|
 |
Top > Music Styles > vocal > singers > jazz > W > ethel waters
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings 
Google PR 
Member Reviews Visitor Ratings Google PR 
Member Reviews Visitor Ratings Google PR 
Member Reviews Visitor Ratings Google PR 
Member Reviews Visitor Ratings Google PR 
Member Reviews Visitor Ratings Google PR 
Member Reviews Visitor Ratings Google PR 
Member Reviews Visitor Ratings Google PR 
Member Reviews Visitor Ratings Google PR 
Member Reviews Visitor Ratings Google PR 
Popular Tags
Web Links
Blues Lyrics:
This vaudeville-type song was written by Clarence Williams who accompanied Ethel Waters on the piano when she recorded it in New York in 1928. It was included on the CD "The Blues 1923 to 1933" in the "Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo" series from BBC Records ...
Includes lyrics to "Get Up Off Your Knees",... >>read more
This vaudeville-type song was written by Clarence Williams who accompanied Ethel Waters on the piano when she recorded it in New York in 1928. It was included on the CD "The Blues 1923 to 1933" in the "Jazz Classics in Digital Stereo" series from BBC Records ...
Includes lyrics to "Get Up Off Your Knees",... >>read more
Category:
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings Google PR
Waters, Ethel (b. October 31, 1896?, Chester, Pa.; d. September 1, 1977, Chatsworth, Calif.), American singer and actress who brought black urban blues into the mainstream.
Ethel Waters was born to a 12 year old mother, Louise Anderson, who had been raped by a white man, John Waters. Although she was raised by her maternal... >>read more
Ethel Waters was born to a 12 year old mother, Louise Anderson, who had been raped by a white man, John Waters. Although she was raised by her maternal... >>read more
Category:
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings Google PR
Marilyn Hickey Ministries:
Ethel Waters, one of the world's most highly acclaimed Christian and secular singers, was born October 31, 1900, in Chester, Pennsylvania. Her mother was 12 years old when she was raped at knife point by a 23-year-old mulatto, who violated her because she was a virgin. Throughout her life Ethel fought hard for... >>read more
Ethel Waters, one of the world's most highly acclaimed Christian and secular singers, was born October 31, 1900, in Chester, Pennsylvania. Her mother was 12 years old when she was raped at knife point by a 23-year-old mulatto, who violated her because she was a virgin. Throughout her life Ethel fought hard for... >>read more
Category:
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings Google PR
Jazzateria:
Ethel Waters was the first black Superstar...an innovator who opened all the theatrical doors hitherto closed to black performers of her day, to attain the towering position she reached as a headliner. She fought hard and long to achieve solo star status in the white world of vaudeville, night clubs, Broadway theater,... >>read more
Ethel Waters was the first black Superstar...an innovator who opened all the theatrical doors hitherto closed to black performers of her day, to attain the towering position she reached as a headliner. She fought hard and long to achieve solo star status in the white world of vaudeville, night clubs, Broadway theater,... >>read more
Category:
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings Google PR
Ethel Waters, one of the 20th Century's great blues singers. By RETRO Magazine.
SHE WAS A Philadelphia chambermaid who was urged up on stage by friends one fateful amateur night on Halloween in 1911. It also happened to be her fifteenth birthday. Warbling "St Louis Blues" to the crowded theatre while wearing a mask to conceal her... >>read more
SHE WAS A Philadelphia chambermaid who was urged up on stage by friends one fateful amateur night on Halloween in 1911. It also happened to be her fifteenth birthday. Warbling "St Louis Blues" to the crowded theatre while wearing a mask to conceal her... >>read more
Category:
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings Google PR
Harlem 1900-1040: Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
singer, actress, c. 1933, in As Thousands Cheer
Ethel Waters grew up in Chester, Pennsylvania. She didn't have much schooling. By the age of eight she had a job as a domestic worker and was married by the age of 13. She first worked on the stage at the Lincoln... >>read more
singer, actress, c. 1933, in As Thousands Cheer
Ethel Waters grew up in Chester, Pennsylvania. She didn't have much schooling. By the age of eight she had a job as a domestic worker and was married by the age of 13. She first worked on the stage at the Lincoln... >>read more
Category:
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings Google PR
IMDb: Ethel Waters - Filmography, Awards, Biography, Agent, Discussions, Photos, News Articles, Fan Sites.
The child of a teenage rape victim, Ethel Waters grew up in the slums of Philadelphia and neighboring cities, seldom living anywhere for more than a few weeks at a time. "No one raised me, " she recollected, "I just ran wild." She... >>read more
The child of a teenage rape victim, Ethel Waters grew up in the slums of Philadelphia and neighboring cities, seldom living anywhere for more than a few weeks at a time. "No one raised me, " she recollected, "I just ran wild." She... >>read more
Category:
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings Google PR
The Museum of Broadcast Communications:
Ethel Waters, one of the most influential jazz and blues singers of her time, popularised many song classics including "Stormy Weather". Waters was also the first African-American woman to be given equal billing with white stars in Broadway shows, and to play leading roles in Hollywood films. Once... >>read more
Ethel Waters, one of the most influential jazz and blues singers of her time, popularised many song classics including "Stormy Weather". Waters was also the first African-American woman to be given equal billing with white stars in Broadway shows, and to play leading roles in Hollywood films. Once... >>read more
Category:
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings Google PR
Ethel Waters biography. A history of Jazz before 1930. This site contains over 1000 songs from this era in Real Audio 3 format, as well as hundreds of biographies and discographies of Jazz musicians.
Ethel Waters was one of the most popular African-American singers and actresses of the 1920s. She moved to New York in 1919 after touring... >>read more
Ethel Waters was one of the most popular African-American singers and actresses of the 1920s. She moved to New York in 1919 after touring... >>read more
Category:
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings Google PR
Songbirds:
Ethel Waters was the most confident-sounding voice to emanate from black America during the 1920s and 1930s. The self-assurance Waters possessed, however, was gained at great expense. Notorious for her unbridled rage, she once became so jealous of the attention paid to the younger, prettier, lighter-skinned Lena Horne (who was... >>read more
Ethel Waters was the most confident-sounding voice to emanate from black America during the 1920s and 1930s. The self-assurance Waters possessed, however, was gained at great expense. Notorious for her unbridled rage, she once became so jealous of the attention paid to the younger, prettier, lighter-skinned Lena Horne (who was... >>read more
Category:
Member Reviews
Visitor Ratings Google PR
Main Category
11
2005
555
335
215
6
791
59
2257
363
411
190
140
211
22
2321
74
120
3
178
36
145
105
36
14
26
1038
159
234
98
273
9
1068
151
245
144
312
255
348
15
78
214
128
70
414
536
2604
91
Top 10
Statistics
Links: 17467
Categories: 1112
Unique Outgoing Hits: 4778774
Pagerank Statistics
