Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress. She frequently performed jazz, big band, and pop music, on the Broadway stage and in concerts, although she began her career in the 1920s singing blues.
Ethel Waters - 1921-1923 (The Chronological Classics)
01. The New York Glide (3:05)
02. At the New Jump Steady Ball (3:29)
03. Oh Daddy (3:23)
04. Down Home Blues (3:23)
05. One Man Nan (2:57)
06. There'll Be Some Changes Made (3:26)
07. Dying with the Blues (2:57)
08. Kiss Your Pretty Baby Nice (3:10)
09. 'Frisco Jazz Band Blues (3:29)
10. Royal Garden Blues (3:14)
11. Bugle Blues (Introducing Old Miss Blues) (2:39)
12. Jazzin' Babies Blues (3:10)
13. Kind Lovin' Blues (3:05)
14. Georgia Blues (3:16)
15. That Da Da Strain (2:57)
16. Tiger Rag (3:11)
17. Pacific Coast Blues (3:36)
18. At the New Jump Steady Ball (2:55)
19. Oh Joe, Play That Trombone (2:40)
20. Memphis Man (2:46)
21. Midnight Blues (3:04)
22. Brown Baby (2:59)
Ethel Waters - 1925-1926 (The Chronological Classics)
01. Loud Speakin' Papa (You'd Better Speak Easy to Me) (3:03)
02. You Can't Do What My Last Man Did (3:05)
03. Pickaninny Blues (3:07)
04. Sweet Man (2:52)
05. Dinah (3:17)
06. No Man's Mamma (3:08)
07. Tell 'Em About Me (3:07)
08. Maybe Not at All (3:15)
09. Shake That Thing (3:21)
10. I've Found a New Baby (3:02)
11. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor (2:55)
12. Bring Your Greenbacks (2:53)
13. After All These Years (3:09)
14. Throw Dirt in Your Face (2:56)
15. I'm Saving It All for You (2:52)
16. Refrigeratin' Papa (Mama's Gonna Warm You Up) (3:25)
17. If You Can't Hold the Man You Love (2:51)
18. Satisfyin' Papa (2:58)
19. Sugar (3:14)
20. I Wonder What's Become of Joe? (2:51)
21. You'll Want Me Back (3:11)
22. Heebie Jeebies (2:49)
23. Ev'rybody Mess Aroun' (2:47)
Ethel Waters - 1926-1929 (The Chronological Classics)
01. He Brought Joy to My Soul (3:12)
02. Take What You Want (2:57)
03. I'm Coming Virginia (3:05)
04. We Don't Need Each Other Any More (3:03)
05. My Special Friend Is Back in Town (3:07)
06. Jersey Walk (2:36)
07. Weary Feet (3:13)
08. Smile! (2:49)
09. Home (Cradle of Happiness) (3:07)
10. Take Your Black Bottom Outside (2:48)
11. I Want My Sweet Daddy Now (2:51)
12. One Sweet Letter from You (3:15)
13. Someday, Sweetheart (3:02)
14. Some of These Days (2:59)
15. Lonesome Swallow (3:05)
16. Guess Who's in Town (3:02)
17. My Handy Man (2:59)
18. Do What You Did Last Night (2:40)
19. West End Blues (3:27)
20. Organ Grinder Blues (3:12)
21. Get Up Off Your Knees (2:44)
22. My Baby Sure Knows How to Love (3:32)
23. Birmingham Bertha (2:53)
24. Am I Blue? (3:17)
Ethel Waters - 1929-1931 (The Chronological Classics)
01. Second Handed Man (2:50)
02. True Blue Lou (3:02)
03. Do I Know What I'm Doin' (2:52)
04. Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo (2:51)
05. Georgia Blues (3:26)
06. I Like the Way He Does It (2:35)
07. Waiting at the End of the Road (3:22)
08. Trav'lin' All Alone (3:00)
09. Long Lean Lanky Mama (2:51)
10. Better Keep Your Eye on Your Man (2:59)
11. Porgy (3:38)
12. (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue (3:04)
13. My Kind of Man (3:03)
14. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (3:25)
15. You're Lucky to Me (3:11)
16. Memories of You (3:20)
17. I Got Rhythm (3:10)
18. Three Little Words (3:10)
19. When Your Lover Has Gone (3:11)
20. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (3:17)
21. You Can't Stop Me from Loving You (3:25)
22. Without That Gal! (2:55)
Ethel Waters - 1931-1934 (The Chronological Classics)
01. River Stay 'Way from My Door (3:03)
02. Shine On, Harvest Moon (3:01)
03. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (3:07)
04. Porgy (3:17)
05. St. Louis Blues (3:24)
06. Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) (3:12)
07. Love Is the Thing (3:19)
08. Don't Blame Me (3:15)
09. Shadows on the Swannee (3:02)
10. Heat Wave (3:02)
11. Harlem on My Mind (3:29)
12. I Just Couldn't Take It Baby (2:57)
13. A Hundred Years from Today (2:47)
14. Come Up and See Me Sometime (3:05)
15. You've Seen Harlem at Its Best (2:55)
16. Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunch Today) (3:06)
17. Dinah (2:48)
18. When It's Sleepy Time Down South (2:48)
19. Moonglow (3:23)
20. Give Me a Heart to Sing To (3:22)
21. I Ain't Gonna Sin No More (3:11)
22. Trade Mark (3:06)
23. You're Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim (3:07)
Ethel Waters - 1935-1940 (The Chronological Classics)
01. Hottentot Potentate (3:28)
02. Thief in the Night (3:15)
03. You're a Sweetheart (2:58)
04. How Can I Face This Wearied World Alone? (2:35)
05. I'll Get Along Somehow (2:32)
06. You're Mine (2:47)
07. Frankie and Johnnie (3:06)
08. They Say (2:29)
09. Jeepers Creepers (2:47)
10. Lonesome Walls (2:37)
11. If You Ever Change Your Mind (2:51)
12. What Goes Up Must Come Down (3:02)
13. Y' Had It Comin' to You (2:18)
14. Bread and Gravy (2:57)
15. Down in My Soul (3:03)
16. Georgia on My Mind (3:27)
17. Stop Myself from Worryin' over You (2:46)
18. Old Man Harlem (2:57)
19. Push-Out (2:47)
20. Baby, What Else Can I Do? (2:59)
21. I Just Got a Letter (2:26)
22. Taking a Chance on Love (3:11)
23. Honey in the Honeycomb (2:52)
24. Cabin in the Sky (3:23)
25. Love Turned the Light Out (2:57)
Ethel Waters - 1946-1947 (The Chronological Classics)
01. Taking a Chance on Love (2:59)
02. Dinah (2:47)
03. Man Wanted (3:07)
04. You Took My Man (2:50)
05. Honey in a Hurry (2:57)
06. Cabin in the Sky (3:00)
07. Am I Blue (2:50)
08. I Shoulda Quit When I Was Ahead (2:46)
09. Careless Love (3:06)
10. Blues in My Heart (3:12)
11. Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe (3:11)
12. A Hundred Years from Today (3:01)
13. Throw the Dirt (2:24)
14. Summertime (3:06)
15. Suppertime (3:15)
16. Little Black Boy (3:18)
17. Paper Moon (2:16)
18. Can't Help Lovin' That Man (2:32)
19. St. Louis Blues (2:21)
20. Travelin' (2:55)
21. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (3:14)
22. The Crucifixion (3:09)
