Playlist magazine, which is the digital audio part of Macworld, has an article about mp3 blogging that mentions Honey as well as a few quotes bashing the JSP records by me. Not that I don’t have and enjoy JSP box sets, they have some highly dubious business practices.

Today’s track is by Lil’ Green a fantastic blues singer from Chicago (by way of Mississippi) that has been forgotten by modern blues fans. Green worked with Big Bill Broonzy as a blues singer before she sat down and recorded her most famous song “Why Don’t You Do Right” with a jazz band. This song was a big hit on the jazz scene but didn’t become a cross over success until Peggy Lee covered it and made it one of her signature songs. Green’s version has a sultriness to it that Peggy Lee nor Jessica Rabbit could come close to capturing. Green continued to preform in Chicago jazz clubs until her death in 1954, without any recognition for her original (and much superior version) of “Why Don’t You Do Right.” Like Jessie Derrick, who I posted about yesterday, Green should of been a huge success and not a side note in pop music history.

Lil Green - Why Don’t You Do Right

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