One Hour Mama

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One Hour Mama
Lavay Smith - One Hour Mama.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 7, 1996 [1]
Recorded1995–1996 [2]
Genre
Length47:57
Label Fat Note Records
Producer Chris Siebert [2]
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers chronology
One Hour Mama
(1996)
Everybody's Talkin' 'bout Miss Thing!
(2000)

One Hour Mama is the first album by Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. [4] The album was recorded at Bay Records, Berkeley, California. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oo Poppa Do"Eddie Singleton [2] 3:13
2."Blue Skies" Irving Berlin 3:50
3."New Blowtop Blues" Leonard Feather, Jane Feather6:25
4."What's the Matter With You"Albina Jones4:01
5."Squeeze Me" Fats Waller, Andy Razaf, Clarence Williams 4:37
6."And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine"Charles Lawrence, Stan Kenton, Joe Greene2:48
7."Going to Chicago Blues" Count Basie, James Rushing 4:58
8."Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler 3:12
9."Downhearted Blues" Alberta Hunter, Lovie Austin 5:23
10."Walk Right In, Walk Right Out ("The Walking Blues")"Jesse Powell4:08
11."One Hour Mama" Ida Cox 5:22
Total length:47:57

Personnel

Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers [2] [5]

Production [2] [5]

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