Dillard, Varetta - Mercy Mr. Percy-The Singles Collection 1951-61 [Import]

· Varetta Dillard, born in Harlem in 1933, who defied a crippling bone condition to become a successful singer · Won an Apollo Theatre talent show in 1951, which got her a contract with the Savoy label · 56-track 2-CD collection comprising most of her A&B sides on the Savoy, Groove, RCA, Triumph and Cub labels · Features her US R&B hits with “Easy Easy Baby”, “Mercy Mr. Percy” and “Johnny Has Gone”, · Fine interpreter of R&B songs by the great writers of the era like Rudolph Toombs, Otis Blackwell, Rose Marie McCoy, Charles Singleton, Clyde Otis and Jesse Stone.