With “Oh Daddy” on the one side and “Down Home Blues” on the other, this record was Black Swan’s first big hit and made Ethel Waters (1896-1977) Black Swan’s biggest star. Waters was one of the most successful African American performers of the 1920s, and in the 1930s and 1940s she performed on Broadway and in numerous films, winning an Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in the 1949 film Pinky.