Mayme Watts

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Mayme Watts
Also known asMaymie Watts
Occupation(s)Songwriter, vocalist
Labels Groove, Glory, MGM, Roulette

Mayme P. Watts, aka Maymie Watts, was an American songwriter and R&B singer. [1] Watts is best known for co-writing the jazz standard "Alright, Okay, You Win" with Sid Wyche.[ citation needed ] Watts also co-wrote (with Robert Mosely) the charting songs "Give Me Your Love" and Midnight Flyer" by Nat King Cole, "Since I Made You Cry" by The Rivieras, "Point of No Return" by Adam Wade, and "Ooh! What a Day!", recorded by both Craig Douglas and Sarah Vaughan. [2]

Watts was a vocalist with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. [3] She also recorded singles as a solo artist as well as in the duo Mayme & Robert.

In March 1958, Watts married Ralph Sawyer in Germany. [3] In August 1959, Watts filed a lawsuit against former Mercury Records executive Brad Shad, for songwriting royalties she believed were owed to her from “Alright, Okay, You Win”. [4] By the mid-1960s she was performing as a vocalist with the Walter Davis Jr. Trio, and married pianist Walter Davis. [5]

Discography

As Maymie Watts (solo)

With Mayme & Robert / Maymie and Robert

References

  1. ↑ "Songs written by Mayme Watts". Secondhandsongs.com.
  2. ↑ "Mayme Watts • Top Songs as Writer". Musicvf.com. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 Washington Afro-American, March 11, 1958, Page 19
  4. ↑ Jet Magazine, Vol 16, No. 18, August 27, 1959, Page 62
  5. ↑ Jet Magazine, Vol 38, No. 10, June 11, 1970, Page 33


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