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Her first hit record was "Double Crossing Blues", with the Johnny Otis Quintette and the Robins (a vocal group), released in 1950 by Savoy Records, which reached number 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. She made several hit records for Savoy with the Johnny Otis Orchestra, including " Mistrusting Blues " (a duet with Mel Walker ) and ...
Su primer disco de éxito fue "Double Crossing Blues", con el Johnny Otis Quintette y los Robins (un grupo vocal), publicado en 1950 por Savoy Records, que alcanzó el número 1 en el Billboard R&B chart.
Otis reduced the size of his band and hired the singers Mel Walker, Little Esther (born Esther Mae Jones and later known as Esther Phillips) and the Robins (who later became the Coasters). He discovered the teenaged Esther Jones when she won a talent show at the Barrelhouse Club.
20 de ene. de 2012 · Otis recalled one incident, when he was traveling with the singer Little Esther, now known as Esther Phillips. Phillips, who was only 13, stopped to use a restroom at a gas station.
8 de ago. de 1984 · The blues singer Esther Phillips, who got her start with Johnny Otis and was acknowledged by the Beatles as a major innovator of rock, died today in U.C.L.A.-Harbor Medical Center in...
Esther Phillips, began her career as an astounding 13-year-old prodigy, singing very adult, saucy blues with the legendary Johnny Otis revue in Los Angeles. Hers was a life filled with both triumphs and tragedy, cut short by the effects of heroin addiction, but less than a year before her death famed critic Leonard Feather hailed her as “the ...
19 de mar. de 1982 · Johnny Otis had begun his career as a swing band drummer, but by 1949 he was an important innovator in the emerging rhythm-and-blues field. In addition to helping run the Barrelhouse and...
