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RARE BLUES 78 FROM HELEN HUMES ON THE UK VOGUE LABEL

b/w IF I COULD BE WITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT

Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 - September 9, 1981) was an American jazz and blues singer. The versatile Humes was successively a teenaged blues singer, band vocalist with Count Basie, saucy R&B diva and a mature interpreter of the classy popular song.

Humes became one of the vocalists with the Count Basie Orchestra in 1938,  replacing Billie Holliday as lead female vocalist. Her vocals with Basie's band included "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea".

During the 1940s and 1950s, Humes became a solo performer and worked with different bands and other vocalists including Nat King Cole. She sounded very sprightly on the jump blues Be-Baba-Leba (Philo, 1945) and Million Dollar Secret (Modern, 1950).

In 1950 Humes recorded Benny Carter's "Rock Me to Sleep". She managed to bridge the gap between big band jazz swing and rhythm and blues. She appeared on the bill at the Monterey Jazz Festival in 1960.

MILLION DOLLAR SECRET

I'm gonna tell all you girls a secret, please keep it to yourself

I'm gonna tell all you girls a secret, please, please keep it to yourself

Why it's a million dollar secret, so please don't tell nobody else

Now if you're a real young girl

And you want to get rich quick

Get an old, old man, girls

And that'll be the lick

You know those old men are fine, yes they know just what to do

They'll give you lots of loving, but they'll give you a whole lot of money too

(and I love that part)

Now he'll tickle you under your chin

And he'll scratch you on your side

He'll say "Wake up you fine young thing

Give me my morning's exercise"

Those old men are fine, yes yes yes they know what to do

They'll give you lots of loving, but they'll give you a whole lot of money too

Now I've got a man who's seventy-eight

And I'm just thirty-three

Everybody thinks I'm crazy

But his will's made out to me!

Yes that man is fine, girls he really knows just what to do

Why he'll give you lots of loving, but he'll give you a whole lot of money too

(solos)

Now I've told all you young girls

Exactly what to do

Now let me tell you women

If you're over forty-two

Get you a young dude, and raise him to your hand

Cause he'll make you think life is wonderful, yes you'll think the world is grand

Now take a look in the barnyard

See that old fat hen

She's got a fresh young rooster

Feels just like a chick again

So get a young man, and raise him to your hand

Cause he'll make you think life is wonderful, yes you'll think the world is grand

You know he'll spend your hard-earned money

Make your life a hell on earth

DISC DETAILS

UK  10" RED VOGUE V 2048   10" 78rpm SHELLAC   

CONDITION - E

A SIDE:  MILLION DOLLAR SECRET

B SIDE:  IF I COULD BE WITH YOU ONE HOUR TONIGHT

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