Ethel Waters, “Jazzin’ Babies Blues,” Black Swan Records 14117-A (1922?)
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Visit the Black Sound and the Archive Exhibition @YaleMusicLib to hear the full version of this recording. Free and open to the public through July 31, 2018.
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Black Swan’s biggest
Oftentimes, it takes us buckets of tears, sweat and (literally) blood before we achieve what we want in life. But so long as it means waking up the next day to a morning as majestic and picturesque as this, I would not mind fighting till I shed the last b