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Top 95 Classics - The Very Best of Geo...

171.4K streams

171,424

Georgia White Vol. 2 1936-1937

133K streams

132,993

Real Friendly

123K streams

123,020

Georgia White Vol. 3 1937-1939

75.9K streams

75,903

Georgia White Vol. 4 1939-1941

61K streams

60,990

New Dupree Blues

28K streams

28,005

Georgia White Vol. 1 (1930 - 1936)

22.5K streams

22,528

New Dupree Blues

Biography

Barrelhouse blues vocalist Georgia White recorded mildly risqué blues songs from the mid-30s through the early '40s including "I'll Keep Sitting on It," "Take Me for a Buggy Ride," "Mama Knows What Papa Wants When Papa's Feeling Blue," and "Hot Nuts." She reportedly moved to Chicago in the 1920s and began working as a singer in the nightclubs during the late '20s. Georgia White first recorded in May 1930 for the Vocalion label with Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra when she sang just one song, "When You're Smiling, the Whole World Smiles With You." White didn't return to the studios until 1935, but recorded regularly from then on through the early '40s for the Decca label. In 1935, she also recorded a couple of songs, including "Your Worries Ain't Like Mine," under the alias Georgia Lawson. From her first sessions until the late '30s, White was accompanied by pianist Richard Jones. The late '30s found White accompanied by blues guitarist Lonnie Johnson. In the late '40s, Georgia White formed an all-women band. She also worked with Big Bill Broonzy from 1949-50, and returned to singing in the clubs during the 1950s. Georgia White's last known public performance was in 1959, after which she retired from the music business. ~ Joslyn Layne, Rovi