Hortense Ellis

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My Last Date 02:16 Tools
Unexpected Places 03:48 Tools
Woman Of The Ghetto 03:06 Tools
To The Other Woman 03:01 Tools
Secretly 02:22 Tools
People Make The World Go Round 03:18 Tools
I'm Still in Love 00:00 Tools
I'm Just A Girl 08:22 Tools
Wooden Heart 02:41 Tools
Hell and Sorrow 02:08 Tools
Sitting In The Park 00:00 Tools
Willow Tree 02:59 Tools
Why Birds Fly 02:55 Tools
Can I Change My Mind 00:00 Tools
Melody Life 00:00 Tools
Breakfast in Bed 00:00 Tools
Sincerely 00:00 Tools
I'm Still In Love With You 00:00 Tools
Suspicious Minds 03:16 Tools
Stand By Your Man 03:42 Tools
Cry Together 00:00 Tools
Loving Arms 00:00 Tools
Mark My Words 00:00 Tools
Ain't That Loving You 00:00 Tools
Young Hearts Run Free 00:00 Tools
Words 00:00 Tools
With All My Heart 03:09 Tools
My Willow Tree 00:00 Tools
Baby Come On 00:00 Tools
Never See My Baby Anymore 00:00 Tools
Groovy Kind Of Love 00:00 Tools
Down The Aisle 02:55 Tools
Don't Want To Cry 06:33 Tools
Just One Look 02:23 Tools
Piece Of My Heart 03:30 Tools
Hell And Sorry 00:00 Tools
Where The Boys Are 00:00 Tools
I Can't Say Goodbye 00:00 Tools
Jah Created The World 00:00 Tools
One of Us Will Weep Tonight 00:00 Tools
You've Done Me Wrong 00:00 Tools
Eddie My Love 00:00 Tools
I Only Live To Love You 00:00 Tools
Devoted To You 03:58 Tools
Mark My Word 00:00 Tools
Jah Mysterious Works 00:00 Tools
King Spinner 00:00 Tools
Come Closer To Me 00:00 Tools
Somebody Help Me 00:00 Tools
My Last Date (With You) 00:00 Tools
People Make The World Go Roun 00:00 Tools
Down The Aisle (Of Love) 00:00 Tools
Eddy My Love 00:00 Tools
Anniversary 00:00 Tools
And The Lord Said 00:00 Tools
Girls 00:00 Tools
Now And Forever More 00:00 Tools
Hold Me Tenderly 00:00 Tools
I Can't Stand the Rain (Extended Edited Version) 00:00 Tools
Precious, Precious 00:00 Tools
If You're In Love 00:00 Tools
Breaking up Is Hard to Do 00:00 Tools
You're Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else 00:00 Tools
Bed Of Roses 00:00 Tools
I Can't Stand The Rain 00:00 Tools
Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart 00:00 Tools
Midnight 00:00 Tools
This World 00:00 Tools
Midnight Train 00:00 Tools
Life 00:00 Tools
I Can't Stand the Rain - Extended Edited Version 00:00 Tools
Skylarking Horace Andy 00:00 Tools
The First Cut 00:00 Tools
Unexpected Places (remix) 00:00 Tools
Love Every One 00:00 Tools
(Uptown Top Ranking Riddim) - I'm Still In Love 00:00 Tools
Superstar 00:00 Tools
I'm Just A Girl (discomix) 00:00 Tools
Can't Stand The Rain 00:00 Tools
I'm Still In Love With You (Boy) 00:00 Tools
Last Date 02:15 Tools
I Am Just A Girl 00:00 Tools
I Am In Love 00:00 Tools
LADY LADY 00:00 Tools
One Two Three Look At Mr. Lee 00:00 Tools
I've Got A Secret 00:00 Tools
For Once in My Life 00:00 Tools
Yours 00:00 Tools
Down The Isle 00:00 Tools
(You've Lost) That Loving Feeling 04:24 Tools
07 - I'm Just A Girl 00:00 Tools
Imagination 00:00 Tools
Your Love 00:00 Tools
I’M Just A Girl 00:00 Tools
Words Are Impossible 00:00 Tools
Jah Created The Universe 00:00 Tools
I Don't Have A Wooden Heart 00:00 Tools
True Love 00:00 Tools
If You Knew 00:00 Tools
I Can't Stand The Rain (Extended Mix) 00:00 Tools
You Done Me Wrong 00:00 Tools
Women Of The Ghetto 00:00 Tools
Young Heart Runs Free 00:00 Tools
Kiss & Say GoodBye 03:59 Tools
Mother Show The Kids The Way To Go 00:00 Tools
Sweetheart 00:00 Tools
Don't Touch Mi Tomato 00:00 Tools
A Groovy Kind Of Love. 00:00 Tools
Can't Tell You in My Life 00:00 Tools
Unexpected Places (12 inch) 00:00 Tools
Why Did You Do It 00:00 Tools
Super Star 00:00 Tools
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME 00:00 Tools
Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else 00:00 Tools
love is the key 00:00 Tools
He 00:00 Tools
1. You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody 00:00 Tools
I May Never See My Baby Again 00:00 Tools
I Am Devoted To You 03:58 Tools
I Am In Love (Version) 00:00 Tools
I'll Get Along Without You 00:00 Tools
Stop And Look 00:00 Tools
I Do 00:00 Tools
Precious Precious 00:00 Tools
I'll Come Softly 00:00 Tools
Song Singing Girl 00:00 Tools
People Make the World Go Around 00:00 Tools
Some Sweet Day 00:00 Tools
woman of the ghetto - hortense ellis 00:00 Tools
I Will Sing You A Happy Song 00:00 Tools
Worried You 00:00 Tools
Melody Of Life 00:00 Tools
I Am Gone 00:00 Tools
In Paradise 00:00 Tools
You're Mine 00:00 Tools
Kiss and Say Goodbye 00:00 Tools
Sitting In The Park (Remix) 00:00 Tools
I Am Still In Love 00:00 Tools
Rough Rider 00:00 Tools
I’m Gonna Love You 00:00 Tools
I Can't Stand the Rain/Same Complaint 00:00 Tools
Aint That Loving You 00:00 Tools
I'm Still In Love (Uptown Top Ranking Riddim) 00:00 Tools
Feelings 00:00 Tools
01 - Willow Tree 00:00 Tools
Baby Come Back To Me 00:00 Tools
People Make The World Go Round dL edit 00:00 Tools
1.2.3.Look At Mr.Lee 00:00 Tools
Down The Aisle (Version) 00:00 Tools
I Miss You So 00:00 Tools
For You Dub 00:00 Tools
Now & Forever More 00:00 Tools
Hell & Sorrow 00:00 Tools
Touch Me In The Morning 00:00 Tools
Woman of the Ghetto (Parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
I'm Still In Love With You Boy 00:00 Tools
10 - People Make The World Go Round 00:00 Tools
06 - Cry Together 00:00 Tools
To The Other Woman-1971 00:00 Tools
Unexpected Place 00:00 Tools
Lady Of The Night 00:00 Tools
Lovers Concerto 00:00 Tools
Can'T Get Used To Losing You 00:00 Tools
meekly wait 00:00 Tools
02 - People Make The World Go Round 00:00 Tools
Dearest 00:00 Tools
This World-1973 00:00 Tools
Which Way You Going Natty 00:00 Tools
Dearest (feat. Johnny Clarke) 00:00 Tools
Kiss & Say Goobye 00:00 Tools
You Are Everything 00:00 Tools
The Mighty Organ 00:00 Tools
Secretely 00:00 Tools
With All My Hert 00:00 Tools
Just Want to Stay Here & Love You 00:00 Tools
I Won't Be Around 00:00 Tools
I'm Just a Girl - Hortense Ellis 00:00 Tools
This Is My Story 00:00 Tools
Teddy 00:00 Tools
Love Everyone 00:00 Tools
Play It Cool 00:00 Tools
I Won't Be Around 00:00 Tools
Jah Mysterious Ways 00:00 Tools
My Last Day 00:00 Tools
I”m still in love with you boy 00:00 Tools
Santa Is Black 04:30 Tools
Felings 00:00 Tools
People Make The World Go Round - Hortense Ellis 00:00 Tools
Jah Creation 00:00 Tools
I Will Sing A Hppy Song 00:00 Tools
Everybody Needs Love 00:00 Tools
People Make The World Go Round (JR.Dynamite Extended DJ Edit) 00:00 Tools
Version 00:00 Tools
I'm Just a Girl 00:00 Tools
Why Do Bird Fly 00:00 Tools
I'm Leaving It Up To You 00:00 Tools
You Said It Again 00:00 Tools
You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody 00:00 Tools
Piste 16 00:00 Tools
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Hortense Mahalia Ellis was born 18th April 1941 in Trench Town, Jamaica, the younger sister of the late reggae superstar Alton Ellis. Her first break came in 1960 by appearing on Vere John's Opportunity Hour - and being repeatedly invited back. In the early 60's Hortense toured Jamaica with Byron Lee & The Dragonaires while honing her skills in the studio with producers such as Ken Lack and Clement "Coxsone" Dodd. Around this time she was also recording duets with male artists such as Derrick Morgan and her brother Alton Ellis. Her best known Coxsone sides include Sitting In The Park, Secretly, Cry Together, Willow Tree and Why Birds Fly. Hortense went on to record with other producers including Augustus Clarke and Dudley "Manzie" Swaby and also, for a brief spell, recorded under the name Mahalia Saunders (a combination of her own middle name and her married name). Hortense also cut one side under the name Dawn Love. Aside from recording original Jamaican songs, Hortense also covered soul classics such as Down The Aisle (Patti Labelle), Young Hearts Run Free (Candy Staton) and Loving Arms but also recorded her own beautiful versions of Elvis Presley hits Wooden Heart and Suspicious Minds. One of Hortense's best known hits was Unexpected Places dating from 1978 and produced by Gussie Clarke. Also in the mid/late 70's she joined Johnny Clarke in the making of an R & B ballad style album marketed under the title "Sly & Robbie Present Lovers Rock" which also featured solo performances from Pat Kelly. Meanwhile Hortense's old Coxsone hit "Sitting In The Park" was re-recorded for producer Martin Williams while "Secretly" was re-recorded for Dudley "Manzie" Swaby. During the 1990's Hortense began suffering ill health which affected her live performances but she remained active in the studio. She became seriously ill while in Miami in the summer of 1999 and should have sought immediate treatment. Instead, she insisted on struggling home to her beloved Jamaica where she was immediately hospitalized. Hortense Ellis - Jamaica First Lady Of Songs - passed away in her sleep in Kingston Public Hospital on 19th October 2000. She left nine children and 26 grand-children. Please visit http://www.hortense-ellis.com for more information. PLEASE NOTE: The above bio was written by an authorized representative of the Ellis family, and you are respectfully requested not to edit it in any way. However, you are free to use it on any other site without restriction provided a credit is given to JIM OBASA Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.