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Lil Green is one of those legendary blues singers whom you have heard mentioned, but may not have actually heard. Decades ago as a teenager I recall reading a Hit Parader magazine review of a Lil Green RCA Victor best of compilation entitled Romance In The Dark. The captivating cover photo captured my imagination, but I never ever saw a copy of the elusive vinyl record. Over the years, I've occasionally encountered references to the title song, but again, no luck in hearing it.Imagine my surprise to discover that the new Cyndi Lauper CD, Memphis BLues includes Romance In The Dark. This was the motivation I finally needed to spur me on to track down the original recording, and I can honestly say Lil has totally blown me away.Described as having a distinctively warm, buzzing, astringent voice, Green came up in South Side Chicago, performing as a singing waitress when she was only 14. Developing her act during the 1930s, she began making records for Victor's Bluebird label in 1940, usually backed by guitarist Big Bill Broonzy.Lil Green's self penned composition "Romance in the Dark" was a 1940 Bluebird hit and in 1941 she followed it with a best selling version of fellow Mississippi Joe McCoy's blues novelty "Why Don't You Do Right?" which was covered by Peggy Lee, and in time became associated with her.During the 1940's, Green enjoyed a successful career touring theaters and clubs and recording for RCA, Aladdin, however she never seemed to escape playing to solely Black audiences in the chitlin circuit. Green was signed to Atlantic Records in the early 1950's and cut a few modern sounding sides for the label. However, she fell ill with bronchial pneumonia and died in Chicago in 1954, at only thirty-five years old. What she could have accomplished had she lived longer is up for conjecture, but the eighteen tracks on this compilation point to loss of a very promising blues performer. Hopefully some of the attention Lauper brings to Romance In The Dark translates to shedding some long overdue light on Lil Green, perhaps one of the most unique blues voices of her generation.