This 52-track 2-CD collection comprises most of her A & B sides

Nellie Lutcher was an American R&B, jazz and pop singer of the 1940s and early '50s, with a highly distinctive vocal style, which influenced other singers including Nina Simone. She was unusual in that she became especially popular in the UK, where she toured in the early '50s. This 52-track 2-CD collection comprises most of her A & B sides on the Capitol, Okeh, Epic, Decca and Liberty labels from this era and features all her US R&B and pop hits, including the R&B No. 2 and pop No. 15 'Real Gone Guy', the R&B No. 2s 'Hurry On Down' and 'Fine Brown Frame', and the Top 10 hits 'Come And Get It, Honey', 'Cool Water', 'Do You Or Don't You Love Me', and 'The Song Is Ended', plus her duet hit with Nat King Cole 'For You My Love'. It includes performances in her early career with a small R&B combo, including notable jazz musicians like Tiny Parham, Charlie Barnet, Harry 'Sweets Edison and Sidney Catlett, and in her later career with the orchestras of Billy May, Hal Mooney and Sy Oliver. She called time on her recording career around 1957, so this collection is a reasonably representative career overview, and a thoroughly enjoyable showcase for a talented and stylish performer, who transcended the R&B and pop idioms with ease.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Hurry On Down
• The Lady's In Love With You
• He's A Real Gone Guy
• Let Me Love You Tonight
• You Better Watch Yourself, Bub
• My Mother's Eyes
• Do You Or Don't You Love Me?
• The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)
• Sleepy Lagoon
• Fine Brown Frame
• Pig Latin Song
• Come And Get It, Honey
• He Sends Me
• Imagine You Having Eyes For Me
• I Thought About You
• Cool Water
• Lake Charles Boogie
• Alexander's Ragtime Band
• My Little Boy
• Wish I Was In Walla Walla
• My New Papa’s Got To Have Everything
• Say A Little Prayer For Me
• A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But A Bird
• Ditto From Me To You
• Kiss Me Sweet
• Princess Poo-Poo-Ly Has Plenty Papaya

Disc 2:

• Baby, Please Stop And Think About Me
• Fine And Mellow
• Glad Rag Doll
• Only You
• Little Sally Walker
• Can I Come In For A Second?
• For You My Love
• That's A Plenty
• I'll Never Get Tired Of You
• Lovable
• Kinda Blue And Low
• That'll Just About Knock Me Out
• Pa's Not Home, Ma's Upstairs
• I Really Couldn't Love You
• I Want To Be Near You
• Birth Of The Blues
• Mean To Me
• Let The Worrybird Worry You
• That's How It Goes
• Muchly Verily
• How Many More
• Whee, Baby!
• Blues For Bill Bailey
• Breezin' Along With The Breeze
• It's Been Said
• Whose Honey Are You
• Blue Skies
• You Made Me Love You

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: R & B

Run Time: 143 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 07/11/25

UPC: 824046355623