June Richmond - Hey, Lawdy Mama! Rare Recordings 1938-1961 [2CD]

Cat. no: JASCD887
Format: CD2
Barcode: 604988088724
Release Date: 30 Sep 2022
Genre: Jazz

The frst-ever comprehensive collection of recordings by June Richmond, the Chicago-born singer who found early success with the bands of Jimmy Dorsey, Andy Kirk and Cab Calloway, made flms with Louis Jordan, and appeared on Broadway

But race issues in America made it difcult and she emigrated to Europe in 1948, where she fnally became a major star, headlining the Casino de Paris. She made wonderful recordings in France and Sweden up until her untimely death in 1962 at
age 47. 

In this deluxe two-CD set, are all of her American recordings, as well as numerous selections from her European sides, all digitally restored in superior sound by Jasmine Records.

Tracks: Joseph! Joseph! / The Weekend Of A Private Secretary / I Can't Face The Music (Without Singing The Blues) / I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart / If You Were In My Place / The Darktown Stutters' Ball / I Haven't Changed A Thing / Angels With Dirty Faces (With Cab Calloway Orchestra) / Tee-Um, Tee-Um, Ti-I, Tahiti (With Cab Calloway Orchestra) / It Always Will Be You / Wham! (Re Bop Boom) / Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone / Fine And Mellow / Fifteen Minute Intermission / Take Those Blues Away / Midnight Stroll / Cuban Boogie Woogie / 47th St. Jive (Hey Lawdy Papa) / Hip Hip Hooray / Hey Lawdy Mama (Meet Me In The Bottom) / Ride On, Ride On / Unlucky Blues / Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well / Baby, Don't You Tell Me No Lie / Get Up Mule / After You've Gone (With Sonny Tompson Sextet) / I Haven't Changed A Thing / Don't Jive Me Like That / Don't Worry 'bout That Mule / Are You With It? / Just Beyond The Rainbow / If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time / Thirsty For Your Kisses / Confessin' / I Can't Give You Anything But Love / La Danse Du Baiser / Amour, Castagnettes Et Tango ("Hernando's Hideaway) / Stranger In Paradise / Lover Come Back To Me (With Jo Boyer Orchestra) / Call Of The Wild / J'aime La Vie / Hotta Chocolatta / Begin The Beguine / Rockabye Your Baby (With A Dixie Melody) / Everybody's Doin' It Now / Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea / I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (With Claude Bolling Orch.) / Un Femme C'est Pour Un Certain Temp (A Woman Is A Sometime Thing) / Mon Homme Est Loin (My Man's Gone Now) / Porgy Je Suis Ta Femme (Porgy, I's Your Woman Now) / Un Cargo Bientot Part Pour New York
(There's A Boat Dat's Leaving Soon For New York) / It's Wonderful / Ah Ca Fait Boum / Lady Be Good / Somebody Loves Me / Mon Apollon