Ethel Waters- vocals; Joe Smith- cornet; Bunny Berigan, Sterling Bose, Manny Klein, Shirley Clay, Charlie Teagarden- trumpet; Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey- trombone; Jimmy Dorsey- clarinet, alto ...

Last month, we ran a Retro Record piece on Ethel Waters, her artistic accomplishments, and a sapphic relationship she had during the Harlem Renaissance. As anyone who’s listened to music in the past ...

ALBANY – You might not leave Capital Repertory Theatre’s production of “Ethel Waters: His Eye Is On the Sparrow” caring deeply about the title character, but you will leave falling in love with Jannie ...

"Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters" (Harper, $26.99), by Donald Bogle: One of the most celebrated entertainers of mid-20th century America, Ethel Waters was as contradictory as she was ...

The coming days mark birth anniversaries of two surpassing singers of American song—Ethel Waters’s 125th birthday and Mahalia Jackson’s 110th. As Black women, both performers bravely breached multiple ...

Gene Simmons, in an exclusive interview, told Newsweek about his cover of the Ethel Waters song "Stormy Weather" for the Reagan movie and his high regard for the former president. "It seemed to me ...

Waters never could read music and didn't engage a voice instructor until well into her career, but she worked over songs like "Heat Wave" and "Stormy Weather" until they carried her unique signature.