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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Della With Brass - Della Reese

I'm Beginning To See The Light
Della With Brass
Della Reese
Arranged and Conducted by Neal Hefti
Engineer: Ray Hall
Recorded in RCA Victor's Studio A, New York City
RCA Victor LSP-2157
1960

From the back cover: Della's career has been remarkably diversified. She was a member of the gospel group of the nonpareil Mahalia Jackson by the time she was thirteen and during her college years at Wayne University in Detroit, she formed her own gospel unit, "The Mediation Singers."

Della began to branch out into blues and pop music at the Flame Club in Detroit. She gathered more experience with Ershine Hawkins, and, more recently, as an increasingly successful headline performer in clubs, theaters, and on radio and TV. She's also been in films (Columbia's Let's Rock) and her reputation has become internationa
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The Lady Is A Tramp
It I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
Let's Get Away From It All
Thou Swell
You're Driving Me Crazy
Goody Goody
And The Angels Sing
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
I'm Beginning To See The Light
I'll Get By
Blue Skies
Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)

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