Dynamite Texas Diva

Ella Mae Morse (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 21, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B00006RYIP
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #85,852 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cow Cow Boogie

2. Mr. Five By Five

3. Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet

4. Poor Relation Blues

5. Thank Your Lucky Star

6. Blues In The Night

7. G.I. Jive

8. Cow Cow Boogie

9. Tess' Torch Song

10. I'll Get By

11. Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet

12. Invitation To The Blues

13. Tess's Torch Song

14. Captain Kidd

15. Buzz Me

16. Rip Van Winkle

17. Exactly Like You/Embraceable You

18. Robin Hood

19. Jam Session On The Red River Valley

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fab, fun WWII vintage pop vocals, May 2, 2003

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This review is from: Dynamite Texas Diva (Audio CD)

Ella Mae Morse was best known for her bluesy hit version of "Cow Cow Boogie," recorded with bandleader Freddie Slack in the early 1940s. This disc is a great set of live performances, recorded for the Armed Forces Radio Service between 1942-45, when Morse's star shone the brightest. This disc features her with a variety of musical collaborators, starting with Slack's band, and working through a variety of AFRS-sponsored orchestras. It's all top-notch stuff, Ella Mae's irrespressible spunkiness melding with the optimistic cheerfulness of the American show-biz community. The onstage/in studio banter is consistently entertaining: this is one of the best airshot collections of its kind that I've ever heard. In fact, I'd hazard to say that this disc actually more fun to listen to than the standard collections of her studio work. Recommended!