Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse
Ella Mae Morse in 1944.
Ella Mae Morse in 1944.
Background information
Born(1924-09-12)September 12, 1924
Mansfield, Texas, U.S.
DiedOctober 16, 1999(1999-10-16) (aged 75)
Bullhead City, Arizona, U.S.
Genres
OccupationSinger
Years active1940s–1990s
LabelsCapitol

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. In 1943, her single "Get On Board, Little Chillun", also with Slack, charted in what would soon become the R&B charts, making her one of the first white singers to do so. Morse stopped recording in 1957 but continued to perform and tour into the 1990s. In 1960, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[2]

  1. ^ "Ella Mae Morse - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "Ella Mae Morse | Hollywood Walk of Fame". October 25, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.