Mayme Watts

Mayme P. Watts, aka Maymie Watts, was an American songwriter and R&B singer.[1] Watts is best known for co-writing the jazz standard "Alright, Okay, You Win" with Sid Wyche. Watts also co-wrote (with Robert Mosely) the charting songs "Give Me Your Love" and Midnight Flyer" by Nat King Cole, "Since I Made You Cry" by The Rivieras, "Point of No Return" by Adam Wade, and "Ooh! What a Day!", recorded by both Craig Douglas and Sarah Vaughan.[2]

Mayme Watts
Also known asMaymie Watts
Occupation(s)Songwriter, vocalist
LabelsGroove, Glory, MGM, Roulette
Associated actsLionel Hampton Orchestra, Mayme & Robert, Walter Davis Jr. Trio

Watts was a vocalist with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra.[3] She also recorded singles as a solo artist as well as in the duo Mayme & Robert.

In March 1958, Watts married Ralph Sawyer in Germany.[4] In August 1959, Watts filed a lawsuit against former Mercury Records executive Brad Shad, for songwriting royalties she believed were owed to her from “Alright, Okay, You Win”.[5] By the mid-1960s she was performing as a vocalist with the Walter Davis Jr. Trio, and married pianist Walter Davis.[6]

Discography

As Maymie Watts (solo)

  • Quicksand / There Goes That Train (Groove 4G-0103, 1955)
  • Doo Ba Dee (Track 23, Rockin' the Groove, Bear Family BCD 17412, 2016)
  • Wheel of Time (Track 35, Rockin' The Groove, Bear Family BCD 17412, 2016)

With Mayme & Robert / Maymie and Robert

  • Ain't No Way in the World / Parting Tears (Glory 45-260, 1957)
  • Sweet Lips / Ha Ha Hee Hee Ho Ho Hum Hum (MGM K12702, 1958)
  • You Ought to Know / That's When (Roulette R-4347, 1961)

References
  1. "Songs written by Mayme Watts | SecondHandSongs".
  2. "Mayme Watts ••• Top Songs as Writer ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts".
  3. Washington Afro-American, March 11, 1958, Page 19
  4. Washington Afro-American, March 11, 1958, Page 19
  5. Jet Magazine, Vol 16, No. 18, August 27, 1959, Page 62
  6. Jet Magazine, Vol 38, No. 10, June 11, 1970, Page 33


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