Terry Timmons

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Terry Timmons was one of those vocalists of the late '40s and early 1950s whose work, like that of her musical role model, Dinah Washington, helped bridge the gap between big-band-style blues and the leaner R&B sounds that followed. She was born in Charleston, WV, in 1927, but the family moved to Ohio soon after, and she spent her childhood in Cleveland. She began singing professionally while still in her mid-teens, and while playing the Cafe Tio Juana she was spotted by no less a figure than Paul Gayten, who engaged her as a replacement for Annie Laurie, who had lately departed his stable of artists. She moved to Chicago in the late '40s and crossed paths with Memphis Slim, through whom she was signed to Premium Records, the label for which Slim was recording at the time. She was a featured performer at Slim's shows at the end of the 1940s and the start of the 1950s, around the time of her first recording sessions, which yielded "Eating My Heart Out for You" and "Worried Woman Blues." Those were very traditional-sounding, '40s-style big-band vocal blues, but the other two songs from those sessions, "Ain't Supposed to Be Like That" and "Your Key Won't Fit My Door," offered leaner, smaller-scale accompaniment with a harder beat. She was back cutting more sides for Premium in 1951, but when the label -- which was seriously underfinanced from the get-go -- went belly-up that year, Timmons found her masters sold to RCA Victor, along with her recording contract. She cut sides for

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Jukebox Jam

Classics: 1950-1953

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Nova - Coffret Danse

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THE DAWN OF NORTHERN SOUL

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50 Sublimes Chanteuses de Jazz

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American Roots - Blues & Boogie

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Rhythm 'N' Blues - Fine Brown Sugar Vol. 2

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Nasty Vol.1

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Drivin' Me Mad, Vol. 2

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Rhythm 'N' Blues - Fine Brown Sugar Vol. 1

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1.Sleazy Rhythm & Blues

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Jukebox Jam: A Collection of Authentic American Rhythm & Blues Recordings

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