Very Best of

Ella Mae Morse | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 11, 1998)
• Original Release Date: August 11, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00000AF8F
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #102,116 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cow Cow Boogie

2. Mr. Five By Five

3. The Thrill Is Gone

4. Get On Board Little Chillun

5. Shoo Shoo Baby

6. No Love, No Nothin'

7. Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet

8. Tess's Torch Song (I Had A Man)

9. Patty Cake Man, The

10. Captain Kidd

11. Rip Van Winkle

12. Buzz Me

13. House Of Blue Lights (With Don Raye), The

14. Pig Foot Pete

15. Get Off It And Go

16. Tennessee Saturday Night

17. Blacksmith Blues, The

18. Oakie Boogie

19. 40 Cups Of Coffee

20. I Love You Yes I Do

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classics from a Classic, May 17, 2002

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Eric Ryan (CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

This Lady could sing! She brings life to these songs and sounds as if she was having a blast while singing them. House of Blue Lights is my favorite! It was a song that Little Richard mentioned in Good Golly Miss Molly even! Classic then and Classic now. She was so underrated and should be a house hold name but I digress. And I am not just saying that cause she was my Grandmother either....even though she was.

I Love and miss you Granny! You still ROCK!

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As a 6th grade boy she was my main boogie-woogie mama, December 9, 2002

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Ned K. Wynn "EKW" (Northern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

I want to let all know this one thing: no one sang boogie woogie better than Ella Mae Morse. White nor black. Period. She was the swingingest singer around back in my schoolboy days, and if she were still alive today (she died in 1999) she would be declared a national treasure. It is a shame that someone so purely talented as this great woman was overlooked in her later years. I was thrilled to see that her grandson gave us a review on this website. If all you ever hear is Freddie Slack's fabulous "Cow Cow Boogie" you will be hooked. I place her in the same firmament with Anita O'Day.

By the way, to date myself, in 1952 I was in the 6th grade and one of the top hits in LA was "Blacksmith Blues" by Ella Mae Morse. This woman was also considered one of the first "rockabilly" stars. She could sing it all from country to rock to boogie and jazz. This is a definite buy.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Boogie On Down and Buy Your Copy!, December 2, 2000

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J Keistler "[e-mail]" (Lake Jackson, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Very Best of (Audio CD)

Ella Mae Morse must indeed be the most black-sounding white woman ever to record. I've read her recollection before of the shock of Sammy Davis, Jr., to discover that she was white! No one else who has tried the "Cow Cow Boogie" or "House of Blue Lights" or "Forty Cups of Coffee" has ever come close to Morse's delivery. This is music with nothing to prove. It's just flat fun to listen to! It'll brighten up anyone's day. I've listened a lot while I clean house!