Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her notable recordings include "Dinah", "Stormy Weather", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp), "Heat Wave", "Supper Time", "Am I Blue?", "Birmingham Bertha", "Cabin in the Sky", "I'm Coming Virginia", and her version of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award, the first African American to star on her own television show, and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Sweet Rhythm, Bitter Blues - The Legacy of Ethel Waters - 2025-06-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Brown Baby: Ethel's Early Twenties Recordings - 2024-02-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Am I Blue - 2023-11-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Postwar Period Collection - 2022-09-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Harlem on My Mind! - The Blues of Ethel Waters - 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Golden Selection (Remastered) - 2019-10-04T00:00:00.000000Z

100 Super Best - 2018-06-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Milestones of Legends: Female Blues Singers, Vol. 3 - 2018-03-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Stormy Weather - 2017-01-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Break City - 2015-09-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Sweet Thing - 2015-09-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Work from Nine - 2015-04-23T00:00:00.000000Z

His Eye Is on the Sparrow - 2014-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Am I Blue? (Original Recodings from Her Movies 1928 - 1929) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Cabin in the Sky (Original Recordings 1938 - 1940) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Down Home Blues (Original Recordings 1920 - 1921) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Jeepers Creepers (Original Recordings 1935 - 1936) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Some of These Days (Original Recordings 1929 -1930) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Sweet Georgia Brown (Original Recordings 1923 - 25) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Sweet Man Blues (Original Recordings 1921 - 22) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

When Your Lover Has Gone (Original Recordings 1921 - 22) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

I've Found a New Baby (Original Recordings 1925 -1926) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Moonglow (Original Recordings 1934) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Georgia On My Mind - 2012-08-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Just Got a Letter! - 2011-08-08T00:00:00.000000Z