Cryin The Blues: Deep Sea Divas / Various Cryin The Blues: Deep Sea Divas / Various CD

In the stampede to set up new independent record companies after the Second World War to exploit the emerging black music market, soon to be rechristened Rhythm & Blues, it's interesting that female blues singers suffered badly. While Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf or John Lee hooker, say, could all enjoy a boom in popularity and record sales there were no such rewards for most of the women. This unique & exciting collection from Jasmine highlights some of the best, mostly obscure, and now forgotten female talent from the period. It will delight R&B lovers and more traditional blues fans alike, whilst uncovering a largely unexplored area of our music and introducing previously unknown artists like Sandra Grimes, Rose Johnson, Gloria Shannon and Rose Nelson among others

1. Helen Humes (And All Stars) - Be Ba Ba Le Ba Boogie 2. Numa Lee Davis - Around the Clock (Part 1) 3. Numa Lee Davis - Around the Clock (Part 2) 4. Sheba Griffin - Mean and Evil Baby 5. Sheba Griffin - Cherry 6. Rose Nelson - Take Me Back Daddy 7. Rose Nelson - Lonely Girl 8. Olive Brown - Just a Drag 9. Gloria Shannon - Station Blues 10. Gloria Shannon - Good News Blues 11. Baby Rosetta - Candy Store Blues 12. Madonna Martin - I Ain't the Same Old Fool 13. Pearl Traylor - the Pawnshop Man (Three Ball Sam 14. Lavoyde Nixon - Brewster Street Blues 15. Laura Rucker - Cryin' the Blues 16. Geneva Vallier - Bow Legged Boogie 17. Geneva Vallier - Daybreak Blues 18. Sandra Grimes - You Didn't Give Me a Chance 19. Rose Johnson - Home Work Blues 20. Tiny Brown - Merry Go Round Blues 21. Peggy Saunders - Things Done in the Dark 22. Clara Sheridan - Another Baby Boy 23. Clara Sheridan - My Heart Gets So Heavy 24. Sister Rock-A-Way - Young Women's Advice 25. Effie Smith - Rack 'Em Back