A native of Xenia, Ohio, 17-year-old Una Mae Carlisle was performing in
Cincinnati when Fats Waller heard her in 1932 and decided to give the
young lady a boost into show business. It's not surprising then that she
emulated Waller in style and repertoire. Her first recording date as a
leader occurred in London on May 20th 1938. Una Mae takes "Don't Try
Your Jive on Me" at a faster clip than the famous version by Fats Waller
and His Continental Rhythm. Her piano is solid, the band swings and she
has a pleasantly smooth voice. These qualities blossom during "I Would
Do Anything for You" and especially throughout George Gershwin's "Love
Walked In." Leonard Feather, composer of "My Fightin' Gal" and several
other abject blues numbers based on unsavory topics, collaborated with
Carlisle on "Hangover Blues." Una's hot and humorous handling of "Mean
to Me" is light years away from the original weepy pop hit by Ruth
Etting. Fats Waller had many imitators over the years, and Una Mae was
one of the very best. When she urges the band on with a stream of
friendly comments, even using authentic Waller phrases like "swing it on
out there," the results are usually excellent. When she sinks her teeth
into Waller's "Crazy 'Bout My Baby" she is a healthy off-shoot seeking
out arable turf, ready to put down some original roots of her own.
Legend has it the two of them became entangled in a tempestuous love
affair, during which Una Mae's mother threatened Fats with violent
retaliation after her daughter came home with a blackened eye! This adds
a layer of subtext to Una Mae's duet with Waller, backed by His Rhythm
on November 3 1939. It is one of the best recordings either of them ever
made. Listen to the sultry texture of this woman's velvety voice,
Waller's perfectly timed salty commentary, and his gleeful dismembering
of the lyrics during his own vocal chorus. This was more than enough to
secure steady work for Carlisle as a Bluebird recording artist. A
quartet of Waller's best players supported her on four sides cut in
August of 1940. "Papa's in Bed" is a bit silly but she makes it work.
The gorgeous delicacy of "You Made Me Love You" and "If I Had You" make
these two performances more substantial and timeless than the cute
stuff. "Walkin' by the River" is Carlisle's best composition, and her
little band renders it up delicately, Benny Carter's muted trumpet
mingling nicely with her voice. Shad Collins and Lester Young showed up
on her session of March 10 1941, during which Clyde Hart handled the
piano. "There'll Be Some Changes Made" was made famous by Fats Waller in
1935. For her own rendition Una sings the often-deleted verse. Aside
from being an almost high camp example of hip WWII topicality,
"Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can't Bomb Me)" has a very relaxed solo by Lester
Young. Compare these sides with the many records Pres made in the
company of Billie Holiday. Volume one of the Carlisle chronology
finishes up with four examples of what Carlisle sounded like when backed
by the John Kirby Sextet. "Booglie Wooglie Piggy" with its incidental
chorus of "Oink! Oink!" makes one wish that this Ohio native would have
recorded "Cincinnati Dancing Pig" instead. "Oh I'm Evil" is very catchy
and a bit nasty as Una Mae brandishes a "brand new shotgun" declaring
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Tracklist :
1 Don't Try Your Jive on Me 2:52
Leonard Feather / Edgar Sampson
2 I Would Do Anything for You 2:56
Alexander Hill / Claude Hopkins / Bobby Williams
3 Hangover Blues 2:51
Una Mae Carlisle / Leonard Feather
4 Love Walked In 2:38
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
5 Mean to Me 2:40
Fred E. Ahlert / Roy Turk
6 I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby 2:40
Alex Hill / Fats Waller
7 I Can't Give You Anything but Love 2:57
Dorothy Fields / Jimmy McHugh
8 Now I Lay Me Down to Dream 3:04
Eddie Howard, Jr.
9 Papa's in Bed With His Britches On 2:42
J. Stone
10 If I Had You 3:27
Jimmy Campbell / Reginald Connelly / Ted Shapiro
11 You Made Me Love You 2:54
Joseph McCarthy / James V. Monaco
12 Walkin' by the River 3:04
Una Mae Carlisle / Robert Sour
13 I Met You Then, I Know You Now 2:53
Una Mae Carlisle
14 Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can't Bomb Me) 3:21
Una Mae Carlisle
15 Beautiful Eyes 3:03
Ted Snyder / George A. Whiting
16 There'll Be Some Changes Made 2:45
Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet
17 It's Sad But True 3:31
Martin Block
18 I See a Million People 3:03
Una Mae Carlisle / Robert Sour
19 Oh I'm Evil 2:25
Una Mae Carlisle
20 You Mean So Much to Me 2:51
Una Mae Carlisle
21 The Booglie Wooglie Piggy 2:42
Roy Jacobs
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