I'm afraid that I know nothing of the Jessie Mae heard on this recording (not to be confused with blues singer Jessie Mae Hemphill).
Whoever this mysterious singer is, she delivers a STORM of a performance on this incredible record.
Thanks to google archiving old Billboard magazines, I learned that the DRA label A&R was run by DJ Al jarvis, who claims to have discovered Nat King Cole, Frankie Lane & Gogi Grant. He certainly found an INCREDIBLE singer in Jessie Mae. Please write if you know any more!
from 1962...
JESSIE MAE - DON'T FREEZE ON ME
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Based upon the (tenuous) Frankie Lane connection I wondered if it might be Jessie Mae Robinson, but it seems not based upon this link (http://blindman.15.forumer.com/a/sneakin39-around-jessie-mae-robinson_post11892.html)
Love it to death, thank you Sir!
This is great - thank you!
I thought I was listening to Aretha Franklin. I am would not be surprised to learn Aretha cut this under a pseudonym. If not, "Jessie" was heavy influenced by Franklin.
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