Christine Kittrell (August 11, 1929 – December 19, 2001) was an American rh… Read Full Bio ↴Christine Kittrell (August 11, 1929 – December 19, 2001) was an American rhythm & blues singer.
In 1954 she recorded tracks for the Republic record label, two of which featured Little Richard on piano and a third with Richard as backing vocalist.
Kittrell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, and went on to work with Louis Armstrong, B.B. King, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, John Coltrane, Johnny Otis and Earl Bostic.
In 1967, Kittrell was wounded while performing to troops in Vietnam, and recorded her final music in 1968. Throughout her life Kittrell recorded thirty four tracks for six separate labels.
Kittrell died in 2001 of emphysema at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Christine Kittrell was born on August 11, 1929, into a musical family in Nashville, and decided that singing would be her life's work after singing in church, and listening to records by Vela Johnson, Dinah Washington, Billie Holliday and Bessie Smith. During the '40s and early '50s, Kittrell toured extensively, and recorded for Tennessee, Republic, Federal, King and Vee-Jay Records over her career. During the summer of 1952, a little independent label based in Nashville called Tennessee Records released a blues recording called 'Sittin' Here Drinkin'' /'I Ain't Nothing But a Fool'. In 1952, Little Richard played piano on one of her songs, 'Lord Have Mercy (I'm So Lonely)'. Christine then moved to Republic Records, also in Nashville, and recorded with the Gay Crosse Band, who had in their number a young tenor player called John Coltrane. Christine was starting to rack up sales of over 20,000 per single. Around this time, she toured regularly. DJ Gene Norman organised a show with The Robins, Christine Kittrell, Earl Bostic, and The Flairs at the Embassy Ballroom in LA, and to tour California in March. Other West Coast tours would follow, with "Fats" Domino, Earl Bostic, Paul Williams, John Coltrane and more. Success as a national R&B artist seemed imminent. At this point in 1954, Christine decided to return to gospel music. She moved to Columbus Ohio in 1962, to make a new home. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller sought her out and wrote the song 'I'm a Woman' for her, which she recorded on Vee-Jay along with some other, but none of them sold well, and she returned to her gospel once more. In the mid '60s, she went on a Southeast Asian tour where she sang for the troops in Vietnam. She stayed there for 8 1/2 months, intending to stay longer. The tour was terminated, almost literally, when Christine was wounded by shrapnel in a Viet-Cong incident. She made a come-back in the '80s and spent her remaining few years working with a beautification group, the Linden Community in Action. Kittrell was inducted into the Columbus Senior Musicians Hall of Fame in 1998 and died on 19th December 2001.
In 1954 she recorded tracks for the Republic record label, two of which featured Little Richard on piano and a third with Richard as backing vocalist.
Kittrell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, and went on to work with Louis Armstrong, B.B. King, Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams, John Coltrane, Johnny Otis and Earl Bostic.
In 1967, Kittrell was wounded while performing to troops in Vietnam, and recorded her final music in 1968. Throughout her life Kittrell recorded thirty four tracks for six separate labels.
Kittrell died in 2001 of emphysema at the Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Christine Kittrell was born on August 11, 1929, into a musical family in Nashville, and decided that singing would be her life's work after singing in church, and listening to records by Vela Johnson, Dinah Washington, Billie Holliday and Bessie Smith. During the '40s and early '50s, Kittrell toured extensively, and recorded for Tennessee, Republic, Federal, King and Vee-Jay Records over her career. During the summer of 1952, a little independent label based in Nashville called Tennessee Records released a blues recording called 'Sittin' Here Drinkin'' /'I Ain't Nothing But a Fool'. In 1952, Little Richard played piano on one of her songs, 'Lord Have Mercy (I'm So Lonely)'. Christine then moved to Republic Records, also in Nashville, and recorded with the Gay Crosse Band, who had in their number a young tenor player called John Coltrane. Christine was starting to rack up sales of over 20,000 per single. Around this time, she toured regularly. DJ Gene Norman organised a show with The Robins, Christine Kittrell, Earl Bostic, and The Flairs at the Embassy Ballroom in LA, and to tour California in March. Other West Coast tours would follow, with "Fats" Domino, Earl Bostic, Paul Williams, John Coltrane and more. Success as a national R&B artist seemed imminent. At this point in 1954, Christine decided to return to gospel music. She moved to Columbus Ohio in 1962, to make a new home. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller sought her out and wrote the song 'I'm a Woman' for her, which she recorded on Vee-Jay along with some other, but none of them sold well, and she returned to her gospel once more. In the mid '60s, she went on a Southeast Asian tour where she sang for the troops in Vietnam. She stayed there for 8 1/2 months, intending to stay longer. The tour was terminated, almost literally, when Christine was wounded by shrapnel in a Viet-Cong incident. She made a come-back in the '80s and spent her remaining few years working with a beautification group, the Linden Community in Action. Kittrell was inducted into the Columbus Senior Musicians Hall of Fame in 1998 and died on 19th December 2001.
Snake in the Grass
Christine Kittrell Lyrics
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Annihilator You were the world to me I thought that I would…
Aviv Gedge אחי תפס נחש בעשב הוא שחרר אותו בשדות הוא יכול גם לתפוס…
Billfold deaf to bullshit, blind to fake shit stop wasting your time…
Cartier They say Flocka trippin' shawty on that other shit I keep…
Couch Slut I'm stuffed up my spine Now lay down for the just…
Crimson Discord Here she comes a′ struttin' Like a little Bo Peep With a…
Dead/Awake Evaluate your self worth I can't be pushed around It's time …
Despised Icon Snake in the grass Wanted a song Now, you got one All these…
Elton John Beautiful morning, ahh Down by the river, ahh Without a wa…
Eugene Paul Loca (Loca) Loca Dance or die Loca (Loca) She′s playin' dum…
Flocka They say Flocka trippin' shawty on that other shit I keep…
Jedd Hughes She's your beauty, she's your queen I know she's your everyt…
Kim Hill Wes King Chorus We're gonna reap what we've sown 'Cause His …
Kristoff Krane There is something on my mind that I know I…
Malice Thoughts Now look at the mess & the years wasted Sitting around…
Much the Same Wait for me by the sea I’ll tell you everything you…
Rubberneck You always justify your fucked up ways Than how you'll get…
The Annihilators You were the world to me I thought that I would…
The Black Angels Someday but not today we will move away To a place…
The Exciters Hey girls listen to me I've been there and I know Watch…
V.I.P I want to go back to my little grass shack…
Vallejo Seeking out the wandering kind inside you As he takes a…
Waka Flocka Flame They say Flocka trippin' shawty on that other shit I keep…
Wylder Snake in the Grass Wylder When you woke across the sea The …
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