212.74.198
| Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 1:41 am: �� | ��� |
Big Maybelle was a friend of the family, having being a running partner of 2 of my eldests sisters, the eldest being gone now...I just remember her touching my face and calling me cutie...She would come and sing at the Tar Heel Lounge on 8th avenue in Harlem where my Aunt was a barmaid one time... 'Candy' has got to be my favorite, although anything else she sang could just about move me... Good thread Chancellor, as always, evoking memories of childhood... |
Randy Russi (randy_russi) 5-Doyen Username: randy_russi
Post Number: 176 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 169.139.180.100
| Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 2:38 am: �� | ��� |
Oh, for sure it's "Hound Dog"! Elvis should've left this one alone. |
mel(andthensome) (mel) 6-Zenith Username: mel
Post Number: 862 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 217.43.74.85
| Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 2:42 am: �� | ��� |
Well said Ra dy |
Brother Love (brother_love) 4-Laureate Username: brother_love
Post Number: 120 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.174.208.130
| Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 2:29 pm: �� | ��� |
"Hound Dog" was Big Mama Thornton not Big Maybelle. I really dig her versions of "96 Tears" and "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean". |
Reese (reese) 5-Doyen Username: reese
Post Number: 179 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 12.15.168.222
| Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 11:13 pm: �� | ��� |
Maybe Randy was referring to WHOLE LOT OF SHAKIN' GOIN' ON. Didn't Big Maybelle record that before Jerry Lee Lewis? |
Soul Sister (soul_sister) 6-Zenith Username: soul_sister
Post Number: 1627 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 65.43.165.74
| Posted on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 1:25 am: �� | ��� |
Mabel Smith was a born stage performer, she really knew how to interpet a lyric, quite an actress too. Her live stage show was something to behold (See my post under "Artist's Greatest Stage Performances" Thread)!! Mabel for both 'Jimmy & Myself' is one of our most favorite female vocalists with a ballad. And to me the one who could phrase like Jimmy, only in her own voice. She was a storyteller of life like him. They often performed on the same bill back in the 50's, sometimes trading off each others songs from night to night, she would sing his "I Won't Cry Anymore" or "So Long" and he would sing her "Candy". She was a big gal with a very big talent. Some of my Big Maybelle faves are: "You'll Never Know" "Torchured" "Lord, What Are You Doing To Me" "I Won't Cry Anymore" "I'll Understand" "If I Could Be With You" of course "Candy", to name a few!! S.S. Rosie McCoy also wrote some of Jimmy's song's from the 50's such as "Everybody Needs Somebody" which Jimmy still sings in his show at times. Here is Rose Marie McCoy October 2003:
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RJ Spangler (rj_spangler) 2-Debutant Username: rj_spangler
Post Number: 18 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 205.188.116.138
| Posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 6:48 pm: �� | ��� |
Brother Love, "Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean" was a Ruth Brown tune, on Atlantic. Maybelle is sooo great -- what a voice! "Candy" is a Beautiful performance! How about the wonderful guitar of Mickey Baker(of Mickey and Sylvia fame)? I dig Ruth Brown too, and saw her live several times, in fact Alberta Adams & I shared a limo with her in Memphis not too long ago. |
mike s (mike_s) 4-Laureate Username: mike_s
Post Number: 166 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 195.93.33.7
| Posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 7:07 pm: �� | ��� |
Quitting Time was a great groove...you knew there was no way anyone was gonna stop her leaving!!Showed she could handle a funky straight soul mover as well as rnb and jazz. |