[Dixielandjazz] Bertha "Chippie" Hill (was: SPEAKING OF WILD BILL DAVISON)

[Harry Callaghan]

Bob:

Thanx for that additional info.  While I had not heard of "Chippie" before
your mention of her earlier, it is not surprising that you say that she had
at one time worked with Ma Rainey.

When I first listened to the Wild Bill Davison CD yesterday and heard those
two vocals on it,
the first person that came to mind was Ma Rainey but I knew that she had
been long deceased
before 1947.  It is obvious that she had some influence on "Chippie' as a
result of their association.

It seems to me that only last week I was reading about someone who got their
start playing piano
at about 12 years old when called upon to accompany Ma Rainey due to her
regular accompanist
taking ill.  It might have been Mary Lou Williams but lately I've been
having trouble remembering what I had for breakfast this morning.

Mattafact I believe I skipped breakfast and just had an early lunch

I've got one 10" LP of Ma Rainey's stuff and while I don't consider myself
an authority, I might have even liked her better than Bessie Smith, but it
would certainly be a toss up

Tides
HC.


On 3/7/10, Bob Smith <robert.smith at tele2.no> wrote:
>
>  Dear Harry,
>
> Here's what I know about "Chippie":
>
> She was born in 1905 in Charleston, S. Carolina and died 1950.05.07. Her
> career began in the 1920's in Harlem, and then she toured with Ma Rainey's
> Show in the Southern States, and finally settled down in Chicago where she
> sang with King Oliver's Orchestra 1925-26. In 1925-29 she recorded a seies
> of blues where the best-known is "Trouble In Mind" accompanied by Louis
> Armstrong and Richard M. Jones. Shirley Clay was also her accompanist. She
> lived in obscurity from 1930-46, but Rudi Blesh gave her a come-back in
> 1946. In 1948 she sang at concerts in Paris. She was killed in a car
> accident in 1950.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Bob Smith
>
>



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