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The frogs are designed as caricatures of various African American celebrities of the 1930s, such as Ethel Waters, Stepin Fetchit, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and the Mills Brothers.
New Obama Radio Ad Hits McCain As "Shameful" For "Makin' Stuff Up" 2009
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The singer Ethel Waters fondly recalled that Capone treated her “with respect, applause, deference, and paid in full.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Reading Donald Bogle's excellent new biography of Ethel Waters, "Heat Wave," puts me in the mood to hear her greatest living successor.
Friends, Sisters, Countrymen Will Friedwald 2011
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Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops delivered a riveting rendition of Ethel Waters' "No Man's Mama" that could make any wronged woman feel empowered.
Michael Bialas: The Civil Wars, Missy Higgins Show Their True Blue Colors at Folks Fest Michael Bialas 2011
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We had stuff from J.J. Cale, stuff from Fats Waller, we had Ethel Waters from the '20s, Ray Charles, Creedence Clearwater...you name it.
Mike Ragogna: Moline Loves Paul Simon, Plus Chatting With Bill Wyman, American Idol's James Durbin and Mastodon's Brann Dailor Mike Ragogna 2011
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Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops delivered a riveting rendition of Ethel Waters' "No Man's Mama" that could make any wronged woman feel empowered.
Michael Bialas: The Civil Wars, Missy Higgins Show Their True Blue Colors at Folks Fest Michael Bialas 2011
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Rhiannon Giddens of the Carolina Chocolate Drops delivered a riveting rendition of Ethel Waters' "No Man's Mama" that could make any wronged woman feel empowered.
Michael Bialas: The Civil Wars, Missy Higgins Show Their True Blue Colors at Folks Fest Michael Bialas 2011
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So is a guest, the largely forgotten Ethel Waters, who moved so deeply into the lyrics that her singing had the power of autobiography.
The Duke, Before My Time Nat Hentoff 2011
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We had stuff from J.J. Cale, stuff from Fats Waller, we had Ethel Waters from the '20s, Ray Charles, Creedence Clearwater...you name it.
Mike Ragogna: Moline Loves Paul Simon, Plus Chatting With Bill Wyman, American Idol's James Durbin and Mastodon's Brann Dailor Mike Ragogna 2011
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So - and since it was done so well, I mean Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday and, well, Ethel Waters - many women have told this side of the story.
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