He also led the backing group for Ethel Waters during one of her national tours.
Ethel Waters was raised in a violent, impoverished home.
In 1928 he began recording songs with his second wife, Ethel Waters.
Ethel Waters was raised in poverty and never lived in the same place for more than 15 months.
Years later, the novel was turned into a successful play starring Ethel Waters.
She began her career as a dancer in Harlem, and by 1919 was working with Ethel Waters.
Ethel Waters, who appeared in "The Member of the Wedding."
When it came to women, Johnson had a fatal case of what Ethel Waters called "the white fever."
Ethel Waters is said to have once called Arlen the "Negro-est" white man she knew.
An early vocal version was waxed by Ethel Waters.