Ella Washington
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Ella Washington, born October 25, 1943 in Miami, Florida, is an American singer whose career spanned soul, R&B, and gospel. She first recorded for the local Octavia label in 1965, releasing the single "The Grass Always Seems Greener", which was leased to Atlantic Records but did not chart. In 1967 Washington signed with Nashvilleâs Sound Stage 7, where producer John Richbourg recorded several tracks in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Her breakthrough came with the 1969 single "He Called Me Baby", a reworking of Harlan Howardâs 1962 song, which reached Number 77 on the Billboard Hotâ¯100 and Number 38 on the Billboard R&B chart, becoming her sole chart entry. That same year she issued the LP Ella Washington and continued to release singles through 1972, including "Stop Giving Your Man Away" and "Trying To Make You Love Me". In 1973 she transitioned to gospel, performing "Amazing Grace" and "Because He Lives" at Richbourgâs funeral in 1986. By 2009, under the name Ella Washington Cobbs, she served as pastor at Theos Ministries in Opaâlocka, MiamiâDade County. Her early recordings were later compiled in Nobody But Me (1987) and He Called Me Baby (2009), preserving her contribution to Southern soul.
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- Stop Giving Your Man Away
- Born A Woman
- All the Time
- I Want to Walk Through This Life with You
- The Grass Is Always Greener (On The Other Side Of The Fence)
- Storm by Young RJ
- He Called Me Baby
- Greatness featuring Ella Washington
- Expressive featuring Ella Washington
- Sit Down and Cry
- Cry, Cry, Cry
- Trying to Make You Love Me
- Sweet Talking Candy Man
- I Can't Afford To Lose Him
- Nobody But Me
- Too Weak To Fight
- The Affair
- He'll Be Back
- Starving for Love
- Mission (That's Impossible)
- Doing the Best I Can
- This Bitter Earth
- I'm Losing the Feeling
- Fall In Love featuring Ella Washington
