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Mayme Watts | |
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| Also known as | Maymie Watts |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, vocalist |
| Labels | Groove, Glory, MGM, Roulette |
Mayme P. Watts, aka Maymie Watts, was an American songwriter and R&B singer.[1] Watts is best known for co-writing the jazz standard "Alright, Okay, You Win" with Sid Wyche.[citation needed] Watts also co-wrote (with Robert Mosely) the charting songs "Give Me Your Love" and Midnight Flyer" by Nat King Cole, "Since I Made You Cry" by The Rivieras, "Point of No Return" by Adam Wade, and "Ooh! What a Day!", recorded by both Craig Douglas and Sarah Vaughan.[2]
Watts was a vocalist with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra.[3] She also recorded singles as a solo artist as well as in the duo Mayme & Robert.
In March 1958, Watts married Ralph Sawyer in Germany.[3] In August 1959, Watts filed a lawsuit against former Mercury Records executive Brad Shad, for songwriting royalties she believed were owed to her from “Alright, Okay, You Win”.[4] By the mid-1960s she was performing as a vocalist with the Walter Davis Jr. Trio, and married pianist Walter Davis.[5]
- ^ "Songs written by Mayme Watts". Secondhandsongs.com.
- ^ "Mayme Watts • Top Songs as Writer". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ a b Washington Afro-American, March 11, 1958, Page 19
- ^ Jet Magazine, Vol 16, No. 18, August 27, 1959, Page 62
- ^ Jet Magazine, Vol 38, No. 10, June 11, 1970, Page 33