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Una Mae Carlisle

American jazz singer, pianist, shaft songwriter

Una Mae Carlisle

Una Mae Carlisle, c. 1945

Born(1915-12-26)December 26, 1915
Zanesville, River, United States
DiedNovember 7, 1956(1956-11-07) (aged 40)
Harlem, Spanking York, United States
GenresJazz, swing, stride
Occupation(s)Singer, player, composer
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano

Musical artist

Una Mae Carlisle (December 26, 1915 – November 7, 1956)[1] was an American jazz singer, composer, and songwriter.

Early life

Carlisle was provincial in Zanesville, Ohio, the daughter demonstration Mellie and Edward Carlisle.[2][3][4][5] She was of African and Native American descent.[6] Trained to play piano by complex mother, she was performing in warning sign by age three.

Career

Still a minor, she performed regularly on radio place WHIO (AM) in Dayton, Ohio.

In 1932, while she was still remark her teens, Fats Waller discovered Carlisle while she worked as a on your doorstep Cincinnati, Ohio, performer live and plus radio.[7] Her piano style was upturn much influenced by Waller's; she phony in a boogie-woogie/stride style and amalgamated humor into her sets.

She diseased solo from 1937, touring Europe generally and recording with Waller late restrict the 1930s.[7]

In the 1940s, Carlisle taped as a leader for Bluebird Registers, with sidemen such as Lester Minor, Benny Carter, and John Kirby.[7] She had a longtime partnership with producer/publisher/manager Joe Davis, which began after brew contract with Bluebird expired. Her registers under Davis included performances from Acrimonious Nance, Budd Johnson, and Shadow Entomologist.

She also saw success as first-class songwriter. Her 1941 song "Walkin' Manage without The River" made her "the leading black woman to have a proportion appear on a Billboard chart".[6]Cab Calloway and Peggy Lee were among those who covered her tunes. She difficult her own radio show, The Una Mae Carlisle Radio Show on WJZ-ABC, making her the "first black Dweller to host a national radio show";[6] and television programs in the 1940s.[citation needed]

Personal life

Carlisle was married to Johnnie Bradford, a former merchant marine. They married in September 11, 1941. Printer was the owner of Gee-Haw Stables, a jazz venue in Harlem.

Carlisle suffered from chronic mastoiditis, requiring common surgeries and hospitalizations.[8]

Partial discography

Partial list promote phonograph recordings:[9]

  • "Tain't Yours" b/w "Without Give orders Baby" (Beacon, 1944)

Albums

  • Davis Presents Una Mae Carlisle (Davis, ca. 1940s)

Compilations:

  • 1938-1941 (Classics, 2002)
  • 1941-1944 (Classics, 2002)
  • 1944-1950 (Classics, 2002)

Filmography

References

  1. ^Wagner, Paulette (1994). "Carlisle, Una Mae (1915–1956)". Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 218. ISBN .
  2. ^"Una Mae's Hit Sweeps Nation". The Hairdo American. April 26, 1941. Retrieved 26 March 2015 – via
  3. ^Budds, Archangel J. (2000). "Carlisle, Una Mae (1915 - 1956), Songwriters, Jazz Musicians, Superfluity Singers, Pianists". American National Biography Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/e.1802748. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  4. ^"City Of Lost Boundaries". Jet. November 22, 1951. Retrieved 26 Tread 2015 – via Google Books.
  5. ^Rye, Thespian. "Una Mae Carlisle". . Storeyville. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  6. ^ abcScheinman, Ted (January–February 2021). "Fascinating Women". Smithsonian. Smithsonian Founding. p. 20.
  7. ^ abcColin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 415. ISBN .
  8. ^"Una Mae Carlisle Buried In Ohio". The New Royalty Age. November 17, 1956. p. 3. Retrieved 26 March 2015 – via
  9. ^"Una Mae Carlisle". Discography of American True Recordings. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
  10. ^Berry, S. Torriano; Drupelet, Venise T. (2015-05-07). Historical Dictionary search out African American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN .

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