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Julia Lee - King Size Papa The Julia Lee Collection 1927-52 / it is a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for her very personal brand of R&B. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1902, pianist and singer Julia Lee grew up singing and playing in the musical hotbed of that city's jazz scene in the '20s and '30s, developing a style that featured Inchthe songs my mother taught me not to singInch - risqué material with unsubtle double entendres - and in 1944 signed to the fledgling, but already successful Capitol tag. This great-value 72-track 3-CD collection comprises early recordings with the orchestra of her brother George Lee and then with Jay McShann, followed by most of her A & B sides with Her Boy Friends on Premier/Mercury and Capitol from this era. It features all her career hits, including her R&B No. 1s InchSnatch It And Grab ItInch and InchKing Size PapaInch, and her Top 10 hits InchGotta Gimme Watcha GotInch, I'll Get Long SomehowInch, InchTell Me DaddyInch, InchThat's What I LikeInch, InchYou Ain't Git It No MoreInch and InchI Didn't Like It The First TimeInch. She was a highly distinctive performer, and hugely entertaining, and this collection, as well as being a substantial and reasonably comprehensive overview of the primary era of her recording career, is a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for her very personal brand of R&B. Album Tracks DISC 1 1. Own Home Syncopated Blues 2. The Merritt Stomp 3. Ruff Scufflin' 4. St James Infirmary 5. If I Could Be with You 6. Paseo Strut 7. He's Tall, Dark and Handsome 8. Won't You Come Over to My House? 9. Come on Over to My House 10. Trouble in Mind 11. If It's Good 12. Show Me Missouri Blues 13. Lotus Blossom 14. Dream Lucky Blues 15. Gotta Gimme What'cha Got 16. Lies 17. Julia's Blues 18. When a Woman Loves a Man 19. Oh Marie 20. On My Way Out 21. I'll Get Along Somehow 22. Yo
