Born Mildred Cummings in Dayton, Ohio, in 1923, Little Miss Cornshucks came to the notice of future Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun while performing in a Washington club during her 1943 US tour, where her stage appearance was based on the rural shtick her name suggests, wearing the shabby dress she would later sing about. She was the first artist he recorded, and thereby the impetus for what would eventually become Atlantic Records (on which Aretha Franklin would record, though in 1962 she was on Columbia).
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Try a Little Tenderness
Rock Me to Sleep
Papa Tree Top Blues
Keep Your Hand On Your Heart
So Long
Cornshucks Blues
I Don't Love You Anymore
Why Was I Born
In the Rain
For Old Time's Sake
Time After Time
True (You Don't Love Me)
Try A Little Tenderness (12-14-51)
Waiting in Vain
Have You Ever Loved Somebody
You Turned Your Back On Me
Don't Marry Too Soon
Gonna Leave Here Walkin'
When Mommy Sings a Lullaby
He's Funny That Way
It Do Me No Good
'Cause I Lost My Helping Hand
Time After Time (18-12-49)
It Do Me So Good
Rock Me To Sleep (02-16-50)
Why Was I Born?
Lonesomest Girl In Town
Rack Me To Sleep
So Long (1947)
No Teasing Around
Cornshucks' Blues
Have You Ever Loved Somebody (1947)
I Don'T Love You Anymore (1947)
Gonna Leave Here Walkin' (1947)
Keep Your Hand On Your Heart (05-?-48)
Cause I Lost My Helping Hand
Never Let Me Go
True (You Don'T Love Me) (05-?-48)
Cornshuck's Blues
Papa Tree Top Blues (02-10-50)
Don'T Marry Too Soon (12-14-51)
So Long (Alternate Take)
Cornshucks Blues (05-?-48)
Waiting In Vain (18-12-49)
You Turned Your Back On Me (18-12-49)
For Old Time'S Sake (1947)
In The Rain (05-?-48)
When Mommy Sings A Lullaby (1947)
Why Was I Born (05-?-48)
'Cause I Lost My Helping Hand (12-14-51)
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