Babe Matthews

Biography

Unsung great Babe Matthews was a fabulous singer of songs. She was quite capable of singing anything from blues, jazz, swing, gospel, rhythm and blues. She was a singer before her time, Aretha Franklin has nothing on her. Whatever Babe sang she put over with style, excellence, and much energy. She made you stop and listen. The 1930s were the high years for her, she was one of the most popular, most wanted performer of her race. She appeared in quite a few movies displaying her fine talents as singer, dancer and actress. As an actress, she usually played the hands on the hips, rolling eyes, feisty, wise-cracking wife alongside her husband who also was a performer and her sometime partner, Eddie Matthews. They were in every film they appeared in together. Their work was original and entertaining, they were a great husband and wife team but Babe made a name for herself and was more popular than her husband. She was truly a great performer of the golden era of Black Entertainment and Harlem.