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18 de nov. de 2012 · Esther Phillips (December 23, 1935 – August 7, 1984) was an American singer. Phillips was known for her R&B vocals, but she was a versatile singer, also performing pop, country, jazz, blues and soul music. Born Esther Mae Jones in Galveston, Texas, when she was an adolescent, her parents divorced, and she was forced to divide her time between her father in Houston and her mother in the Watts ...
Esther Phillips. Esther Mae Jones (* 23.Dezember 1935 in Galveston, Texas; † 7. August 1984 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien), die als Little Esther und Esther Phillips auftrat, war eine US-amerikanische Sängerin, die neben dem Blues auch Jazz, Country, Soul und Disco sang. Sie wurde oft mit Nina Simone verglichen, wohingegen sie Dinah Washington als ihr Vorbild angab.
Esther Phillips was an American singer, best known for her R&B vocals. She rose to prominence in 1950, scoring several major R&B hits including "Double Crossing Blues" and "Mistrustin' Blues" under the moniker "Little Esther". In the 1960s, she achieved chart success with the country song "Release Me" and recorded in the pop, jazz, blues and soul genres.
Initially a singer with Johnny Otis's 1950s R&B revue, Esther Phillips lent tremendous conviction to her performances of the soul-meets-country songs that flourished briefly in the early '60s, but, with her Dinah Washington-influenced vocals, she was also convincing in nearly every other pop style, from blues to '70s disco.
Born in Barbados, where she still resides, Esther Phillips graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Miami in 1999, winning the Alfred Boas Poetry Prize of the Academy of American Poets for her poetry thesis. In February 2018, she was appointred the first Poet Laureate of Barbados. Her first publication was a chapbook, La ...
4 de mar. de 1997 · The Best of Esther Phillips (1962-1970) by Esther Phillips released in 1997. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
