Vinyl records

Ila Vann vinyl records

1 album with 12 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Ila Harriet Fields. Soul, blues and R&B singer. Born 1938, Long Branch, NJ, USA. She lives in Richmond, Virginia with one of her daughters. Her brothers are Hampton Carlton (keyboard player for the The Mighty Clouds Of Joy) and Paul Vann. She started out singing in church and was spotted at age 8 by Mahalia Jackson and went on the road as an opening act for her for the next 4 years. She sang with The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Staple Singers, Clara Ward and Sam Cooke. At age 23, she recorded with Louis Armstrong. Her work with Sam Cooke led to her first recording contract with Arnold Records.