Merline Johnson as the Yas Yas Girl - Bad Whiskey Blues This song is from Merline Johnson's only post-World War II session, March 14, 1947, when she recorded four songs for Okeh in Chicago - none of which was issued at the time. It was issued on the CD "Booze & The Blues" in the Columbia Roots 'n' Blues series. I drink so much whiskey, I stagger home in my sleep I drink so much whiskey, I stagger home in my sleep Well soon every morning, I'm staggerin' up and down the street If I can't get no whiskey, give me some gin or good wine The way I keep on worryin', I stay drunk all the time I drink so much whiskey, I stagger home in my sleep Well soon every morning, I'm staggerin' up and down the street When I ain't got no liquor, look where everything goes all wrong That's why I get evil, me and the devil can't get along I drink so much whiskey, I stagger home in my sleep Well soon every morning, I'm staggerin' up and down the street It was old bad whiskey, made me lose my best boyfriend But I can't help it, I would drink until the end I drink so much whiskey, I stagger home in my sleep Well soon every morning, I'm staggerin' up and down the street reocities.com. + Informações

The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson) - Sold It To The Devil I sold my soul, sold it to the Devil, and my heart has turned to stone I sold my soul, sold it to the Devil, and he won't let me alone I'm hateful and I'm evil, I carries a Gatling gun I drink carbolic acid, be darned if I will run But I sold it, I have sold it Sold it to the Devil, and my heart has turned to stone. I sold my soul, sold it to the Devil, and he won't let me alone I live down in the valley, five hundred steps Where the bears, lions, and tigers, they come to take their rest But I have sold it, I have sold it Sold it to the Devil, and my heart has turned to stone. I sold my soul, sold it to the Devil, and he won't let me alone I've got a little baker shop right downtown And everything I bake, I bakes it nice and brown But I sold it, I have sold it Sold it to the Devil, and my heart has turned to stone. [spoken] Yes, I done sold my soul! I sold it to the Devil, too! I sold my soul, sold it to the Devil, and he won't let me alone My life it is unhappy, it won't last me long And everything I do, seems like I do's it wrong But I have sold it, I have sold it Sold it to the Devil, and my heart has turned to stone. I sold my soul, sold it to the Devil, and he won't let me alone I went to a place I knew so well I shot the Devil right down in Hell But I have sold it, I have sold it Sold it to the Devil, and my heart has turned to stone Oh, yeah, heart has turned to stone.. + Informações

Merline Johnson (born c. 1912) was an African American blues singer in the 1930s and 1940s, billed as The Yas Yas Girl. Little is known of her life, but she is thought to have been born in Mississippi. She was the aunt of rhythm and blues singer LaVern Baker. She first recorded in Chicago in 1937, on songs including "Sold It To The Devil". Over the next four years she recorded over 90 songs including "Don't You Make Me High", "I'd Rather Be Drunk", and "Love with a Feeling"...Wikipedia. + Informações

The Yas Yas Girl - Merline Johnson vcl, acc. Blind John Davis pno, Lonnie Johnson gtr, unknonwn sb. Recorded in Chicago 15 December 1937.. + Informações

The Yas Yas Girl - Merline Johnson vcl, acc. Blind John Davis pno, Lonnie Johnson gtr, unknonwn sb. Recorded in Chicago 15 December 1937.. + Informações

Merline Johnson aka The Yas Yas Girl. Pre-war late 1930s Chicago blues singer. Recorded for Vocalion, Okeh, & Conqueror labels. Not much personal history available for her, but she recorded a lot!. + Informações

Blind John Davis (December 7, 1913 ? October 12, 1985) was an African American, blues, jazz and boogie-woogie pianist and singer. He is best remembered for his recordings including "A Little Every Day" and "Everybody's Boogie". Davis was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, but he relocated with his family to Chicago at the age of two. Seven years later he had lost his sight. In his early years Davis backed Merline Johnson, and by his mid-twenties he was a well known and reliable accompanying pianist. Between 1937 and 1942 Davis recorded with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson, Tampa Red, Merline Johnson, and others, playing on many recordings of that time. He also waxed several efforts of his own, using his own lightweight voice. After playing on various earlier recording sessions with him, in the 1940s Davis teamed up with Lonnie Johnson. Recording later on his own, "No Mail Today" (1949) became a minor hit for Davis. Most of Doctor Clayton's later recordings featured Davis on piano. He toured Europe with Broonzy in 1952, the first blues pianist to do so. In later years Davis toured and recorded frequently in Europe, where he enjoyed a higher profile than in his homeland. Davis died in his adopted home town of Chicago, at the age of 71, in October 1985. en.wikipedia.org. + Informações

Merline Johnson (The Yas Yas Girl) born 1912. Not much information about her is available. She recorded in Chicago late 1930s - early 1940s.. + Informações

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Georgia White (March 9, 1903 -- c.1980) was an African American blues singer, most prolific in the 1930s and 1940s. Little is known of her early life. By the late 1920s she was singing in clubs in Chicago, and she made her first recording, "When You're Smiling, the Whole World Smiles With You," with Jimmie Noone's orchestra in 1930. She returned to the studio in 1935, and over the next six years recorded over 100 tracks for Decca Records, usually accompanied by the pianist Richard M. Jones and also, in the late 1930s, by guitarist Lonnie Johnson. Her output exceeds that of her rivals Lil Johnson and Merline Johnson, and even Memphis Minnie, during those years.. + Informações

She was born Delores LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois. She is occasionally referred to as Delores Williams because of an early marriage to Eugene Williams; in the late 1940s he was identified in RCA Victor record company files as "DL McMurley." She was the niece of blues singer Merline Johnson and was also related to Memphis Minnie. She began singing in Chicago clubs such as the Club DeLisa around 1946, often billed as Little Miss Sharecropper, and first recorded under that name in 1949. She changed her name briefly to Bea Baker when recording for Okeh Records in 1951, and then became LaVern Baker when singing with Todd Rhodes and his band in 1952. In 1953 she signed for Atlantic Records as a solo artist, her first release being "Soul on Fire". Her first hit came in early 1955, with the Latin-tempo "Tweedlee Dee" reaching #4 on the R&B chart and #14 on the national US pop charts. Georgia Gibbs scored the bigger hit with her version of "Tweedle Dee", for which Baker unsuccessfully attempted to sue her. LaVern did manage to get in a jab, however. When LaVern was flying to Australia, she took out flight insurance at the airport and sent it to Gibbs with a note: "You need this more than I do because if anything happens to me, you're out of business." Baker had a succession of hits on the R&B charts over the next couple of years with her backing group The Gliders, including "Bop-Ting-A-Ling" (#3 R&B), "Play It Fair" (#2 R&B), and "Still" (#4 R&B). At the end of 1956 she had .... + Informações

She was born Delores LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois. She is occasionally referred to as Delores Williams because of an early marriage to Eugene Williams; in the late 1940s he was identified in RCA Victor record company files as "DL McMurley." She was the niece of blues singer Merline Johnson and was also related to Memphis Minnie. She began singing in Chicago clubs such as the Club DeLisa around 1946, often billed as Little Miss Sharecropper, and first recorded under that name in 1949. She changed her name briefly to Bea Baker when recording for Okeh Records in 1951, and then became LaVern Baker when singing with Todd Rhodes and his band in 1952. In 1953 she signed for Atlantic Records as a solo artist, her first release being "Soul on Fire". Her first hit came in early 1955, with the Latin-tempo "Tweedlee Dee" reaching #4 on the R&B chart and #14 on the national US pop charts. Georgia Gibbs scored the bigger hit with her version of "Tweedle Dee", for which Baker unsuccessfully attempted to sue her. LaVern did manage to get in a jab, however. When LaVern was flying to Australia, she took out flight insurance at the airport and sent it to Gibbs with a note: "You need this more than I do because if anything happens to me, you're out of business." Baker had a succession of hits on the R&B charts over the next couple of years with her backing group The Gliders, including "Bop-Ting-A-Ling" (#3 R&B), "Play It Fair" (#2 R&B), and "Still" (#4 R&B). At the end of 1956 she had .... + Informações

She was born Delores LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois. She is occasionally referred to as Delores Williams because of an early marriage to Eugene Williams; in the late 1940s he was identified in RCA Victor record company files as "DL McMurley." She was the niece of blues singer Merline Johnson and was also related to Memphis Minnie. She began singing in Chicago clubs such as the Club DeLisa around 1946, often billed as Little Miss Sharecropper, and first recorded under that name in 1949. She changed her name briefly to Bea Baker when recording for Okeh Records in 1951, and then became LaVern Baker when singing with Todd Rhodes and his band in 1952. In 1953 she signed for Atlantic Records as a solo artist, her first release being "Soul on Fire". Her first hit came in early 1955, with the Latin-tempo "Tweedlee Dee" reaching #4 on the R&B chart and #14 on the national US pop charts. Georgia Gibbs scored the bigger hit with her version of "Tweedle Dee", for which Baker unsuccessfully attempted to sue her. LaVern did manage to get in a jab, however. When LaVern was flying to Australia, she took out flight insurance at the airport and sent it to Gibbs with a note: "You need this more than I do because if anything happens to me, you're out of business." Baker had a succession of hits on the R&B charts over the next couple of years with her backing group The Gliders, including "Bop-Ting-A-Ling" (#3 R&B), "Play It Fair" (#2 R&B), and "Still" (#4 R&B). At the end of 1956 she had .... + Informações

She was born Delores LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois. She is occasionally referred to as Delores Williams because of an early marriage to Eugene Williams; in the late 1940s he was identified in RCA Victor record company files as "DL McMurley." She was the niece of blues singer Merline Johnson and was also related to Memphis Minnie. She began singing in Chicago clubs such as the Club DeLisa around 1946, often billed as Little Miss Sharecropper, and first recorded under that name in 1949. She changed her name briefly to Bea Baker when recording for Okeh Records in 1951, and then became LaVern Baker when singing with Todd Rhodes and his band in 1952. In 1953 she signed for Atlantic Records as a solo artist, her first release being "Soul on Fire". Her first hit came in early 1955, with the Latin-tempo "Tweedlee Dee" reaching #4 on the R&B chart and #14 on the national US pop charts. Georgia Gibbs scored the bigger hit with her version of "Tweedle Dee", for which Baker unsuccessfully attempted to sue her. LaVern did manage to get in a jab, however. When LaVern was flying to Australia, she took out flight insurance at the airport and sent it to Gibbs with a note: "You need this more than I do because if anything happens to me, you're out of business." Baker had a succession of hits on the R&B charts over the next couple of years with her backing group The Gliders, including "Bop-Ting-A-Ling" (#3 R&B), "Play It Fair" (#2 R&B), and "Still" (#4 R&B). At the end of 1956 she had .... + Informações

LaVern Baker's Bumble Bee (1960) Delores LaVern Baker, from Chicago, Illinois. She was the niece of blues singer Merline Johnson and was also related to Memphis Minnie. -I didn't know this Incredible lady, the band Heavy Trash made me discover her and this version is kinda more like the Heavy Trash version... =D DanG. + Informações

The Twangbusters play this Merline Johnson classic blues @ Vincent's, Worcester MA. + Informações

LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 -- March 10, 1997) was an American rhythm and blues singer, who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedlee Dee" (1955), "Jim Dandy" (1956), and "I Cried a Tear" (1958).Early life She was born Delores LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois. She is occasionally referred to as Delores Williams because of an early marriage to Eugene Williams; in the late 1940s he was identified in RCA Victor record company files as "DL McMurley." She was the niece of blues singer Merline Johnson and was also related to Memphis Minnie. Career She began singing in Chicago clubs such as the Club DeLisa around 1946, often billed as Little Miss Sharecropper,[1] and first recorded under that name in 1949. She changed her name briefly to Bea Baker when recording for Okeh Records in 1951, and then became LaVern Baker when singing with Todd Rhodes and his band in 1952. In 1953 she signed for Atlantic Records as a solo artist, her first release being "Soul on Fire". Her first hit came in early 1955, with the Latin-tempo "Tweedlee Dee" reaching #4 on the R&B chart and #14 on the national US pop charts. Georgia Gibbs scored the bigger hit with her version of "Tweedle Dee", for which Baker unsuccessfully attempted to sue her. Baker had a succession of hits on the R&B charts over the next couple of years with her backing group The Gliders, including "Bop-Ting-A-Ling" (#3 R&B), "Play It Fair" (#2 R&B), and .... + Informações

LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 -- March 10, 1997) was an American rhythm and blues singer.She was born Delores LaVern Baker in Chicago, Illinois. She is occasionally referred to as Delores Williams because of an early marriage to Eugene Williams; in the late 1940s he was identified in RCA Victor record company files as "DL McMurley." She was the niece of blues singer Merline Johnson and was also related to Memphis Minnie.. + Informações

LaVern Baker doing "That's All I Need" backed by Bop-Ting-A-Ling, released on Atlantic Records in February of 1955. Not much needs to be said about LaVern. She was an R&B hit maker for Atlantic in the 1950s. What interesting to me is that she was the niece of blues singer Merline "Yas Yas Girl" Johnson and related to Memphis Minnie. It's also a testament to the fortunes of the industry that Lavern who was a top star for Atlantic and inducted into the RNR Hall Of Fame was buried in an unmarked grave when she died in 1997. It took a benefit by local historians in Kew Gardens, New York to raise the money for a marker in 2008. What's up with that Atlantic Records and RNRHOF?. + Informações

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Merlin season 3 episode 5 trailer "The Crystal Cave" Merlin has an unexpected meeting with the mysterious Taliesin, as the fantasy drama continues. The wizened old sorcerer takes the young warlock to the crystal cave and shows him a glimpse of the future. But this gift turns out to be more of a curse when, to his horror, Merlin sees Morgana... set to kill Uther. Merlin knows he must do all that he can to stop the future from playing out. But changing the pages of destiny is a dangerous game and his actions have fatal consequences. With the whole of Camelot in a state of grief can the young warlock undo the damage he has caused, or is it too late? Merlin is played by Colin Morgan, Taliesin by Karl Johnson, Morgana by Katie McGrath and King Uther by Anthony Head. + Informações

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Purchase the full DVD at: www.poets.org/dvd The Poet's View offers unprecedented access into the life and work of some of America's finest poets. These films are warmly insightful portraits recorded in the personal setting of each poet's home and at various locations. The Poet's View offers an up-close invitation into the day-to-day life of the poet and an opportunity to hear poems read by the author. The series was produced by the Academy of American Poets with generous assistance from the Wallace Stevens Fund. The director/producer was Mel Stuart, whose credits include the original Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and many critically acclaimed documentaries. The full series is available on DVD, and includes portraits of John Ashberry, Louise Gluck, Anthony Hecht, Kay Ryan, and WS Merwin.. + Informações

The Antony part in the Leonard Cohen documentary - Im your Man.. + Informações