Annie Laurie - The Annie Laurie Collection 1945-62 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Annie Laurie was an R&B, blues and sophisticated jazz and pop singer born in Atlanta, Ga., in 1924, who came to prominence in 1947 with her debut hit InchSince I Fell For YouInch, and over the next 15 years recorded and released material which brought her several more successes in both pop and R&B charts, recording for much of the early era of her career with a trio and band led by pianist and songwriter Paul Gayten. At the start of her career she recorded at Cosimo Matassa's legendary J&M Studios in New Orleans, which gave her work from those years a distinctive Crescent City sound. This excellent- value 51-track 2-CD set comprises comprising most of the A & B sides of her releases on the Cosmo, de Luxe, Regal, Okeh, Savoy and Ritz labels from this era, including performances with the bands of Paul Gayten and Danny Kessler, as she rode the waves of the upheavals in the market occasioned by the advent of rock 'n' roll to take her hit-making career into the 1960s. It features all her career pop and R&B chart entries, including the R&B No. 3 hits InchSince I Fell For YouInch and InchIt Hurts To Be In LoveInch, and her other Top 10 hits InchCuttin' OutInch and InchI'll Never Be FreeInch. She was a highly versatile vocal stylist, equally at home with upbeat jump blues material, grooving R&B songs, and smoothly polished jazz-flavoured pop, and this collection provides a varied and entertaining showcase for her distinctive talent Album Tracks 1. St. Louis Blues 2. Since I Fell for You 3. Love That Man of Mine 4. Them There Eyes 5. Don't Worry 'Bout Me 6. I Still Love You 7. One Sweet Letter from You 8. I Love You Yes I Do 9. Wondering Blues 10. Voodoo Man 11. Lonely Blues 12. Annie's Blues 13. Waiting for You 14. Cuttin' Out 15. My Rough and Ready Man 16. Baby What's New 17. Blue and Disgusted 18. I'll Never Be Free 19. I Ain't Gonn