Big Maybelle
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Biography
[Edit]Her mountainous stature matching the sheer soulful power of her massive vocal talent, Big Maybelle was one of the premier R&B chanteuses of the 1950s. Her deep, gravelly voice was as singular as her recorded output for Okeh and Savoy, which ranged from down-in-the-alley blues to pop-slanted ballads. In 1967, she even covered ? & the Mysterians' "96 Tears" (it was her final chart appearance). Alleged drug addiction leveled the mighty belter at the premature age of 47, but Maybelle packed a lot of living into her shortened lifespan.
Born Mabel Louise Smith, the singer strolled off with top honors at a Memphis amateur contest at the precocious age of eight. Gospel music was an important element in Maybelle's intense vocal style, but the church wasn't big enough to hold her talent. In 1936, she hooked up with Memphis bandleader Dave Clark; a few years later, Maybelle toured with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. She debuted on wax with pianist Christine Chatman's combo on Decca in 1944, before signing with Cincinnati's King Records in 1947 for three singles of her own backed by trumpeter Hot Lips Page's band.
Producer Fred Mendelsohn discovered Smith in the Queen City, re-christened her Big Maybelle, and signed her to Columbia's OKeh R&B subsidiary in 1952. Her first Okeh platter, the unusual "Gabbin' Blues" (written by tunesmith Rose Marie McCoy and arranger Leroy Kirkland) swiftly hit, climbing to the upper reaches of the R&B charts. "Way Back Home" and "My Country Man" made it a 1953 hat trick for Maybelle and OKeh. In 1955, she cut a rendition of "Whole Lot of Shakin' Goin' On" a full two years before Louisiana piano pumper Jerry Lee Lewis got his hands and feet on it. Mendelsohn soon brought her over to Herman Lubinsky's Savoy diskery, where her tender rendition of the pop chestnut "Candy" proved another solid R&B hit in 1956. Maybelle rocked harder than ever at Savoy, her "Ring Dang Dilly," "That's a Pretty Good Love," and "Tell Me Who" benefiting from blistering backing by New York's top sessioneers. Her last Savoy date in 1959 reflected the changing trends in R&B; Howard Biggs' stately arrangements encompassed four violins. Director Bert Stern immortalized her vivid blues-belting image in his documentary Jazz on a Summer's Day, filmed in color at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
Maybelle persevered throughout the '60s, recording for Brunswick, Scepter (her "Yesterday's Kisses" found her coping admirably with the uptown soul sound), Chess, Rojac (source of "96 Tears"), and other labels. But the good years were long gone when she slipped into a diabetic coma and passed away in a Cleveland hospital in 1972.
Title: "America's Queen Mother Of Soul" Got A Brand New Bag
Artist: Big Maybelle
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: America's Queen Mother Of Soul (Remastered) (CD2)
Artist: Big Maybelle
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Big Maybelle " Loud, Yet Well-Toned Voice ": Candy (27 Titles: 1952-1958)
Artist: Big Maybelle
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The Complete King, Okeh & Savoy Releases 1947-61 (CD2)
Artist: Big Maybelle
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: America's Queen Mother Of Soul (Remastered) (CD1)
Artist: Big Maybelle
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Best Of Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle
Artist: Big Maybelle
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz
Title: Classic R&B Women: Big Maybelle & Baby Washington
Artist: Baby Washington, Big Maybelle
Genre: Blues
Title: I've Got A Feelin' - Okeh & Savoy Recordings 1952-56
Artist: Big Maybelle
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Gospel
Collections
Title: Girls Gone Rockin': 75 Fabulous Femme Rockers
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: The R&B Years 1955: Vol. 2 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Slow Grind Fever 1 & 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The Rojac Story The Best Of Rojac & Tay-Ster (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The Rojac Story The Best Of Rojac & Tay-Ster (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The R&B Hits Of 1954 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll
Title: Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll
Title: Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll
Title: Sunday Morning Coffee Box-Set (CD1)
Genre: Breakbeat , Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Gospel, Acid Jazz
Title: Living The Nightlife
Genre: Soul
Title: A Soul Awakening From Sacred To Secular (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: 50 Electric Blues Classics
Title: Ladies Sing The Blues 2015
Title: Jump 'N' Jive: The Very Best Of Jump N' Jive (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz
Title: The Very Best Of Jump N' Jive (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Rock & Roll
Title: Please Relase Me - The Soulful Side Of Country
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Country, Pop
Title: 100 Northern Soul Classics (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: Mod Rhythm And Blues
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: Talking On The Telephone Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: The Girls Gone Rocking R&B Queens (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock
Title: The Girls Gone Rocking R&B Queens (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock
Title: Tasty Brown Sugar: The R&B Experience 1939-1954
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz
Title: Tasty Brown Sugar: The R&B Experience (Vol. 2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz
Title: Manhattan Soul 3
Title: '50s R&B Essentials
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Fine, Fine Brown Sugar! (Remastered)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Soho Scandal '62: Early Mod R&B Dancers (Remastered)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: An Anthology Of 20th Century Blues (CD4)
Genre: Blues
Title: Golden Years 1948-1957 · The Hits From A To Z (Vol. 46)
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic R&B Christmas
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Christmas Soul Classics 2023
Genre: Traditional Pop Music
Featuring albums
Title: The Rojac Story: The Best of Rojac & Tay-Ster
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Okeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957: Version 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Stompin' At The Savoy: The Original Indie Label, 1944-1961
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Jazz
Title: Around The World, Vol. 4: It's Mambo Time
Artist: Bart & Baker
Genre: Swing House, Electro, Jazz, World Music, Latin, Pop