Lee,Julia King Size Papa: The Julia Lee Collection 1927-52 CD

Julia Lee - King Size Papa: The Julia Lee Collection 1927-52 / it is a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for her very personal brand of R&B. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1902, pianist and singer Julia Lee grew up singing and playing in the musical hotbed of that city's jazz scene in the '20s and '30s, developing a style that featured "the songs my mother taught me not to sing" - risqu? material with unsubtle double entendres - and in 1944 signed to the fledgling, but already successful Capitol label. This great-value 72-track 3-CD collection comprises early recordings with the orchestra of her brother George Lee and then with Jay McShann, followed by most of her A & B sides with Her Boy Friends on Premier/Mercury and Capitol from this era. It features all her career hits, including her R&B No. 1s "Snatch It And Grab It" and "King Size Papa", and her Top 10 hits "Gotta Gimme Watcha Got", I'll Get Long Somehow", "Tell Me Daddy", "That's What I Like", "You Ain't Git It No More" and "I Didn't Like It The First Time". She was a highly distinctive performer, and hugely entertaining, and this collection, as well as being a substantial and reasonably comprehensive overview of the primary era of her recording career, is a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for her very personal brand of R&B.

1. Own Home Syncopated Blues 2. The Merritt Stomp 3. Ruff Scufflin' 4. St James Infirmary 5. If I Could Be with You 6. Paseo Strut 7. He's Tall, Dark and Handsome 8. Won't You Come Over to My House? 9. Come on Over to My House 10. Trouble in Mind 11. If It's Good 12. Show Me Missouri Blues 13. Lotus Blossom 14. Dream Lucky Blues 15. Gotta Gimme What'cha Got 16. Lies 17. Julia's Blues 18. When a Woman Loves a Man 19. Oh Marie 20. On My Way Out 21. I'll Get Along Somehow 22. Young Girl's Blues 23. Since I've Been with You 24. A Porter's Love Song 25. (Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It 26. I Was Wrong 27. My Sin 28. Doubtful Blues 29. King Size Papa 30. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You) 31. That's What I Like 32. Crazy World 33. Wise Guys (You're a Wise Guy) 34. All I Ever Do Is Worry 35. Tell Me, Daddy 36. (It Will Have to Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along 37. Charmaine 38. Christmas Spirits 39. Cold Hearted Daddy 40. Living on the Back Street for You 41. I Didn't Like It the First Time (The Spinach Song) 42. Sit Down and Drink It Over 43. The Glory of Love 44. Take It or Leave It 45. Tonight's the Night 46. After Hours Waltz 47. Oh, Chuck It (In a Bucket) 48. You Ain't Got It No More 49. Draggin' My Heart Around 50. Blues for Someone 51. Don't Save It Too Long 52. Ain't It a Crime? 53. Decent Woman Blues 54. Do You Want It 55. There Goes My Heart 56. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 57. My Man Stands Out 58. Don't Come Too Soon 59. Pagan Love Song 60. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles 61. Bleeding Heart Blues 62. It Won't Be Long 63. Pipe Dreams (Up on Cloud Nine) 64. Ugly Papa 65. I Know It's Wrong 66. Mama Don't Allow It 67. Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me) 68. Scream in the Night 69. If You Hadn't Gone Away (I Wouldn't Be Where I Am) 70. Out in the Cold Again 71. Goin' to Chicago Blues 72. Last Call for Alcohol