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Ella Washington Is An African-American Former R&B And Gospel Singer Described As "an Outstanding Southern Soul Vocalist" And Best Known For Her 1969 Hit "He Called Me Baby". She Later Became A Church Pastor. She Was Born In Miami Florida And First Recorded In 1965 For The Local Octavia Label. Her Single "The Grass Always Seems Greener" Was Leased To Atlantic Records For Release But Did Not Achieve Commercial Success. In 1967 She Began Recording For The Sound Stage 7 Label In Nashville Tennessee. Several Of Her Records Were Produced By Radio Disc Jockey John Richbourg And Were Recorded In Muscle Shoals Alabama. Her Third Single For Sound Stage 7 "He Called Me Baby" Was A Reworking Of A 1962 Song By Harlan Howard Originally "She Called Me Baby" Which Had Previously Been Recorded By Many Country Singers Including Bobby Bare And Patsy Cline. Washington's Version Reached # 77 On The Billboard Hot 100 And # 38 On The Billboard R&B Chart But Was Her Only Hit Record. However She Released An LP Ella Washington In 1969 And A Succession Of Singles On The Sound Stage 7 Label Through To 1972 Including "Stop Giving Your Man Away" And "Trying To Make You Love Me". In 1973 She Turned From Secular To Gospel Music. She Sang "Amazing Grace" And "Because He Lives" At John Richbourg's Funeral In 1986. By 2009 As Ella Washington Cobbs She Was Pastor At Theos Ministries Church In Opa-Locka Miami-Dade County Florida. The First Compilation Album Of Her Recordings Nobody But Me Was Released By Charly Records In 1987. A CD Of Her Recordings For Sound Stage 7 He Called Me Baby Was Issued On The Soulscape Label In 2009. read less