A Cultural History Of Groove
from 1955 into the '80s
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Baby Washington, Take 2
Yesterday I was speaking about Baby Washington's LP »With You In Mind« (Veep # 16528) from 1968. And I already said that on the back cover of this album there are several photos showing the singer in a park setting. Now, I didn't want to hold back these photos. They come here with two more songs from Baby Washington's LP: The first is her cover of Etta James's hit »At Last« which highlights Baby Justine's beautiful voice. The second song, »I'm Calling You Baby«, is uptempo and clearly made à la mode. It's not particularly original as a tune, but the funkiest you will find on the LP. Both songs were never released as a single.
Baby Washington: »At Last« from the Veep-LP »With You In Mind« (1968):
Baby Washington: »I'm Calling You Baby« from the Veep-LP »With You In Mind« (1968):
Thank you for this, I loved Baby Washington for many years (thanks to Dusty Springfield who often named her as her favorite singer,so I was intrigued, just to find Springfield could never in a million years sound like this) and even got myself her compilation with "The Hearts" but never knew she have recorded "At Last" - what a beautiful,beautiful jazzy version and who knew she could switch to big band/nightclub sound so easily?
I am interested in the music, not in the relative rarity of discs. I also listen with great pleasure to Aretha Franklin, because she has the voice of the century. Music is no Faith and therefore has no heretics.
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Thank you for this, I loved Baby Washington for many years (thanks to Dusty Springfield who often named her as her favorite singer,so I was intrigued, just to find Springfield could never in a million years sound like this) and even got myself her compilation with "The Hearts" but never knew she have recorded "At Last" - what a beautiful,beautiful jazzy version and who knew she could switch to big band/nightclub sound so easily?
ReplyDeleteThanks! And switch she did ... though not often as far as I know ... didn't leave a mark in her career but still ...
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