Camille Howard

Camille Howard
Born: Mar 29, 1914 in Galveston, TX
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Died: Mar 10, 1993 in Los Angeles, CA
Styles: Jump Blues, West Coast Blues, Early R&B
Biography: Piano-tinkling chanteuses were quite the rage during the war years. But Camille Howard's two-fisted thundering boogie style, much like her Los Angeles contemporary, Hadda Brooks, was undoubtedly the equivalent of any 88s ace, male or female.

Howard was part of the great migration from Texas to the West

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Camille Howard, Vol. 2: X-Temporaneous Boogie
Released: 1996
Label: Fantasy Inc.
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Twenty of these 25 sides, recorded for Specialty between 1947 and 1952, were previously unissued. But there's no difference in quality between these and the better-known ones presented on volume one; the ...Read full review
Camille Howard, Vol. 1: Rock Me Daddy
Released: 1993
Label: Fantasy Inc.
Critics' Rating:
25-song reissue of her 1947-52 Specialty material, about half previously unreleased. Includes "You Don't Love Me" and "Money Blues," but not the chart items "Fiesta In Mexico" and "XTemporaneous Boogie." ...Read full review
More Camille Howard albums: Compilations (2)
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