A founding member of MANHATTAN TRANSFER, the original jazz vocal group, Ms.… Read Full Bio ↴A founding member of MANHATTAN TRANSFER, the original jazz vocal group, Ms. Dickins continues to enchant audiences throughout the world. She has performed and recorded with Leonard Cohen, Bette Midler, James Taylor, The Talking Heads, James Brown, Barry Manilow, Jaco Pastorius and Ashford & Simpson, to name but a few.

NICE GIRLS is Erin Dickins’ debut solo album, recently released on Champagne Records. Anchored by the single and video Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast —a remake of 1950’s starlet Julie London’s hit —Dickins’ album was carefully crafted over a two-year period by a group of renowned musicians including composer Jesse Frederick (music for Flamingo Kid, Full House, Perfect Strangers, Step By Step, Family Matters), pianist/arranger Rob Mounsey (Kurt Elling, Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Deborah Cox) and bassist David Finck (Harry Connick Jr., Steve Kuhn, Liza Minelli, Rod Stewart, Sir Andre Previn).

This collection of beautifully recorded and performed gems - from cool sultry ballads to swinging arrangements, is a perfect musical reflection to Dickins’ engaging personality.

Dickins comes from an artistic family. Her mother, who traded photo-portraits to a local opera singer in return for singing lessons for nine-year-old Erin, was formerly a dancer with the Rockettes in New York. Erin’s father was a passionate amateur jazz pianist who taught Erin to sing and play, sharing with her his deep love of music.

Dickins considers it her honor and responsibility to spread the joy that she experiences every time she performs. Music is an instrument of transformation, and Dickins is transformed when singing. She believes that as a musician she has been given a unique gift. “When I perform I give 200 percent. If I can be an instrument for joy, just for one instant, then I have done what is asked of me. That’s how you heal the planet, right? One song, one person, one joyful encounter at a time - it’s nice work if you can get it.”

Seeing Dickins perform with her live band is an experience you do not want to miss. Riding off of the success of her recent launch at Avalon Theatre in Easton, MD, Dickins will be performing several spot dates throughout the U.S in 2011 and is booking international dates in China and Europe for 2012.

She is currently in the early stages of writing and pre-production for the follow-up to Nice Girls with Frederick.

In the meantime, she continues to devote her time working with children at SummerFame, a performing arts summer program she founded in 2000, along with her other charitable efforts.

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I Must Have That Man
Erin Dickins Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'I Must Have That Man' by these artists:

Abbey Lincoln Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Abbey Lincoln J.J. Johnson Hank Jones Charlie Haden Al Foster Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Adelaide Hall Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Adelaide Hall With Duke Ellington And His Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Annette Hanshaw Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Annette Hanshaw and Her Sizzlin' Syncopators Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Banu Gibson Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Billie Holiday Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…

Billie Holiday and Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Billie Holiday Lester Young Teddy Wilson Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Billie Holiday Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Billie Holiday Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Billie Holiday; Lester Young; Teddy Wilson Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Billie Holliday with Bob Haggart and His Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Billy Holiday Don't want my manny I don't need a friend My heart is…
Bobby Hackett Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Joe Turner And His Memphis Men Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Joe Venuti Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Lew Leslie's Blackbirds Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Linda Keene Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Liza Minnelli I'm so unhappy, left all alone ain't got nobody to…
Louis Armstrong Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Miff Mole And His Nicksieland Band Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Peanuts Hucko Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Ruby Braff & Dave McKenna Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Ruby Braff And Dick Hyman Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Scrappy Lambert with Joe Venuto and His Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Sonny Rollins Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Teddy Wilson & Billie Holiday Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra;Billie Holiday Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Teddy Wilson And His Orchestra Billie Holiday Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Valaida Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Valaida Snow Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Vaughn De Leath Ben Selvin and His Orchestra Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…
Vol. 20 - Billie Holiday Don't want my mammy I don't need a friend My heart is…