Varetta Dillard was one of the great unknown blues shouters of the 1950s. A two-time winner of the Apollo Theater's amateur competition, she recorded solo and as a part of a duo that she shared with vocalist/pianist H-Bomb Ferguson. Signed by Savoy in 1951, her singles included "Easy Easy Baby" in 1952 and "Mercy, Mr. Percy," her theme song, the following year.
Dillard became known for her ...more
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- New York Blues and R&B (Acrobat)
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- Honkin' 'N' Hollerin': R&B from the Radio Corporation, Vol. 1
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- Groove Story: R&B from the Radio Corporation, Vol. 2
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- Ladies Sing the Blues: Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5 (Savoy 1995)
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- Roots of Rock 'n Roll (Savoy)
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