[78-L] Sister Rockaway and I.H. Smiley and his Rockateers

[Koen Kamphuijs & Gusta Harderwijk]

Joe, thanks for this info.  The real names of these two are a great 
lead.  And I'm always amazed for the tons of knowledge on this list.

Koen

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At 18:06 16-4-2014, you wrote:
>Isaah H. "Ike" Smalley Jr. (1915-1991) was a Houston saxophonist and 
>bandleader who was friendly with people like Arnett Cobb, Milt 
>Larkin, and Calvin Owens. This record was made about 1948. One of 
>the female singers who worked with Smalley in the late '40s was Inez 
>Newell. (She appeared in two low-budget feature films, but I don't 
>think she sang in either of them. She was the sole writer of the 
>song "My Daddy's Got It" copyrighted 9/9/44.)
>A birthday party of Smalley's in the '40s:
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/30643196@N00/224281912/
>Joseph Scott
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Koen Kamphuijs & Gusta Harderwijk
>Sent: 04/16/14 09:00 AM
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>Subject: [78-L] Sister Rockaway and I.H. Smiley and his Rockateers
>
>Hi all, I found a wonderful blues on a 2006 CD titled Midnite Blues 
>Party vol. 2 - billed to Sister Rockaway with I.H. Smiley and his 
>Rockateers, titled Young Woman's Advice - the track apparently taken 
>directly from shellac. Now this lady has a great, apparently 
>gospel-influenced delivery and the band does a good job - which 
>makes me think that both are pseudonyms for artists who'd done more. 
>Anyone who knows who these Sister Rockaway and I.H. Smiley are? Or 
>some more information on them? Apart from that one track on that CD 
>that is in the collection of about every on-line music service, 
>nothing pops up on Google. Thanks, Koen 
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