Nellie Lutcher

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Fine Brown Frame 02:55 Tools
He's a Real Gone Guy 03:02 Tools
Hurry On Down 03:02 Tools
Lake Charles Boogie 02:35 Tools
Come And Get It, Honey 02:50 Tools
I Thought About You 02:45 Tools
He Sends Me 02:56 Tools
Chi-Chi-Chi-Chicago 02:59 Tools
My Mother's Eyes 03:15 Tools
Fine and Mellow 03:13 Tools
That Will Just About Knock Me Out 02:28 Tools
Let Me Love You Tonight 03:09 Tools
A Chicken Ain't Nothing but a Bird 02:08 Tools
Kinda Blue and Low 02:33 Tools
Cool Water 02:39 Tools
Pa's Not Home 02:21 Tools
You Better Watch Yourself, Bub 03:00 Tools
The Lady's in Love with You 02:25 Tools
The Song Is Ended 02:25 Tools
My New Papa's Got to Have Everything 03:02 Tools
Baby, What's Your Alibi 02:29 Tools
That'lI just about knock me out 02:32 Tools
The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else) 02:44 Tools
Alexander's Ragtime Band 02:22 Tools
That Just About Knock Me Out 02:32 Tools
That's a Plenty 02:29 Tools
For You My Love 02:26 Tools
My Man (Mon Homme) 03:09 Tools
The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On) 02:24 Tools
That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out 02:28 Tools
Princess Poo-Poo-Ly Has Plenty Papaya 02:27 Tools
Only You 02:30 Tools
Can I Come in for a Second? 02:44 Tools
The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else 02:43 Tools
Sleepy Lagoon 03:08 Tools
St. Louis Blues 03:00 Tools
That's Plenty 02:43 Tools
Ditto From Me to You 02:55 Tools
My Little Boy 03:09 Tools
There's Another Mule In Your Stall 03:01 Tools
Baby What's Your Alibi 02:28 Tools
Kiss Me Sweet 02:40 Tools
Fine Brown Frame (Digitally Remastered) 03:01 Tools
So Nice To See You Baby 02:40 Tools
The Pig Latin Song 02:45 Tools
Reaching For The Moon 02:40 Tools
For You My Love - 1992 Digital Remaster 02:26 Tools
Come On And Get It, Honey 02:49 Tools
Lutcher's Leap 02:59 Tools
You Made Me Love You 02:33 Tools
I Wish I was In Walla Walla 02:26 Tools
Wish I Was In Walla Walla 03:12 Tools
Imagine You Having Eyes For Me 02:27 Tools
Blue Skies 02:34 Tools
So Nice To See You, Baby 02:26 Tools
Someone To Watch Over Me 02:41 Tools
Can I come in for a second 02:52 Tools
Do You Or Don't You Love Me 02:29 Tools
You Better Watch Yourself Bub 03:00 Tools
It Had To Be You 02:52 Tools
My Mothers Eyes 03:16 Tools
The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On) - Digitally Remastered '95 02:27 Tools
Have You Ever Been Lonely 02:43 Tools
This Can't Be Love 03:00 Tools
Baby, please stop and think about me 02:17 Tools
Mean To Me 02:46 Tools
Three Little Words 02:46 Tools
He's A Real Gone Guy (2000 Digital Remaster) 03:01 Tools
On The Sunny Side Of The Street 02:45 Tools
The Song Is Ended(but the Melody Lingers On) 03:11 Tools
My New Papa's Got to Have Everthing 02:46 Tools
Fine & Mellow 03:11 Tools
Ole Buttermilk Sky 02:02 Tools
Hes a Real Gone Guy 02:59 Tools
Chi-Chi-Ch-Chicago 02:59 Tools
Say A Little Prayer For Me 02:27 Tools
Come On and Get it Honey 03:12 Tools
He’s A Real Gone Guy 03:06 Tools
That's Just About Knock Me Out 02:59 Tools
A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird 02:59 Tools
The Birth Of The Blues 02:17 Tools
Chi Chi Chi Chicago 02:59 Tools
Alexanders Ragtime Band 03:14 Tools
Chest X-Ray Song 02:17 Tools
Pig Latin Song 02:42 Tools
Rose Colored Glasses 02:47 Tools
Little Sally Walker 02:59 Tools
The Nearness Of You 03:12 Tools
(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings 02:47 Tools
It's Been Said 02:59 Tools
The One I Love 02:47 Tools
Pa's Not Home, Ma's Upstairs 02:23 Tools
Nellie LUTCHER - He's A Real Gone Guy 02:23 Tools
Sunny Side Of The Street 02:23 Tools
Humoresque 02:47 Tools
Fine And Mellow Blues 02:45 Tools
I Really Couldn't Love You 02:08 Tools
If I Didn't Love You Like I Do 03:12 Tools
Loveable 02:45 Tools
Fine Brown Frame - Remastered 2000 02:58 Tools
All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings 03:14 Tools
Darktown Strutter's Ball 02:45 Tools
Do You Or Don't You Love Me? 02:45 Tools
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home 02:45 Tools
I Thught About You 02:45 Tools
Humoresque (Opus #7) 00:59 Tools
The St. Louis Blues 02:58 Tools
I Want To Be Near You 02:45 Tools
Fine Brown Frame (Digitally Remastered) 02:45 Tools
Chi-Chi-Chi Chicago 02:48 Tools
That's How It Goes 02:37 Tools
April in Paris 02:59 Tools
He's A Real Gone Guy - Original 02:45 Tools
That'll Just About Knock Me Out (Remastered) 02:58 Tools
Life Is Like That 02:37 Tools
To Be Forgotten 02:44 Tools
Pa's not home - Ma's upstairs 02:26 Tools
Come on & Get It, Honey 02:48 Tools
Breezin' Along With The Breeze 02:58 Tools
Alexander’s Rag Time Band 02:48 Tools
A Maid's Prayer 02:59 Tools
Without a Song 03:03 Tools
I'll Never Get Tired 02:37 Tools
Lovable 03:13 Tools
Please Come Back 02:58 Tools
Pa's Not Home Ma's Upstairs 02:59 Tools
My Mother’s Eyes 02:48 Tools
Heart Of A Clown 02:48 Tools
For You My Love - Remastered 1992 02:48 Tools
The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On) - Remastered 02:48 Tools
Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Guy 02:17 Tools
He Couldn't Care Less 03:01 Tools
Glad Rag Doll 02:56 Tools
Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now 02:26 Tools
For You, My Love 02:56 Tools
Rose Coloured Glasses 02:58 Tools
The Heart Of A Clown 02:56 Tools
Blues In The Night 02:56 Tools
My Man 02:56 Tools
Whee Baby 03:14 Tools
Let Me Love You 03:14 Tools
Lake Charles Boogie [1947] 02:35 Tools
The Dog Fight Song 02:33 Tools
For You My Love (1992 Digital Remaster) 03:02 Tools
Out Of This World 03:13 Tools
Come On And Get It- Honey 02:48 Tools
How Many More 02:28 Tools
Whose Honey Are You? 03:13 Tools
He Send Me 02:56 Tools
Takin' A Chance On Love 02:26 Tools
He's A Real Gone Guy (Bonus Track) 02:26 Tools
Hurry On Down - Original 02:56 Tools
If Your Face Was As Beautiful As Your Soul 02:08 Tools
(I Took a Trip on a Train And) I Thought About You 02:47 Tools
The Song Is Ended (But Melody Lingers On) 02:58 Tools
He's A Real Gone Guy - 1947 02:59 Tools
That’ll Just About Knock Me Out 02:58 Tools
St. Louis Blues (100 bpm) 03:00 Tools
He's A Real Gone Guy - 2000 Digital Remaster 02:59 Tools
What A Diff'rence A Day Made 03:02 Tools
I Used To Be Dull 02:35 Tools
You Better Watch Yourself, Bub [12zi] 02:35 Tools
When They Ask About You 02:28 Tools
Fine Brown Frame (1951) 02:28 Tools
He Sends Me [1947] 02:56 Tools
There's A Reason 02:59 Tools
Rag Mop 02:52 Tools
Birth Of The Blues 02:59 Tools
Alexander's Rag Time Band 02:59 Tools
If You Wanna Get T'Goin' 02:59 Tools
Fine Brown Frame / Nellie Lutcher 02:59 Tools
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Nellie Lutcher (October 15, 1912 – June 8, 2007) was an African-American rhythm & blues and jazz singer and pianist, who gained prominence in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She was most recognizable for her diction and exaggerated pronunciation, and was credited as an influence by Nina Simone among others. She was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, the eldest daughter of the 15 children of Isaac and Suzie Lutcher. Her father was a bass player, and her mother a church organist. She received piano lessons, and her father formed a family band with Nellie playing piano. At age 12, she played with Ma Rainey, when Rainey's regular pianist fell ill and had to be left behind in the previous town. Searching for a temporary replacement in Lake Charles, one of the neighbors told her there was a little girl who played in church who might be able to do it. Aged 14, Lutcher joined her father in Clarence Hart's Imperial Jazz Band, and in her mid-teens also briefly married the band's trumpet player. In 1933, she joined the Southern Rhythm Boys, writing their arrangements and touring widely. In 1935, she moved to Los Angeles, where she married Leonel Lewis and had a son. She began to play swing piano, and also to sing, in small combos throughout the area, and began developing her own style, influenced by Earl Hines, Duke Ellington and her friend Nat "King" Cole. She was not widely known until 1947 when she learned of the March of Dimes talent show at Hollywood High School, and performed. The show was broadcast on the radio and her performance caught the ear of Dave Dexter, a scout for Capitol Records. She was signed by Capitol and made several records, including "The One I Love Belongs To Someone Else" and her first hit single, the risqué "Hurry On Down", which went to # 2 on the rhythm and blues chart. This was followed by her equally successful composition "He's A Real Gone Guy", which also made # 2 on the R&B chart and crossed over to the pop charts where it reached # 15. In 1948 she had a string of further R&B chart hits, the most successful being "Fine Brown Frame", her third # 2 R&B hit. Her songs charted on the pop, jazz, and R&B charts, she toured widely and became widely known. She wrote many of her own songs and, unlike many other African-American artists of the period, retained the valuable publishing rights to them. In 1950, Lutcher duetted with Nat "King" Cole on "For You My Love" and "Can I Come in for a Second". The same year, her records began to be released in the UK and were actively promoted by radio DJ Jack Jackson. She headlined a UK variety tour, compered by Jackson, with great success, later returning there to tour on her own. With an orchestra for the first time, Lutcher recorded "The Birth of the Blues" and "I Want to Be Near You" in 1951, but she was losing her appeal with the record-buying public and Capitol dropped her the following year. She went on to record, much less successfully, for other labels including Okeh, Decca and Liberty, and gradually wound down her performance schedule. By 1957, she had joined the board of the Los Angeles Musicians Union, but continued to perform occasionally until the 1990s under the management of Alan Eichler, with many successful engagements including the Cookery and Michael's Pub in New York, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Cinegrill in Los Angeles and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. She also starred in her own TV special "Nellie" on PBS and recorded a one-hour concert with Marian McPartland for the NPR series Piano Jazz. She invested successfully in property and managed her own apartment building in the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles. She was the sister of saxophonist Joe "Woodman" Lutcher and aunt of Latin jazz percussionist Daryl "Munyungo" Jackson and singer Jacqueline Levy. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.