Dynamite Texas Diva Live

• Artist: Ella Mae Morse
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• Release Date: January 07, 2003
• Type: Live
• Genre: Vocal Music

Review

Ella Mae Morse, the queen of boogie-woogie pop, doesn't have a lot of material available, making this collection of war-era transcriptions slightly more interesting to fans of vocal pop than it would be normally. The disc collects 19 live performances, most with the AFRS Orchestra, of Morse's hits and a few rarities (including a few she never recorded commercially). Her biggest hit, "Cow Cow Boogie," appears twice, first in 1942 backed by the Freddie Slack Orchestra (with whom she recorded the hit), the second two years later (after she began a solo career) with an AFRS group led by Meredith Willson (later the writer of The Music Man). Also appearing with great performances are Morse favorites "Mister Five by Five" and "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet," the latter from a Johnny Mercer radio show with Paul Weston & His Orchestra. The audio fidelity is up to par for the period (and the source material), while Morse's performances are light and swinging. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Cow Cow Boogie	Benny Carter, Gene DePaul, Don Raye	Ella Mae Morse, Freddie Slack & His Orchestra	(4:38)
Mr. Five by Five	Gene DePaul, Don Raye	Ella Mae Morse	(4:13)
Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet	Gene DePaul, Don Raye	Ella Mae Morse, Paul Weston & His Orchestra	(2:16)
Poor Relation Blues		Ella Mae Morse	(4:04)
Thank Your Lucky Star	Frank Loesser	Ella Mae Morse, AFRS Orchestra	(2:33)
Blues in the Night	Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer	Ella Mae Morse, AFRS Orchestra	(3:35)
G.I. Jive	Johnny Mercer	Ella Mae Morse	(2:09)
Cow Cow Boogie [Different Version]	Benny Carter, Gene DePaul, Don Raye	Ella Mae Morse, AFRS Orchestra	(2:52)
Tess' Torch Song (I Had a Man)	Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	Ella Mae Morse	(3:44)
I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)	Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk	Ella Mae Morse	(1:09)
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet [Different Version]	Gene DePaul, Don Raye	Ella Mae Morse, AFRS Orchestra	(2:30)
Invitation to the Blues	Doris Fisher, Arthur Gershwin, Allan Roberts	Ella Mae Morse	(2:40)
Tess' Torch Song [Different Version]	Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler	Ella Mae Morse	(2:16)
Captain Kidd	Marvin Fisher, Roy Alfred	Ella Mae Morse	(4:21)
Buzz Me	Danny Baxter, Fleecie Moore	Ella Mae Morse	(5:11)
Rip Van Winkle	George Handy, Howard Leeds	Ella Mae Morse	(3:22)
Medley: Exactly Like You/Embraceable You	Arthur Gershwin	Ella Mae Morse	(2:31)
Robin Hood	Louis Prima, Bob Miketta	Ella Mae Morse, Murray McEachern, AFRS Orchestra	(3:08)
Jam Session on the Red River Valley	Traditional	Ella Mae Morse	(3:32)