Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters Top Songs Greatest Hits and Chart Singles Discography

Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 – September 1, 1977) was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her notable recordings include "Dinah", "Stormy Weather", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Chlo-e (Song of the Swamp), "Heat Wave", "Supper Time", "Am I Blue?", "Birmingham Bertha", "Cabin in the Sky", "I'm Coming Virginia", and her version of "His Eye Is on... [more on Wikipedia]

Ethel Waters began charting in 1921 with Down Home Blues.The artist placed 26 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, 16 of which reached the Top‑10, including 2 number‑ones.

Top songs: #1: Stormy Weather - #2: Am I Blue? - #3: Dinah - #4: There'll Be Some Changes Made - #5: Down Home Blues
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  1921
1.
09/1921

#5  Down Home Blues
Ethel Waters greentick

238 pts
5
US
[Black Swan 2010]
written by Tom Delaney
2.
12/1921

#4  There'll Be Some Changes Made
Ethel Waters greentick

238 pts
5
US
[Black Swan 2021]
written by Benton Overstreet & Billy Higgins
  1922
3.
09/1922

Spread Yo' Stuff
Ethel Waters greentick

197 pts
7
US
[Black Swan 10070]
written by Jules Levy, Paul Crane & Al Bernard
Tiger Rag
4.
10/1922

Tiger Rag
Ethel Waters greentick

121 pts
14
US
[Black Swan 10073]
written by The Original Dixieland Jass Band
  1923
5.
11/1923

Georgia Blues
Ethel Waters greentick

151 pts
10
US
[Black Swan 14120]
written by Billy Higgins & W. Benton Overstreet
  1925
Sweet Georgia Brown
6.
09/1925

Sweet Georgia Brown
Ethel Waters greentick

222 pts
6
US
[Columbia 379]
written by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Kenneth Casey
  1926
7.
01/1926

#3  Dinah
Ethel Waters greentick

328 pts
2
US
[Columbia 487]
written by Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young
8.
06/1926

I've Found a New Baby
Ethel Waters greentick

140 pts
11
US
[Columbia 561]
written by Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams
9.
07/1926

Sugar
Ethel Waters greentick

165 pts
9
US
[Columbia 14146]
written by Maceo Pinkard, Edna Alexander & Sidney Mitchell
  1927
10.
1927

I'm Coming, Virginia
Ethel Waters greentick

150 pts
10
US
[Columbia 14170]
written by Will Marion Cook & Donald Heywood
  1929
Am I Blue?
11.
1929

#2  Am I Blue?
Ethel Waters greentick

380 pts
1
US
written by Harry Akst & Grant Clarke
12.
1929

Birmingham Bertha
Ethel Waters greentick

89 pts
20
US
written by Harry Akst & Grant Clarke
13.
1929

True Blue Lou
Ethel Waters greentick

116 pts
15
US
written by Sam Coslow, Leo Robin & Richard A. Whiting
  1931
14.
1931

I Got Rhythm
Ethel Waters greentick

100 pts
17
US
written by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin
15.
1931

River, Stay 'Way from My Door
Ethel Waters greentick

96 pts
18
US
written by Harry Woods & Mort Dixon
16.
1931

Shine On, Harvest Moon
Ethel Waters greentick

161 pts
9
US
written by Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
17.
1931

Three Little Words
Ethel Waters greentick

174 pts
8
US
written by Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar
18.
1931

You Can't Stop Me from Loving You
Ethel Waters greentick

123 pts
13
US
written by Alberta Nichols & Mann Holiner
  1932
19.
1932

You Can't Stop Me from Loving You
Ethel Waters greentick

101 pts
17
US
written by Alberta Nichols & Mann Holiner
  1933
20.
1933

A Hundred Years from Today
Ethel Waters greentick

197 pts
7
US
written by Victor Young, Ned Washington & Joe Young
21.
1933

Don't Blame Me
Ethel Waters greentick

218 pts
6
US
written by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields
22.
1933

Heat Wave
Ethel Waters greentick

198 pts
7
US
from the musical As Thousands Cheer
written by Irving Berlin
23.
1933

#1  Stormy Weather
Ethel Waters greentick

384 pts
1
US
[Columbia 36329]
written by Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
  1934
24.
1934

Come Up and See Me Sometime
Ethel Waters greentick

159 pts
9
US
written by Arthur Swanstrom & Louis Alter
25.
1934

Miss Otis Regrets (She's Unable to Lunce Today)
Ethel Waters greentick

92 pts
19
US
written by Cole Porter
  1938
26.
1938

You're a Sweetheart
Ethel Waters greentick

105 pts
16
US
written by Jimmy McHugh & Harold Adamson

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