Blues

Big Maybelle - The Last of Big Maybelle (1996)

2012-05-28T15:58:53Z

Big Maybelle - The Last of Big Maybelle (1996)


01. Winnie Widow Brown 
02. See See Rider 
03. I Am Lost 
04. No Better for You 
05. Big Sweet Daddy
06. Cold, Cold Heart 
07. Blame It on Your Love 
08. Long, Long Journey 
09. I Know 
10. Your Turn to Cry 
11. How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies
12. My Mother's Eyes		play 
13. Old Love Never Dies 
14. It's Been Raining in My Heart 
15. What a Diff'rence a Day Makes 
16. Gloomy Sunday 
17. Why Was I Born? 
18. Masquerade Is Over 
19. Careless Love		play 
20. Maybelle Sings the Blues 
21. This Bitter Earth

This may be late in her career recordings, chock full of wah-wah pedals and other dated devices, but make no mistake about it, this is Big Maybelle still singing her heart out on each and every track. Moving effortlessly between rockers, R&B ballads, pop lightweights, Hank Williams country, and the blues, Big Maybelle's voice inhabits this material with a warmth and husk that most female singers today can only hint at. Not the place to start, but a good place to end up. ---Cub Koda, allmusic.com

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Big Maybelle - The Chronological Big Maybelle 1944-1953 [2004]

2012-05-19T16:48:52Z

Big Maybelle - The Chronological Big Maybelle 1944-1953 [2004]


01. Hurry, Hurry (Mabel Louise Smith) 
02. Indian Giver (Mabel Louise Smith) 
03. Foolin' Blues (Mabel Louise Smith) 
04. Little Miss Muffet (Mabel Louise Smith) 
05. Bad Dream Blues (Mabel Louise Smith) 
06. Too Tight Mama (Mabel Louise Smith) 
07. Sad and Disappointed Girl (Mabel Louise Smith)
08. Don't Try to Fool Me (Mabel Louise Smith) 
09. Dirty Deal Blues (Mabel Louise Smith) 
10. Just Want Your Love (Big Maybelle) 
11. So Good to My Baby (Big Maybelle) 
12. Gabbin' Blues (Big Maybelle) 
13. My Country Man (Big Maybelle) 
14. Rain Down Rain (Big Maybelle) 
15. Way Back Home (Big Maybelle) 
16. Stay Away from My Sam (Big Maybelle) 
17. Jinny Mule (Big Maybelle) 
18. Send for Me (Big Maybelle) 
19. Maybelle's Blues (Big Maybelle)

Her mountainous stature matching the sheer soulful power of her massive vocal talent, Big Maybelle was one of the premier R&B chanteuses of the 1950s. Her deep, gravelly voice was as singular as her recorded output for Okeh and Savoy, which ranged from down-in-the-alley blues to pop-slanted ballads. In 1967, she even covered ? & the Mysterians' "96 Tears" (it was her final chart appearance). Alleged drug addiction leveled the mighty belter at the premature age of 47, but Maybelle packed a lot of living into her shortened lifespan.

Born Mabel Louise Smith, the singer strolled off with top honors at a Memphis amateur contest at the precocious age of eight. Gospel music was an important element in Maybelle's intense vocal style, but the church wasn't big enough to hold her talent. In 1936, she hooked up with Memphis bandleader Dave Clark; a few years later, Maybelle toured with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. She debuted on wax with pianist Christine Chatman's combo on Decca in 1944, before signing with Cincinnati's King Records in 1947 for three singles of her own backed by trumpeter Hot Lips Page's band.

Producer Fred Mendelsohn discovered Smith in the Queen City, re-christened her Big Maybelle, and signed her to Columbia's OKeh R&B subsidiary in 1952. Her first Okeh platter, the unusual "Gabbin' Blues" (written by tunesmith Rose Marie McCoy and arranger Leroy Kirkland) swiftly hit, climbing to the upper reaches of the R&B charts. "Way Back Home" and "My Country Man" made it a 1953 hat trick for Maybelle and OKeh. In 1955, she cut a rendition of "Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On" a full two years before Louisiana piano pumper Jerry Lee Lewis got his hands and feet on it. Mendelsohn soon brought her over to Herman Lubinsky's Savoy diskery, where her tender rendition of the pop chestnut "Candy" proved another solid R&B hit in 1956. Maybelle rocked harder than ever at Savoy, her "Ring Dang Dilly," "That's a Pretty Good Love," and "Tell Me Who" benefiting from blistering backing by New York's top sessioneers. Her last Savoy date in 1959 reflected the changing trends in R&B; Howard Biggs' stately arrangements encompassed four violins. Director Bert Stern immortalized her vivid blues-belting image in his documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day, filmed in color at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.

Maybelle persevered throughout the '60s, recording for Brunswick, Scepter (her "Yesterday's Kisses" found her coping admirably with the uptown soul sound), Chess, Rojac (source of "96 Tears"), and other labels. But the good years were long gone when she slipped into a diabetic coma and passed away in a Cleveland hospital in 1972. ---Bill Dahl, allmusic.com

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Big Maybelle – Blues Candy and Big Maybelle (1995)

2010-09-15T10:47:19Z

Big Maybelle – Blues Candy and Big Maybelle (1995)


1. Candy
2. Ring Dang Dilly
3. Blues Early, Early
4. A Little Bird Told Me
5. So Long
6. That's A Pretty Good Love	
7. Tell Me Who
8. Ramblin' Blues
9. Rockhouse	
10. I Don't Want To Cry
11. Pitiful
12. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
13. How It Lies
14. Goin' Home Baby	
15. So Long
16. Say It Isn't So
17. If I Could Be With You	
18. Goodnight Wherever You Are
19. That's A Pretty Good Love
20. White Christmas
21. Silent Night
22. How It Lies
23. Goin' Home Baby	
24. I Ain't Got Nobody
25. I Understand
26. I Got It Bad
27. Some Of These Days
28. Until The Real Thing Comes Along

Credits:
Big Maybelle (Vocals), Gigi Gryce (Sax (Alto)), Hank Jones (Piano), Jerome Richardson (Sax (Tenor)), 
Bobby Donaldson (Drums), Leonard Gaskin (Bass), Frank Rehak (Trombone), Mickey Baker (Guitar), 
Don Abney (Piano), Robert Banks (Organ), George Barrow (Sax (Baritone), Kenny Burrell (Guitar), 
Ernie Wilkins (Sax (Tenor)), Julius Held (Violin), Buddy Lucas (Sax (Tenor)), 
Warren Luckey (Sax (Tenor)), endell Marshall (Bass), Dave McRae (Sax (Alto)), 
Sahib Shihab (Sax (Alto)), Al Lucas (Bass), Felix Orlewitz (Violin), Kelly Owens (Piano), 
Solomon Hall (Drums), Leslie Johnakins (Sax (Baritone)), 
Seymour Miroff (ViolinEd Sneed (Bass), Paul Winter (Violin).

Two vinyl albums of Maybelle's Savoy recordings on one compact disc makes for a nice 28-track retrospective of her prime work. First up is the album originally issued as Blues, Candy and Big Maybelle, a chunk of session work from 1956-1957, with a three-song date from 1959 to round things up. Her takes on "Rockhouse," "Ramblin' Blues," and the title track are the big tickets here. The second anthology, titled simply Big Maybelle, features her recordings from 1956-1959, with the balance of it leaning toward her later output for the label. A 1957 session with Kenny Burrell on guitar yields interesting stabs at "White Christmas" and "Silent Night," while a 1959 session finds her big voice framed with a string section on a great read of "Until the Real Thing Comes Along." A very underrated singer, Big Maybelle is a total delight and deserves a much wider hearing. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

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Big Maybelle – America’s Queen Mother of Soul – Got a Brand New Bag (1966)

2010-09-14T16:15:27Z

Big Maybelle – America’s Queen Mother of Soul – Got a Brand New Bag (1966)


1. 96 Tears  2:23
2. Mellow Yellow 2:23
3. That's Life 3:02
4. There Must Be A Word 1:58
5. Ellenor Rigby 2:10
6. Love Is A Hurtin' Thing 2:10
7. I Can't Control Myself 2:51
8. Cabaret  1:57
9. Black Is Black  2:42
10. Coming On Strong  1:49
11. Egg Plant That Ate Chicago 2:56
12. Turn The World Around Another Way 2:03

This is a collection of mid '60s hits that some producer almost certainbly forced this blues shouter to sing. It wouldn;t surprise me if she hated it. And it's sure not Maybelle's best. But it's a hell of a lot of fun. She turns "96 Tears" into a soul workout." Same with The Troggs' "I Can't Control Myself." And she pours her guts into the soggy, middlebrow Eddy Arnold hit "Turn the World Around the Other Way."

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Big Maybelle – The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952 -1955 (1994)

2010-09-12T15:23:34Z

Big Maybelle – The Complete Okeh Sessions 1952 -1955 (1994)


01. Just Want Your Love (3:14) 
02. So Good to My Baby (2:34) 
03. Gabbin' Blues (Don't Run My B (2:41) 
04. My Country Man (2:35) 
05. Rain Down Rain (3:05) 
06. Way Back Home (2:45) 
07. Please Stay Away from My Sam (2:34) 
08. Jinny Mule (2:46) 
09. Send for Me (3:11) 
10. Maybelle's Blues (3:10) 
11. I've Got a Feelin' (2:57) 
12. You'll Never Know (3:03) 
13. No More Trouble Out of Me (3:26) 
14. My Big Mistake (2:39) 
15. Ain't No Use (3:00) 
16. I'm Getting 'Long Alright (3:36) 
17. You'll Be Sorry (2:30) 
18. Hair Dressin' Women (3:25) 
19. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (2:52) 
20. Don't Leave Poor Me (2:37) 
21. Ain't to be Played With (2:31) 
22. New Kind of Mambo (2:36) 
23. Ocean of Tears (2:31) 
24. Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On (2:59) 
25. The Other Night (2:07) 
26. Such a Cutie (2:06)

Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer and pianist. Her debut solo recordings, as Mabel Smith, came for King Records in 1947, backed by Oran "Hot Lips" Page, but she had little initial success. However, in 1952 she was signed by Okeh Records, whose record producer Fred Mendelsohn gave her the stage name Big Maybelle. Her first recording for Okeh, "Gabbin' Blues", was a number 3 hit on the Billboard R&B chart, and was followed up by both "Way Back Home" and "My Country Man" in 1953. In 1955 she recorded "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On", produced by Quincy Jones, two years before Jerry Lee Lewis' version. More hits followed throughout the 1950s, mainly for Savoy Records, including "Candy" (1956), one of her biggest sellers.

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