Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Ethel Waters


Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters was born on Halloween in 1896 in Chester, Pennsylvania. Her first Harlem club job was at Edmond’s Cellar in about 1919. Later, she toured with Fletcher Henderson and was sponsored under the Black Swan Record label. By 1925 she was recording with Columbia Records. She was a versatile vocalist and gained popularity for her jazz, big band, gospel, Broadway, and popular music as well as for the Blues. She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1949 for the film “Pinky”. In 1950, she won the New York Drama Critics Award. Before her death, she toured with Billy Graham. She was inducted in the Gospel Music Hall of fame posthumously.

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