Ina Ray Hutton
Odessa Cowan, better known by her stage name Ina Ray Hutton (March 13, 1916 – February 19, 1984), was an American bandleader, vocalist and performer during the Big band era, and sister to June Hutton.
Biography
Ina Ray Hutton (March 13, 1916 – February 19, 1984) was born Odessa Cowan in Chicago, Illinois to parents Marvel Svea Williams and Odie Daniel Cowan. She began dancing and singing in stage revues at the age of eight under the guidance of her then tap and stage dance instructor, Hazel Thompson-Davis. Cowan's mother Marvel Ray was a local pianist and entertainer in Chicago. By the age of 13, Odessa was considered so advanced that she skipped eighth grade and went straight to high school at Hyde Park High School. By the time she was 18 years old, Odessa (Ina Ray) was a seasoned performer having starred in Gus Edwards' revue "Future Stars Troupe" at the Palace Theater, Lew Leslie's "Clowns in Clover", on Broadway she performed in George White's revues: "Melody", "Never Had An Education," "Scandals", and then onto The Ziegfeld Follies all by the time she was 18.
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- Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodeans released: 2001
Ina Ray Hutton and Her Melodeans
Released 2001- How's About Tomorrow Night
- And I Still Do
- Georgia's Gorgeous Gal
- Wild Party
- Twenty-Four Hours in Georgia
- Witch Doctor
- Blues in the Groove
- Truckin'
- High Steppin'
- I'm 100% For You
- Struttin' With the Ladies
- Medley: Stardust / Organ Grinders Swing
- Suzi-Q
- Melodear Swing
- What's the Good of Moonlight
- Nobody's Sweetheart
- Angry
- Remember
- In My Arms
- Star Eyes
- Rose Room
- Tess' Torch Song (I Had a Man)
- Ring Dem Bells
- All of Me
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The Wild One
by: Johnny HortonGive me my cycle with star-filled sky above
And a good lookin' woman with a heart full of love
I'll go to any honky in any old town cause I am the wild one and I'll never settle down
I am the wild one I am the wild one I am the wild one I'll never settle down
I got a gal in every town who claims she loves me so
I love 'em and leave 'em I want 'em all to know
That when I hear that wild wind a blowin' down the road
I know I'll have to travel fast and leave without a load
I am the wild one I am the wild one I am the wild one I'll never settle down
I am the wild I believe in travelin' light
Just me and my cycle speedin' through the night
I love a lotta women I take 'em all around I am the wild one I'll never settle down