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Paul Gayten
Paul Gayten
American R&B bandleader, pianist, songwriter, producer and record company executive
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Rudy Toombs
Rudy Toombs
American entertainer
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Roy Brown
Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Little Miss Cornshucks
Little Miss Cornshucks
American singer
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Arthur Prysock
Arthur Prysock
American singer
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Dave Bartholomew
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
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Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
American vocal group in the 1940s and 1950s
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Joe Morris
Joe Morris
American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter and bandleader
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Donna Hightower
Donna Hightower
American soul singer (1926-2013)
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Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
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Nellie Lutcher
Nellie Lutcher
American singer
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Griffin Brothers
Griffin Brothers
American R&B band
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Shirley Goodman
Shirley Goodman
American singer
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The Midnighters
The Midnighters
American R&B group
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Edgar Blanchard
Edgar Blanchard
New Orleans jazz musician
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Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler
American musician
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René Hall
René Hall
American musician, performer, and music arranger
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Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
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Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
American wife and husband country music and pop songwriting team
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Faye Adams
Faye Adams
American singer
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Camille Howard
Camille Howard
American musician
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Ted Taylor
Ted Taylor
American soul musician
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Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Georgia White
Georgia White
African American blues singer
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Mabel Scott
Mabel Scott
American singer
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Hurray for the Riff Raff
Hurray for the Riff Raff
American band
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Edmonia Henderson
Edmonia Henderson
African American classic female blues singer
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Jack McVea
Jack McVea
American musician
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Millie Jackson
Millie Jackson
American singer
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Travis Leonard Blaylock
Travis Leonard Blaylock
blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter
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Joe Liggins
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
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Myra Taylor
Myra Taylor
American jazz singer and songwriter (1917-2011)
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Karen Carroll
Karen Carroll
American Chicago blues singer
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LaVern Baker
LaVern Baker
American rhythm and blues singer (1929-1997)
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Lucia Micarelli
Lucia Micarelli
American musician
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Denise LaSalle
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Lee Allen
Lee Allen
American saxophonist
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Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield
American singer and songwriter
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Chick Willis
Chick Willis
American singer
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Christine Kittrell
Christine Kittrell
Singer-songwriter, musician
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Andrew Odom
Andrew Odom
American blues singer (1936–1991)
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Pepper MaShay
Pepper MaShay
American musician
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Bettye LaVette
Bettye LaVette
American soul singer-songwriter
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Eddie Bo
Eddie Bo
New Orleans jazz musician
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Pyeng Threadgill
Pyeng Threadgill
musical artist
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Bull Moose Jackson
Bull Moose Jackson
American blues and rhythm-and-blues singer and saxophonist
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Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
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Otis Clay
Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
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Billy Wright
Billy Wright
American singer
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Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Nora Jean Bruso
Nora Jean Bruso
musical artist
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Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
American rhythm and blues singer and pianist
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Little Annie
Little Annie
singer, songwriter, painter, stage actor
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Etta James
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Betty Roché
Betty Roché
American blues singer
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Big Maybelle
Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
Annie Laurie
American jump blues and rhythm and blues singer

Annie Laurie

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American jump blues and rhythm and blues singer

Annie Laurie (tentatively identified as Annie L. Page, August 11, 1924 – November 13, 2006) was an American jump blues and rhythm and blues singer. She is most associated with the bandleader and songwriter, Paul Gayten, although she also registered hit singles in her own name. Laurie first recorded in the mid-1940s and her professional career lasted until the early 1960s. Appraisal of her qualities appear to vary between Dinah Washington stating that Laurie was her favorite singer, to Irma Thomas, who opined - "Annie Laurie? She was okay."

She is best known for her cover version of "Since I Fell for You", and another US Top Ten R&B hit, "It Hurts to Be in Love."