Cat No 5059

This release presents the complete, and previously rare, recorded output of Little Miss Cornshucks (Mildred Cummings) apart from a long-unavailable album she made for Chess in 1960. Born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1923 she became a major attraction in Chicago clubs, and then nationally, from the early 40's onwards, with her cute 'rural maid' routine. She recorded the first 'soul' version of "Try A Little Tenderness", included here.

She was the first artist to be recorded by the young Ahmet Ertegun, some years before he formed Atlantic Records, where one of his first hits was Ruth Brown's version of Cornshucks' "So Long", also included on this disc. As well as Ruth
Brown she was also a major influence on performers such as Wynona Carr, Johnny Ray, Billy Wright and LaVerne Baker  -  who stated her career in the late 40's calling herself 'Little Miss Sharecropper', in emulation of her idol.

She is on the cover of the June issue of the US magazine No Depression, in which there is a special 12 page feature on her career.