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Christine Kittrell
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Christine Kittrell (August 11, 1929 – December 19, 2001) was an American rhythm & blues singer. In 1954 she recorded tracks for the Republic record label, two of which featured Little Richard on piano and a third with Richard as backing vocalist. Kittrell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, and went on to work with Louis Armstrong, B.B. King, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, John Coltrane, Johnny Otis and Earl Bostic. In 1967, Kittrell was wounded while performing to troops in Vietnam, and recorded her final music in 1968. Throughout her life Kittrell recorded thirty four tracks for six separate labels. Kittrell died in 2001 of emphysema at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Christine Kittrell was born on August 11, 1929, into a musical family in Nashville, and decided that singing would be her life's work after singing in church, and listening to records by Vela Johnson, Dinah Washington, Billie Holliday and Bessie Smith. During the '40s and early '50s, Kittrell toured extensively, and recorded for Tennessee, Republic, Federal, King and Vee-Jay Records over her career. During the summer of 1952, a little independent label based in Nashville called Tennessee Records released a blues recording called 'Sittin' Here Drinkin'' /'I Ain't Nothing But a Fool'. In 1952, Little Richard played piano on one of her songs, 'Lord Have Mercy (I'm So Lonely)'. Christine then moved to Republic Records, also in Nashville, and recorded with the Gay Crosse Band, who had
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A Fifth of Good Whiskey Blues - Tennessee Vol 5
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Vintage Songs Of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
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Night Train to Nashville, Vol. 2
Lady Rocks The Blues
Call Her Name - The Complete Recordings 1951 - 1965
Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970
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The Best of Tennessee & Republic Records Vol. V - The Soulful Side of Christine Kittrell
The Best of Republic Records Volume I - Soul Blue
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Night Train to Nashville Vol. 2
Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970 (Disc 1)
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Mambo 1:Rompin' Rhumbas