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Capitol. Ella Mae Morse (September 12, 1924 – October 16, 1999) [1] 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. Her 1942 recording of "Cow-Cow Boogie" with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra gave Capitol Records its first gold record.
Ella Mae Morse: The Voice Of Capitol's First Hits. Ella Mae Morse. When Ella Mae Morse was 9 years old and living in Paris, Texas, she went to the grocery store with her mother and heard someone ...
Known as "The Cow-Cow Boogie Girl" in her later years, Ella Mae Morse was born in Mansfield, Texas, on September 12, 1925. Her father George Morse was a drummer from England who became the leader of a small dance band in Texas, and her mother Ann Morse, a native Texan, played ragtime and Dixieland piano in her husband's band. Thus it is not too ...
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Feb 21, 2011 · When Ella Mae Morse was 9 years old and living in Paris, Texas, she went to the grocery store with her mother and heard someone playing guitar out back. She'd grown up with music — her mother ...
Jan 17, 2014 · Her records sold well to both Caucasian and African-American audiences. As she was not well known at the time of her first solo hits, many people assumed she was African-American because of her 'hip' vocal style and choice of material. Ella Mae Morse passed away in Bullhead City Arizona on October 16th, 1999 at 8:58 PM.
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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 really been given its due. Rock historian Ed Ward shares her story.
Oct 18, 1999 · She was 75 and lived in Bullhead City. The cause was respiratory failure, said her press agent, Alan Eichler. A true original, Ms. Morse belted an exuberant mixture of boogie-woogie, blues, jazz ...
