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Ella Mae Morse (September 12, 1924 – October 16, 1999) was an American singer of popular music whose 1940s and 1950s recordings mixing jazz, blues, and country styles influenced the development of rock and roll.
Feb 21, 2011 · In 1942, the founders of Capitol Records were in urgent need of a hit. It came from a most unlikely place: a young woman named Ella Mae Morse, whose place in pop-music history has never...
Morse, Ella Mae (1925–1999) American pop-jazz vocalist during the big band era who was noted for her exuberant style. Born on September 12, 1925, in Mansfield, Texas; died in October 1999 of respiratory failure at the Western Arizona Regional Medical Center in Bullhead City, Arizona; daughter of George Morse (a drummer) and Ann Morse (played ...
Oct 18, 1999 · Ella Mae Morse, the sultry, swinging pop-jazz singer whose 1942 hit, ''Cow-Cow Boogie,'' became the first million seller for the fledgling Capitol Records and helped establish the label,...
Dec 5, 2006 · Ella Mae Morse died in Bullhead City, Arizona, on October 16, 1999. Although her career was brief, her influence touched many rhythm-and-blues singers. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Sep 12, 2011 · Ella Mae Morse was one of the most exciting vocalists of the ‘40s and ‘50s, a hard-to-classify, Texas-born white singer whose vocals were deeply influenced by her apprenticeship with a black guitarist who taught her the blues.
Ella Mae Morse. Vocalist who blended many styles during a career that began with Jimmy Dorsey (including the gold "Cow Cow Boogie") and Freddie Slack. Read Full Biography.
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