Alben von Helen Humes
ALBUMHelen Humes Sings Ballads and BluesHelen Humes
ALBUMMillion Dollar SecretHelen Humes
ALBUMOn The Sunny Side Of The StreetHelen Humes
ALBUMSneakin' Around (Paris 1974) [The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions]Helen Humes
ALBUMLet the Good Times Roll (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions (Paris, France 1973))Helen Humes
ALBUMSwingin' With Humes (Remastered 1991)Helen Humes
ALBUMSongs I Like To Sing!Helen Humes
ALBUM'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do (Remastered 1990)Helen Humes
Künstler-Biographie
From a musical family, Helen Humes learned to play trumpet and piano as a child, and made her first records for the OKeh label in 1927. After relocating to New York, she recorded with Harry James and, in 1938, joined Count Basie’s band, replacing Billie Holiday. In 1941, Humes relocated to the West Coast where she scored a hit in the emerging R&B field with "Be-Baba-Leba." By the '50s, despite another big hit with "Million Dollar Secret," her career was in the doldrums and she retired to care for ailing members of her family. In 1973, she came out of retirement to play with Basie at the Newport Jazz Festival, and Humes returned to full-time singing.
Heimatort
Louisville, KY, United States
Genre
Jazz