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in 1951 and

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in 1953. In 1960, Anderson recorded two albums for Bluesville, a subsidiary of the

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, her only LPs. The first, ''

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'', featured

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' group with organist

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. The second, ''

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on tenor. Commenting on ''No More in Life'',

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wrote "considering how well she sings on this set, it is strange that Mildred Anderson would have no further opportunities to lead her own albums."

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