Million Dollar Secret

Valerie Wellington | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rooster Blues
• ASIN: B000000DOH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,897 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Down In The Dumps

2. Million Dollar Secret

3. Independent Blues

4. Cold, Cold Feeling

5. Smokestack Lightning

6. Dirty No-Gooder's Blues

7. My Baby Treats Me Like A Stepchild

8. You Can't Have My Monkey

9. Bad Avenue

10. Love Don't Love Nobody

11. Wild About You

12. Voodoo Blues

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful blues from a lady who left us too early., March 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Million Dollar Secret (Audio CD)

Valerie Wellington was one of the most powerful performers I have ever seen in person. Million Dollar Secret captures a great deal of her power. Wellington was a blend that ranged from Bessie Smith to Koko Taylor. Unfortunately we lost this dynamic performer when she died in 1991 at the young age of 31. Anyone who truly loves the power of the blues should add this to their collection as a memoir of a great blues artist. Who knows how much greater she could have become.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe this is her only solo album!, May 3, 1998

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This review is from: Million Dollar Secret (Audio CD)

Valerie Wellington is up there with established "belt it out blues" women such as Koko Taylor and Etta James. Anyone will appreciate her raw (raw and gritty!) talent, but this is a must have for serious blues fans. This is a hard rocking album, and every track thoroughly enjoyable.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There WAS another album, but...., January 12, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Million Dollar Secret (Audio CD)

Actually, there WAS another Wellington release titled "Life in the Big City" that was recorded around the time of her death.
It was on the DIW label. I would stick with Million Dollar $ecret, though. A much better collection. Fantastic vocals.