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A longtime cohort of pianist/producer <a href="spotify:artist:5zJQc0NgR7QSDOxA6EYZkR">Sonny Thompson</a>, singer Lula Reed recorded steadily for Cincinnati-based King Records during the mid-'50s after debuting on wax in 1951 to sing <a href="spotify:artist:5zJQc0NgR7QSDOxA6EYZkR">Thompson</a>'s original version of the moving ballad "I'll Drown in My Tears" (a 1956 smash for <a href="spotify:artist:1eYhYunlNJlDoQhtYBvPsi">Ray Charles</a> as "Drown in My Own Tears").
After serving as <a href="spotify:artist:5zJQc0NgR7QSDOxA6EYZkR">Thompson</a>'s vocalist at first, the attractive chanteuse was sufficiently established by 1952 to rate her own King releases. She was versatile, singing urban blues most of the time but switching to gospel for a 1954 session. Reed's strident 1954 waxing "Rock Love" was later revived by labelmate <a href="spotify:artist:3mOiEPe870jJrahcf2TPYZ">Little Willie John</a>. She briefly moved to the Chess subsidiary Argo in 1958-1959 but returned to the fold in 1961 (as always, under <a href="spotify:artist:5zJQc0NgR7QSDOxA6EYZkR">Thompson</a>'s direction) on King's Federal imprint. While at Federal, she waxed a series of sassy duets with guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:5dCuFngSPyOOnTAvrC7v2s">Freddy King</a> in March of 1962. Another move -- to <a href="spotify:artist:1eYhYunlNJlDoQhtYBvPsi">Ray Charles</a>'s Tangerine logo in 1962-1963 -- soon followed. After that, her whereabouts are unknown. ~ Bill Dahl, Rovi
After serving as <a href="spotify:artist:5zJQc0NgR7QSDOxA6EYZkR">Thompson</a>'s vocalist at first, the attractive chanteuse was sufficiently established by 1952 to rate her own King releases. She was versatile, singing urban blues most of the time but switching to gospel for a 1954 session. Reed's strident 1954 waxing "Rock Love" was later revived by labelmate <a href="spotify:artist:3mOiEPe870jJrahcf2TPYZ">Little Willie John</a>. She briefly moved to the Chess subsidiary Argo in 1958-1959 but returned to the fold in 1961 (as always, under <a href="spotify:artist:5zJQc0NgR7QSDOxA6EYZkR">Thompson</a>'s direction) on King's Federal imprint. While at Federal, she waxed a series of sassy duets with guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:5dCuFngSPyOOnTAvrC7v2s">Freddy King</a> in March of 1962. Another move -- to <a href="spotify:artist:1eYhYunlNJlDoQhtYBvPsi">Ray Charles</a>'s Tangerine logo in 1962-1963 -- soon followed. After that, her whereabouts are unknown. ~ Bill Dahl, Rovi
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