Sophie Tucker
The Great Sophie Tucker

Listening notes

The Great Sophie Tucker is a 1966 vinyl release on the Ace Of Hearts label, catalog number AH 115, credited to Sophie Tucker and filed under the Blues genre. The record presents twelve tracks across two sides. Side A lists six selections: Some Of These Days (A1), You’ve Got To Be Loved To Be Healthy (A2), The Older They Get The Younger They Want ’em (A3), Who Wants Them Tall Dark & Handsome (A4), You Can’t Sew A Button On A Heart (A5), and Why Go To Havana (A6). Side B continues with six more: Louisville Lou (B7), My Yiddishe Momme (Sung in English) (B8), My Yiddishe Momme (Sung in Yiddish) (B9), The Lady Is A Tramp (B10), No One Woman Can Satisfy Any One Man All The Time (B11), and Some Of These Days (B12). Track durations are not provided in the source details.

The configuration highlights two notable repetitions and variations within the program. Some Of These Days appears twice, opening Side A and returning as the closing track on Side B. My Yiddishe Momme is presented in two language versions, one sung in English and one in Yiddish, explicitly identified as such in the tracklist. The balance of material spans titles including Louisville Lou and The Lady Is A Tramp, alongside songs with characterful titles like Who Wants Them Tall Dark & Handsome and You Can’t Sew A Button On A Heart.

As cataloged here, the release information is limited to artist, title, label, catalog number, year, format, genre classification, and track titles with positions. No recording dates, personnel, or running times accompany this entry. Within those parameters, The Great Sophie Tucker (Ace Of Hearts AH 115, 1966) documents a twelve-track blues-classified vinyl issue bearing Sophie Tucker’s name, arranged in two six-track sides and featuring the dual-language pairing of My Yiddishe Momme as well as the bookending presence of Some Of These Days. Further details beyond this listing are not provided in the current data.