Black Americana What's Keeping My Prince Charming? Ethel Waters sheet music

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From the late 1931 Broadway production Rhapsody in Black starring Ethel Waters. It is reputed that she was the first singer to perform W. C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues" in public, and she later popularized blues and jazz-influenced songs such as "Stormy Weather" and "Travelin' All Alone," also scoring a major success with "Dinah." She first recorded in 1921, and on her early sessions she was accompanied by artists such as Fletcher Henderson, Coleman Hawkins, James P. Johnson, and Duke Ellington. Significantly, for her acceptance in white circles, she also recorded with Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey.