MERCEEDEES
Home base: Seattle, WA.
Stats: (b. 1/8/1913 Chicago, IL - d. 3/22/2000 Seattle, WA)
Misc Notes:
"Seattle was graced throughout the 1950s by the presence of an extremely elegant and popular local chanteuse who billed herself simply as "Merceedees." Born Mercedes Antoinette Welcker, she was a piano-playing Chicago teen who moved at a young age to New York City and went on to compose a song recorded by big-time artists like the Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey orchestras. Merceedees came to Seattle as a World War II veteran in 1949 and her citywide popularity as an African American performer soon played a significant role in narrowing the cultural chasm between various racial communities. Pretty, glamorous, smart, and musically talented, she quickly scored her own Music with Merceedees show on early television station KING-TV and then a weekly radio program on KING-AM. Her star rose further with a regular gig at the swanky Sorrento Hotel and a recording contract with Seattle's pioneering Linden Records. Ever ambitious, she also built and ran a recording studio and founded her own Gold Seal publishing company and record label. But life's challenges wore on her, and Merceedees Walton ended up living alone in squalor during her final years." [READ MORE...]
SEE ALSO:
1.) WELCKER, MERCEEDEES
MISC NOTES: A newspaper clipping from either January 25, 1952 or August 2, 1952 mentioned that this record was "soon to be released."
LOCATION: Seattle, WA.
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Merceedees (piano);
RECORDING STUDIO: Linden
RECORDING ENGINEER: Jimmy Linden (?)
FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 10"
SPEED: 78 rpm
DISC NOTES: Evidently never released. We made up the Serial Number of 10001 simply to make this unit fall into place at the end of the Linden labelography.
MISC NOTES: Also issued in 45 rpm format (45 X 138) Some 45 rpm discs pressed on red vinyl.
LOCATION:
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 10"
SPEED: 78 rpm
DISC NOTES:
A-SIDE MATRIX: 3518-1
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 138 A
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Merceedees Welcker
A-SIDE PUBLISHER:
B-SIDE MATRIX: 3518-2
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 138 B
B-SIDE COMPOSER: Merceedees Welcker
B-SIDE PUBLISHER:
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 10"
SPEED: 78 rpm
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MISC NOTES:
Also issued in 45 rpm format (45 X 139*). Some 45s pressed on red vinyl,
LOCATION:
RECORDING PERSONNEL:
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FORMAT: disc
SIZE: 10"
SPEED: 78 rpm
DISC NOTES: * (45)
A-SIDE MATRIX:
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 139 A
A-SIDE COMPOSER:
A-SIDE PUBLISHER:
B-SIDE MATRIX:
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: 139 B
B-SIDE COMPOSER:
B-SIDE PUBLISHER:
MISC NOTES: with The Individuals
LOCATION:
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FORMAT:disc
SIZE:7"
SPEED:45 rpm
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A-SIDE MATRIX:
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: ^29704 (May-June, l959)
A-SIDE COMPOSER:Merceedees - Walton
A-SIDE PUBLISHER:
B-SIDE MATRIX:
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE:^29704 (May-June, l959)
B-SIDE COMPOSER:Merceedees - Walton
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: