Popular singer best known for her hit ''Cow Cow Boogie,'' EllaMaeMorse got her big break at a young age with Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra.
She claimed to be 19 but was really 13, and when Dorsey later received a notice from the school board informing him that he was responsible for her he fired her.
EllaMaeMorse passed away from respiratory failure in 1999.
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The Texas-born Morse, who was born in 1924 and got her start in show business at age 9 by singing in her parents' ragtime band, earned a spot in Tommy Dorsey's band at 13 -- until the school board found out and Dorsey sent her home.
Morse went on to make 10 gold records, including ``House of Blue Lights'' in 1946, which is considered one of the most important records in the evolution of rock 'n' roll.
EllaMaeMorse touched so many lives and will be missed greatly by all who knew her and her music over the years.
EllaMaeMorse was one of the most exciting vocalists of the 1940s and 50s, a hard-to-classify, Texas-born white singer who knocked everyone out with her hip, fl-inflected vocals from the moment she hit the scene as a seventeen-year-old with boogie pianist Freddie Slack's Orchestra in 1942.
EllaMaeMorse's entire output over her fifteen year tenure with Capitol Records (1942-1957), a label she helped put on the map.
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Amazon.com: Cow Cow Boogie: Music: Ella Mae Morse(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
It is not just Ella who is selling this music it is an elaborate scheme of great musicians, writers, producers and arrangers that have sewn together one of the most natural mixes of melody ever put together.
EllaMaeMorse made recording from the WWII period(practicly saving Capital Records int the early 40's with Cow Cow Boogie), and she even attempted a rock'n'roll/r&b career in the late 50's by recording backed up by Bill Haley & His Comets.
Miss EllaMaeMorse often gets credit for being one of the 1st rockabilly singers, and although taht may not be true, she sure did influence most of them!
Morse was indeed 19, as she and her mother claimed, Dorsey
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Ella Mae Morse - Reviews on RateItAll(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
One of the most talented and overlooked vocalists of the '40s, EllaMaeMorse 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.
EllaMaeMorse was a crossover artist moving easily from the world of Sw...
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EllaMae's boogiein', woogiein' blend of Jazz, Blues and Pop packs a punch to this day, but there has never been a collection of her non-commercial or live performances.
EllaMaeMorse was best known for her bluesy hit version of "Cow Cow Boogie," recorded with bandleader Freddie Slack in the early 1940s.
It's all top-notch stuff, EllaMae's irrespressible spunkiness melding with the optimistic cheerfulness of the American show-biz community.
The Very Best of Ella Mae Morse CD by Mae - Ap0s7le(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Here in Australia we certainly knew EllaMae from her radio hit "Blacksmith Blues" but this CD is a lovely showcase of her wider talents.
She was the swingingest singer around back in my schoolboy days, and if she were still alive today (she died in 1999) she would be declared a national treasure.
By the way, to date myself, in 1952 I was in the 6th grade and one of the top hits in LA was "Blacksmith Blues" by EllaMaeMorse.
Ella Mae Morse Cow Cow Boogie CDAJA5515 : Nostalgia CD Reviews: Musicweb(UK)(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
EllaMaeMorse with the bands of Freddie Slack and his Orchestra, Dick Walter and his Orchestra, Billy May and his Orchestra, Buddy Cole and his Boogie Woogie Seven, Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra, Joe Lippman and his Orchestra and Dave Cavanaugh and his Music
Texas born EllaMaeMorse (1924-99) covered a lot of ground in her relatively short singing career, much of it the same.
It was with Slack that Morse made her famed Cow Cow Boogie, a tribute to Cow Cow Davenport’s Boogie.
Includes Obituary, Biography, and Links to: Cow Cow Boogier, EllaMaeMorse.
The biggest names in music, including Mary J. Blige, Katharine McPhee, John Legend and more perform for the kids to benefit the JCPenney Afterschool Fund.
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The Red Norvo Quintet With Guest VocalistsMavis Rivers And Ella Mae Morse by The Red Norvo Quintet at Audio Lunchbox(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Red Norvo Quintet With Guest VocalistsMavis Rivers And EllaMaeMorse by The Red Norvo Quintet at Audio Lunchbox
3: The Red Norvo Quintet With Guest VocalistsMavis Rivers And EllaMaeMorse - Lena And Lenny (Alternate)
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