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Marlena Shaw

Early R&B
Soul music
Funk
Jazz, blues, and soul vocalist Marlena Shaw – born September 22, 1939, in New Rochelle, New York - drew most of her early influences from her uncle, the jazz trumpeter Jimmy Burgess, who introduced her to many records by various jazz greats, notably Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Burgess was also responsible for Marlena Shaw's first stage appearance with his band at Harlem's famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem in 1952 when she was only 10. He wanted her to tour with the band, but her mother wouldn't allow it and enrolled her instead at a music college. She went on to carve out a ca...
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California SoulBéatrice Ardisson and Marlena Shaw
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Touch Me in the MorningMarlena Shaw
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Go Away Little BoyMarlena Shaw
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Woman of the GhettoMarlena Shaw
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Woman of the GhettoMarlena Shaw
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California SoulBéatrice Ardisson and Marlena Shaw
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California SoulBéatrice Ardisson and Marlena Shaw

Anthology

2:57

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Touch Me in the MorningMarlena Shaw

Go Away Little Boy: The Sass and Soul of Marlena Shaw

6:02

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Go Away Little BoyMarlena Shaw

Out of Different Bags

9:31

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Woman of the GhettoMarlena Shaw

Anthology

3:45

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Woman of the GhettoMarlena Shaw

Out of Different Bags

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California SoulBéatrice Ardisson and Marlena Shaw

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