Ethel Waters was an American singer and an actress. Waters had performances in Jazz, Swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts, she began her career in the 1920's where she started singing the blues. Many of her songs are called, "Stormy Weather", "Am I Blue", "Taking a Chance on Love" also many more. When Ethel started, she was working in Vaudeville. She was also reputated with that she was the first singer who had performed W.C. Handy's "St. Louis Blues" then with the blues song and Jazz combination of both, the other songs that came after were, "Stormy Weather" and "Travelin' All Alone" Waters had many success with "Dinah." Her first recording went down in 1921, where she was accompanied by artists such as Flether Henderson, Coleman Hawkins, James P. Johnson, and Duke Ellington. Waters had also performed with Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey. As well as performing, she went on to appear at several Broadway musicals such as "Africana," "Blackbirds of 1930," "Rhapsody in Black," and etc.. Through the 60's and the 70's, Waters was a member of the organization that had accompanied Billy Graham. Waters had expande dher influence throughout popualar music. Her 1961 role in the ''Good Night, Sweet Blues" episode of the television series Route 66 is where she earned her first Emmy award. She had leading roles in Hollywood films, and earned an Academy Award nomination for the film Pinky. She first started singing in the Philadelphia area, and she grew up in Chester, Pennsylvania, where she sang in the church choir and was working as a domestic. Her first professional tour was, with the Black Swan Troubadours. She also started appearing in dramatic roles when she gave a recital at Carnegie Hall. She had also performed in Cabin and Sky in 1943. Waters was successful in publishing her two autobiographies which was, "His Eye is on the Sparrow" and "To Me It's Wonderful." In her personal life, she also had three marriages, she had also worked with evangelist Billy graham while performing at the occasional concert.