Miss Ernestine Anderson
Overall (HWD) (jacket): 12 1/4 × 12 3/8 in. (31.115 × 31.433 cm)
Miss Ernestine Anderson was the seventh album released by Ernestine Anderson (1928-2016). Released in 1967 with Columbia records, the album was recorded while Anderson was splitting her time between the United States and Europe.
Anderson was born in Houston, Texas but moved with her family to Seattle in 1944. In Seattle, she quickly became immersed in the Jackson Street Jazz scene and performed alongside a young Quincy Jones (b. 1933) in the Junior Band led by Robert “Bumps” Blackwell (1918-1985). At 18, Anderson began touring with Johnny Otis (1921-2012) and at 24 she was performing with Lionel Hampton’s (1908-2002) Jazz orchestra. While her first album was a hit in Europe, she struggled to gain traction in the United States. Between 1966 and 1974, Anderson returned to Seattle and took a break from the music world. By 1975 Anderson was performing again and in 1976 she secured a contract with Concord Records which would help launch the second half of her music career. Between 1976 and 2004 Anderson truly thrived; she received four Grammy nominations, toured around the globe and performed at prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.
Anderson also received honors closer to home. In 2002 the Bumbershoot Festival gave her the Golden Umbrella Award and in 2004 the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Recording Academy gave her the IMPACT award. Within Seattle, November 11 is officially Ernestine Anderson Day and both a section of Jackson Street and a low-income housing complex bear her name. A series of community events titled “Celebrating Ernestine Anderson” were held in November 2021 to honor Anderson’s legacy in Seattle
12” phonograph record with beige label. A side text reads: “Ernestine Anderson / << Miss Ernestine Anderson >> / Stereo / 1566121 A / P 1967 / EMI Records / Re-edition 1985 / SACEM / SDRM / 1566121 / Side 1 / 1. Let’s Get Away From It All (Dennis / Adair) / 2. End of a Love Affair (Redding) / 3. So Nice (M. & P. Valte [sic] / Gimbel) / 4. Funny How Time Slips Away (Nelson) / 5. Talk to Me Baby* (Dolan / Mercer) / 6. Tears Have to Fall (Maxwell / Newell) / Johnnie Scott et son orchestre / *Bill Oliver et son orchestre / EMI / Tous Droits Du Producteur De L’Oeuvre Phonographique et Du Proprietaire de L’Oeuvre Enregistree Reserves / Sauf Autorisation, La Duplication, La Location, Le Pret, L’Utilisation De Ce Disque Pour Execution Publiquett Radiodiffusion Sont Interoits / Made in France by Pathe Marconi S. A.” B side text reads: “Ernestine Anderson / << Miss Ernestine Anderson >> / Stereo / 1566121 B / P 1967 / EMI Records / Re-edition 1985 / SACEM / SDRM / 1566121 / Side 2 / 1. Big Spender (Fields / Coleman) / 2. What Did I Have That I Don’t Have (Lerner / Lane) / 3. On the Clear Day You Can See Forever (Lerner / Lane) / 4. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Styne / Cahn) / 5. Feeling Good (Bricusse / Newley) / 6. Make it Another Old Fashioned Please (Porter) / Johnnie Scott et son orchestre / EMI / Tous Droits Du Producteur De L’Oeuvre Phonographique et Du Proprietaire de L’Oeuvre Enregistree Reserves / Sauf Autorisation, La Duplication, La Location, Le Pret, L’Utilisation De Ce Disque Pour Execution Publiquett Radiodiffusion Sont Interoits / Made in France by Pathe Marconi S. A.”
Front of album jacket features color photograph of Ernestine Anderson wearing a gold dress against a black background and yellow text that reads: “Miss Ernestine Anderson.” Back of album jacket is white printed with black text that reads: “Columbia SX 6145 / Also available on Stereo No. SCX 5145 / Miss Ernestine Anderson / Johnnie Scott and His Orchestra / and Bill Oliver and His Orchestra* / side one: / 1. Let’s Get Away From It All (Dennis / Adair) / 2. End of a Love Affair (Redding) / 3. So Nice (M. & P. Valte [sic] / Gimbel) / 4. Funny How Time Slips Away (Nelson) / 5. Talk to Me Baby (Dolan / Mercer)* / 6. Tears Have to Fall (Maxwell / Newell) / side two: / 1. Big Spender (Fields / Coleman) / 2. What Did I Have That I Don’t Have (Lerner / Lane) / 3. On the Clear Day You Can See Forever (Lerner / Lane) / 4. I Fall In Love Too Easily (Styne / Cahn) / 5. Feeling Good (Bricusse / Newley) / 6. Make it Another Old Fashioned Please (Porter) / Recording Produced by Norman Newell P 1967 / Miss Ernestine Anderson, / c/o E.M.I. Records, / London, W.1. / Peter Murray, / B.B.C., / London, W.1. / My dear Ernestine, / I have known you on record for about nine years. In fact when your first single was released in this country, in 1959, I was one of the first disc jockeys to play it. Since then I have followed your career with added interest. You’ve never made a bad record. With your abundant talent and taste that would be quite impossible. / You now live a long way away from your native Houston. They say they make everything bigger and better in Texas. That might sometimes be an exaggeration, but in your case it’s true. I hasten to add that when I say ‘big’ I am not referring to your vital statistics. There, baby, you’re too much! / Texas’ loss is London’s gain and we’re delighted to have you with us. / This is your first ‘Made in Britain’ album and producer Norman Newell has done you proud on lush arrangements, gorgeous vocal stylings. / I can only say one further thing – Ernestine, I love you. / Yours, / Pete Murray / Peter Murray. / P.S. Please give my kindest regards to you husband. / E.M.I Records (The Gramophone Company LTD) / Hayes Middlesex England / Columbia / EMI / This mono record has been produced by the most modern techniques of processing and manufacture and conforms to the highest possible standards. It will sound even better when reproduced on stereo equipment. To keep this record clean and dust free we recommend the regular use of New Emitex. / Pathe Marconi EMI”
