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Dinah Washington: Back to the Blues

In February 1963, “Roulette” label released “Back to the Blues”, the fifteenth Dinah Washington studio album. It was recorded in 1962, and was produced by Henry Glover.

Personnel:

  • Dinah Washington – vocals
  • Billy Butler – guitar
  • Eddie Chamblee – tenor saxophone
  • Illinois Jacquet – tenor saxophone
  • Fred Norman – arranger
  • Howard Nostrand – illustration
  • Moskof-Morrison Inc. – design

Track listing:

  1. The Blues Ain’t Nothin’ but a Woman Cryin’ for Her Man – J. Mayo Williams
  2. Romance in the Dark – Lil Green
  3. You’ve Been a Good Old Wagon – Perry Bradford
  4. Let Me Be the First to Know – Leroy Kirkland, Dinah Washington, P. Woods
  5. How Long, How Long Blues – Leroy Carr
  6. Don’t Come Running Back to Me – Johnson, Dinah Washington, P. Woods
  7. It’s a Mean Old Man’s World – Leroy Kirkland, Dinah Washington
  8. Key to the Highway – Big Bill Broonzy, Charlie Segar
  9. If I Never Get to Heaven – Napp, Dinah Washington
  10. Duck Before You Drown – Napp, Dinah Washington
  11. No Hard Feelings – Jacobs, Al Roberts
  12. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning – Pearl Delaney, Tom Delaney

Ellen Mcllwane: We the People

In January 1973, “Polydor” label released “We the People”, the third Ellen McIlwaine album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Record Plant Studio”, “Carnegie Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Peter Seigel.

Personnel:

  • Ellen McIlwaine – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Don Payne – bass
  • Don Moore – bass
  • Jimmy Madison – drums
  • Jerry Mercer – drums
  • Candido – conga
  • Colin Tilton – saxophone
  • West 44th Street Noise Choir – backing vocals
  • The Persuasions – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ellen McIlwaine except where noted.

  1. Ain’t No Two Ways About It (It’s Love)
  2. All to You
  3. Sliding
  4. Never Tell Your Mother She’s Out of Tune – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
  5. Farther Along – traditional
  6. I Don’t Want to Play
  7. Underground River
  8. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die) – Al Fields, Tom Delaney, Timmie Rogers
  9. Jimmy Jean
  10. We the People

Ellen McIlwaine: We the People

In January 1973, “Polydor” label released “We the People”, the third Ellen McIlwaine album. It was recorded in 1972, at “Record Plant Studios” and “Carnegie Hall” in New York City, and was produced by Peter K. Seigel.

Personnel:

  • Ellen McIlwaine- vocals, guitar, piano
  • Don Payne, Don Moore – bass
  • Jimmy Madison, Jerry Mercer- drums
  • Colin Tilton – saxophone
  • Candido- conga
  • West 44th Street Noise Choir – backing vocals
  • The Persuasions- backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Ellen McIlwaine except where noted.

  1. Ain’t No Two Ways About It (It’s Love)
  2. All to You
  3. Sliding
  4. Never Tell Your Mother She’s Out of Tune – Jack Bruce, Pete Brown
  5. Farther Along – traditional
  6. I Don’t Want to Play
  7. Underground River
  8. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die) – Al Fields, Tom Delaney, Timmie Rogers
  9. Jimmy Jean
  10. We the People