You're Gonna Cry, Cry, Cry

A few weeks ago I featured Ella Washington's version of He Called Me Baby. Here's the flip side, a more up tempo tune where Ella tells her no good,  cheatin' man that he better shape up or ship out and the subsequent tears would no longer be hers, go on girl.

Music doesn;'t get much better than this, well apart from the new Burial ep which sounds ten times better on vinyl than it does on mp3. My copy arrived on Saturday and I don't think that a twelve inch has been played as many times during the one weekend since the release of Loaded. If you own a turntable you need to purchase this record.

Ella Washington - You're Gonna Cry, Cry, Cry

He Called Me Baby

He Called Me Baby was originally entitled She Called Me Baby, a country song written by Harlan Howard. Until about ten years ago I had only ever heard the Patsy Cline version.

I was travelling home from Edinburgh, late one night during a hectic data base lock and had turned the radio to Radio 2 for some reason,  just in time to hear Bob Harris play the Candi Staton version which bowled me over and which I still believe is the definitive version. However this, slower more laid back version recorded by Ella Washington, later Pastor Ella Washington Cobb,  for the Nashville label Sound Stage 7 label is nearly as good and a great piece of Southern Soul which retains a Country feel to it.

Ella Washington - He Called Me Baby