Marie Adams
Marie Adams
Top Songs
| 1 | A Fool in Love | ||
| 2 | You Don't Know | ||
| 3 | That's The Way To Get Along | ||
| 4 | I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks | ||
| 5 | Until We Meet Again (Bye Bye Baby) |
Albums
May 2014 • 2 songs
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About
Biography
b. Ollie Marie Givens, 19 October 1925, Linden, Texas, USA. Known affectionately as ‘TV Mama' (the one with the big, wide screen) by her colleagues in the Johnny Otis band, singer Marie Adams began her recording career in Houston, Texas, for the local Peacock label in 1952, accompanied by the bands of Bill Harvey, Chuck Dillon and Pluma Davis, finding success with her first release, ‘I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks'. Covering Johnny Ace's ‘My Song' in 1953 at a Peacock session in New York City with the Cherokee Conyers Orchestra (a cut-down Buddy Johnson unit), she joined Johnn...