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Ella Washington, born October 25, 1943 in Miami, Florida, is an American singer whose career spanned soul, R&B, and gospel. She first recorded for the local Octavia label in 1965, releasing the single "The Grass Always Seems Greener", which was leased to Atlantic Records but did not chart. In 1967 Washington signed with Nashville’s Sound Stage 7, where producer John Richbourg recorded several tracks in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Her breakthrough came with the 1969 single "He Called Me Baby", a reworking of Harlan Howard’s 1962 song, which reached Number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Number 38 on the Billboard R&B chart, becoming her sole chart entry. That same year she issued the LP Ella Washington and continued to release singles through 1972, including "Stop Giving Your Man Away" and "Trying To Make You Love Me". In 1973 she transitioned to gospel, performing "Amazing Grace" and "Because He Lives" at Richbourg’s funeral in 1986. By 2009, under the name Ella Washington Cobbs, she served as pastor at Theos Ministries in Opa‑locka, Miami‑Dade County. Her early recordings were later compiled in Nobody But Me (1987) and He Called Me Baby (2009), preserving her contribution to Southern soul.
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