Baby Won't You Please Come Home - Edith Wilson
Edith Wilson (September 2, 1896 – March 30, 1981) was an American blues singer and vaudeville performer. Born Edith Goodall in Louisville, Kentucky, Wilson's first professional experience came in 1919 in Louisville's Park Theater. Lena Wilson and her brother, Danny, performed in Louisville; Edith married Danny and joined their act as a trio. Danny, a pianist who had trained at a conservatory in Charleston, South Carolina, encouraged Lena and Edith to sing not just blues but other song forms as well.Together the trio performed on the East Coast in 1920-21, and when they were in New York City Wilson was picked up by Columbia, who recorded her in 1921 with Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds. She signed with Columbia in 1921 recorded 17 tunes with Dunn in 1921-22. In 1924 she worked with Fletcher Henderson in New York, where she was slated to sing with Coleman Hawkins, but Hawkins refused to perform because he wanted additional compensation for the performance. She remained a popular Co...