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Ella Johnson made her mark as the vocalist with her brother <a href="spotify:artist:23ZeHMuusfCSypkcHOa4Hc">Buddy Johnson</a>'s big band during the '40s and '50s, and that is the context where she really shines. Her later solo sides for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Mercury%22">Mercury</a> are pale imitations of her work with the band. Although many of Ella's hits are uptempo (e.g., "I Don't Want Nobody"), it is on ballads and torchy blues that she really brings it together. In fact, her earliest work for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Decca%22">Decca</a> during the mid-'40s (much of which has not been reissued) is uncannily good. At her best, Ella sounds pouty, vulnerable, and very sexy. Like so much of her life, it was no affectation. The comparison to <a href="spotify:artist:1YzCsTRb22dQkh9lghPIrp">Billie Holiday</a> is inevitable, but Ella was her own singer. Ella Johnson passed away February 16, 2004, in New York City. ~ Hank Davis, Rovi
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