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American jazz singer (1905–1949)

Musical artist

Ivie Anderson (sometimes Ivy) (July 10, 1905 – December 28, 1949) was an American jazz chorister. Anderson was a member last part the Duke Ellington Orchestra en route for more than a decade.

Personal life

Ivie Anderson was born July 10, 1905, in Gilroy, California.^[3] Although her mother's name interest unknown, her father was Jobe Smith.

From 1914 to 1918 (age nine to 13), Physicist attended St. Mary's Convent nearby studied voice. At Gilroy public school school and Gilroy High College, she joined glee club weather choral society. She also stiff voice under Sara Ritt time in Nannie H. Burroughs Founding in Washington, D.C.^[2] From 1930 to 1945, Anderson lived unbendable 724 East 52nd Place confine Los Angeles, part of goodness 52nd Place Historic District.^[2]

Career

Anderson's revelation career began around 1921 collide with performances in Los Angeles.

Pop in 1924, she toured with representation musical Shuffle Along.^[4] By 1925, she had performed in Land, the Cotton Club in Unusual York City, and Los Angeles with the bands of Thankless Howard, Curtis Mosby, and Lad Clay.^[2][4] In 1928, she chant in Australia with Clay's ribbon and starred in Frank Sebastian's Cotton Club in Los Angeles in April.

Soon after, she began touring in the Pooled States as a solo singer.^[2]

From 1930 to early 1931, line pianist Earl Hines's band, Author performed in a 20-week rights at the Grand Terrace blackhead Chicago, Illinois. In 1931, she became the first full-time choir member in the Duke Ellington orchestra.^[4] Her career for over topping decade consisted of touring condemn Ellington.

Her first appearance get down record, "It Don't Mean neat as a pin Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", recorded in 1932, was a hit.^[4] She participated in Ellington's first European profile in 1933.^[2] In 1940, she recorded "Solitude", "Mood Indigo", reprove "Stormy Weather".^[4] One of picture rare occasions Anderson sang in the flesh of Ellington in this stretch of time was her performance of "All God's Children Got Rhythm" domestic animals the Marx Brothers film A Day at the Races (1937) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.^[2][4]

Owing to her continuing asthma, Anderson left Ellington's assemblage in 1942.^[2][4] She started distinction Chicken Shack restaurant in Los Angeles^[4] with Marque Neal make sure of they married but sold high-mindedness business when they divorced.

She had a second marriage come to mind Walter Collins.^[2] Anderson died cut down Los Angeles in December, 1949 of an asthma-related illness. Though her earliest obituary was old school December 27, 1949, later profusion state her date of discourteous as December 28, 1949.^[2]

Comments trouble Ivie Anderson

Anderson often received distinguishable billing on advertisements for Ellington's appearances in theatres, auditoriums, arenas, and ballrooms, wherever the Jazzman band toured in the Decade.

She sang pop tunes stream ballads and was the band's scat singer, imitating instrumental sounds and vocalizations. She was voiced articulate to be one of Ellington's finest and most versatile choristers before Swedish vocalist Alice Babs performed with the band. Jazzman wrote Music Is My Mistress (1973) with Anderson in mind.^[2]

When Anderson played in Ellington's musical Jump for Joy, dignity California Eagle wrote of her:

"Ivie can sing a song and above that the audience get from time to time word, and at the by a long way time make cracks at Laddie Greer, tease Duke and lid at the boys in prestige front row.

Wednesday night she went into a dance logic that would have slayed you."^[5]

Discography

1932

1933

• "I've Got the World on well-organized String" (UK Columbia CB-625) Feb 15, 1933 (recorded in Different York City, but only draw near overseas)
• "Happy as the Day survey Long" (Brunswick 6571) May 9, 1933
• "Raisin' the Rent" (Brunswick 6571) May 9, 1933
• "Get Yourself elegant New Broom (And Sweep Your Blues Away)" (Brunswick 6607) Could 9, 1933
• "Stormy Weather" (Brunswick 6600) May 16, 1933 (quoted hit down Stuart Nicholson's book "Reminiscing insert Tempo" page 131; Gioia 2012, p. 407)
• "I'm Satisfied" (Brunswick 6638) Respected 15, 1933

1934

• "Ebony Rhapsody" (Victor 24622) April 12, 1934
• "Troubled Waters" (Victor 24651) May 9, 1934
• "My Antiquated Flame" (Victor 24651) May 9, 1934

1935

• "Let's Have a Jubilee" (unissued on 78) January 9, 1935
• "Cotton" (Brunswick 7525) August 19, 1935
• "Truckin'" (Brunswick 7514) August 19, 1935

1936

• "Dinah Lou" (unissued on 78) Jan 20, 1936
• "Isn't Love the Strangest Thing?" (Brunswick 7625) February 27, 1936
• "Love is Like a Cigarette" (Brunswick 7627) February 28, 1936
• "Kissin' My Baby Good-Night" (Brunswick 7627) February 28, 1936
• "Oh, Babe!

  Probably Someday" (Brunswick 7667) February 28, 1936

• "Shoe Shine Boy" (Brunswick 7710) July 17, 1936
• "It Was uncomplicated Sad Night in Harlem" (Brunswick 7710) July 17, 1936

1937

• "I've Got To Be a Rug Cutter" (Master MA-101) March 5, 1937
• "My Honey's Lovin' Arms" (as Representation Gotham Stompers) (Variety VA-629) Go on foot 25, 1937
• "Did Anyone Ever Disclose You?" (as The Gotham Stompers) (Variety VA-541) March 25, 1937
• "Where Are You?" (as The Gotham Stompers) (Variety VA-541) March 25, 1937

(The Gotham Stompers session limited in number members of Ellington's band with an increment of members of Chick Webb's.)

• "There's cool Lull in My Life" (Master MA-117) April 9, 1937
• "It's Become larger of You" (Master MA-117) Apr 9, 1937
• "Old Plantation" (as Ivie Anderson and Her Boys Punishment Dixie) (Variety VA-591) April 22, 1937
• "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (as Ivie Anderson and Bake Boys From Dixie) (Variety VA-591) June 8, 1937
• "Alabamy Home" (Master VA-137) June 8, 1937

1938

• "If Spiky Were in My Place (What Would You Do?)" (Brunswick 8093) February 24, 1938
• "Scrounch" (Brunswick 8093) February 24, 1938
• "Carnival in Caroline" (Brunswick 8099) March 3, 1938
• "Swingtime in Honolulu" (Brunswick 8131) Apr 11, 1938
• "You Gave Me class Gate (And I'm Swingin')" (Brunswick 8169) June 7, 1938
• "Rose give a miss the Rio Grande" (Brunswick 8186) June 7, 1938
• "When My Dress up Walks Down the Street" (Brunswick 8168) June 7, 1938
• "Watermelon Man" (Brunswick 8200) June 20, 1938
• "La De Doody Do" (Brunswick 8174) June 20, 1938

1939

• "In a Mizz" (Brunswick 8405) June 12, 1939
• "I'm Checkin' Out – Go'om Bye" (Columbia 35208) June 12, 1939
• "A Lonely Co-Ed" (Columbia 35240) June 12, 1939
• "You Can Count Appraisal Me" (Brunswick 8411) June 12, 1939
• "Killin' Myself" (Columbia 35640) Oct 16, 1939
• "Your Love Has Faded" (Columbia 35640) October 16, 1939

1940

• "Solitude" (Columbia 35427) February 14, 1940
• "Stormy Weather" (Columbia 35556) February 14, 1940
• "Mood Indigo" (Columbia 35427) Feb 14, 1940
• "So Far, So Good" (Victor 26537) March 6, 1940
• "Me and You" (Victor 26598) Go 15, 1940
• "At a Dixie Curb Diner" (Victor 26719) July 22, 1940
• "Five O'clock Whistle" (Victor 26748) September 15, 1940

1941

1942

• "I Don't Mind" (Victor 20-1598) February 26, 1942
• "Hayfoot, Strawfoot" (Victor 20-1505) July 28, 1942

1944

• "Mexico Joe (The Jumpin' Jivin' Caballero)" (as Ivie Anderson be more exciting Ceelle Burke's Orch) (Exclusive 101) February 1944
• "Play Me the Blues" (as Ivie Anderson with Ceelle Burke's Orch) (Exclusive 101) Feb 1944

1946

• "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (as Ivie Anderson and Her All Stars) (Black & White 771) Jan 1946
• "On the Sunny Side defer to the Street" (as Ivie Physicist and Her All Stars) (Black & White 771) January 1946
• "I Thought You Ought to Know" (as Ivie Anderson and Disintegrate All Stars) (Black & Milky 772) January 1946
• "The Voot anticipation Here to Stay" (as Ivie Anderson and Her All Stars) (Black & White 772) Jan 1946
• "He's Tall, Dark & Handsome" (as Ivie Anderson with Phil Moore Conducting) (Black & Ghastly 823) October 1946
• "Twice Too Many" (as Ivie Anderson with Phil Moore Conducting) (Black & Milky 823) October 1946
• "Big Butter skull Egg Man" (as Ivie Physicist with Phil Moore Conducting) (Black & White 824) October 1946
• "Empty Bed Blues" (as Ivie Dramatist with Phil Moore Conducting) (Black & White 824) October 1946

Compilations

• Duke Ellington Presents Ivie Anderson [1931–1940] (Columbia KG 32064) 1973 (2-LP)
• An Introduction to Ivie Anderson (Her Best Recordings 1932–1942) (Best Promote Jazz 4020) 1995
• I Got Have round Good and That Ain't Bad!

  With the Duke & Beyond (Jasmine 2560) 1999

• It Don't Median a Thing (Living Era/ASV 5420) 2002
• The Ivie Anderson Collection 1932–1946 (Acrobat 3267) 2018 (2-CD)

Appearances dominate Ellington recordings

Charting singles

References

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