Monday Breakfast Blend – Glory to Black Women Musicians

Mon, Feb 8, 2021

I brought back a playlist I did for another show here for Black History Month – a mixed genre show on Black Women Musicians starting in the 50’s. Influenced in part by LoveCraft Country and how influential Black Women musicians have been on American music.

Show archive

Playlist

    Time: February 8 - 6:00:00 am
  • Ella Fitzgerald: Gold

    Ella Fitzgerald, “Someone to Watch Over Me”

    from Ella Fitzgerald: Gold

    Decca (UMO) - 2003

    • Time: February 8 - 6:04:33 am
  • Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958

    Sarah Vaughan, “Lullaby of Birdland”

    from Divine: The Jazz Albums 1954-1958

    Verve Reissues - 2013

    • Time: February 8 - 6:08:34 am
  • At Newport (Expanded Edition)

    Billie Holiday, “Lady Sings the Blues”

    from At Newport (Expanded Edition)

    Verve Reissues - 1958

    • Time: February 8 - 6:11:36 am
  • The Authorized Sister Rosetta Tharpe Collection

    Sister Rosetta Tharpe, “The Gospel Train”

    from The Authorized Sister Rosetta Tharpe Collection

    FLG / The Estate Of Sister Rosetta Tharpe - 1956

    • Time: February 8 - 6:16:45 am
  • Archive '56-'59

    Lena Horne, “Stormy Weather”

    from Archive '56-'59

    The Digital Gramophone - 2011

    • Time: February 8 - 6:20:34 am
  • Mahalia's Prayer (Live) [The Dave Cash Collection]

    Mahalia Jackson, “Didn't It Rain (Live)”

    from Mahalia's Prayer (Live) [The Dave Cash Collection]

    The Dave Cash Collection - OMP - 2013

    • Time: February 8 - 6:24:10 am
  • Abbey Is Blue

    Abbey Lincoln, “Afro-Blue”

    from Abbey Is Blue

    Concord Records - 1987

    • Time: February 8 - 6:27:27 am
  • Dinah '62 (Remastered)

    Dinah Washington, “Drinking Again”

    from Dinah '62 (Remastered)

    Parlophone UK - 2003

    • Time: February 8 - 6:30:59 am
  • Beautiful Star

    Odetta, “She Moved Through the Fair”

    from Beautiful Star

    Black & Partners LLC - 2014

    • Time: February 8 - 6:34:04 am
  • Anyone Who Had a Heart

    Dionne Warwick, “Anyone Who Had a Heart”

    from Anyone Who Had a Heart

    Rhino - 2004

    • Time: February 8 - 6:37:14 am
  • I Put a Spell On You

    Nina Simone, “I Put a Spell On You”

    from I Put a Spell On You

    Verve - 2013

    • Time: February 8 - 6:39:51 am
  • Dance Party

    Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, “Dancing In the Street”

    from Dance Party

    UNI/MOTOWN - 1965

    • Time: February 8 - 6:42:36 am
  • You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song

    Ella Jenkins, “You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song”

    from You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song

    Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 1989

    • Time: February 8 - 6:47:02 am
  • Aretha In Paris

    Aretha Franklin, “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) [Live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, May 7, 1968]”

    from Aretha In Paris

    Rhino Atlantic - 1968

    • Time: February 8 - 6:50:57 am

  • Big Mama Thornton, “Big Momma Thang”

    from All the Right Ways to Do You Wrong

    Unknown

    • Time: February 8 - 6:54:57 am
  • Nightbirds

    LaBelle, “Nightbird”

    from Nightbirds

    Epic - 1974

    • Time: February 8 - 6:58:07 am
  • They Say I'm Different

    Betty Davis, “They Say I'm Different”

    from They Say I'm Different

    Light In The Attic Records - 2008

    • Time: February 8 - 7:02:22 am
  • Transfiguration

    Alice Coltrane, “Transfiguration”

    from Transfiguration

    Rhino/Warner Records - 2005

    • Time: February 8 - 7:14:04 am
  • And Now... Again

    Sister Sledge, “We Are Family”

    from And Now... Again

    Saifam/Nar - 1992

    • Time: February 8 - 7:18:26 am
  • What's Love Got To Do With It

    Tina Turner, “Proud Mary”

    from What's Love Got To Do With It

    Parlophone UK - 1993

    • Time: February 8 - 7:22:13 am
  • Control

    Janet Jackson, “Control”

    from Control

    A&M - 2015

    • Time: February 8 - 7:28:06 am
  • Push It! (Remixes) - Single

    Salt 'N' Pepa, “Push It! (Extended Mix)”

    from Push It! (Remixes) - Single

    Magic Records - 2016

    • Time: February 8 - 7:32:55 am
  • Tracy Chapman

    Tracy Chapman, “Talkin' Bout a Revolution”

    from Tracy Chapman

    Elektra Records - 1988

    • Time: February 8 - 7:35:37 am
  • All Hail the Queen

    Queen Latifah, “Dance for Me”

    from All Hail the Queen

    Tommy Boy Music - 2004

    • Time: February 8 - 7:39:23 am
  • What's the 411? (Remix)

    Mary J. Blige, “What's The 411?”

    from What's the 411? (Remix)

    UNI/MOTOWN - 1993

    • Time: February 8 - 7:44:15 am
  • It's Not About the Melody

    Betty Carter, “Dip Bag”

    from It's Not About the Melody

    Verve Reissues - 1992