In late 2000, early 2001, while downloading a few songs on Napster, I accidently ran across a song called "I Thought About You.”“ The singer was a female artist named Susannah McCorkle. Upon hearing her sing, I thought “this is someone I could listen to.” Her voice was sultry and jazzy like Cassandra Wilson or Diana Ross. I then started looking for other Sussannah McCorkle songs.
Susannah sang many Billy Holliday tunes and others that I classified as nightclub music. I liked her singing so much, I decided that I would watch and hoped she would do a concert in Southern California. So I started checking the internet. Much to my shock and disappointment, I found that she had passed away in May 2001.
It was reported that Miss McCorkle had been fighting depression for years and it finally got the best of her. She died from suicide. She jumped from the balcony to the street below at her 16th floor Manhattan apartment. She left a detailed suicide note and it is rumored that there was a note in her pocket asking that someone check on her cat.
There was a nice article about her in the NY Times May 24, 2001
I heard she had recorded over 3000 songs. So, my question was why hadn’t I heard of her? Seems most of her work was done in Europe. Too bad, because as you’ll hear…. Oh, What A Voice!
Here's one of my favorites: Waters of March
