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All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-736-6. Harrison, Daphne Duval (1990). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers. ISBN 0-8135-1280-8. Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray.
Classic female blues was an early form of blues music, popular in the 1920s. An amalgam of traditional folk blues and urban theater music, the style is also known as vaudeville blues . Classic blues were performed by female singers accompanied by pianists or small jazz ensembles and were the first blues to be recorded.
Bernice Edwards (c. 1907 – February 26, 1969) [2] was an American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter. She recorded a total of 21 tracks between 1926 and 1935. [3] Unusually for a female blues performer at the time, Edwards composed some of her songs. Details of her life outside the recording studio are sketchy.
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1969 Mississippi Delta blues [55] Blind Lemon Jefferson: 1893 1929 Texas Country blues [56] Blind Willie Johnson: 1897 1945 Texas Gospel blues [57] Edith North Johnson: 1903 1988 Missouri Classic female blues [58] Lonnie Johnson: 1899 1970 Louisiana Urban blues [59] Mary Johnson: 1898 1983 Mississippi Classic female blues [60] Robert Johnson ...
Ida May Mack or Ida Mae Mack was an American classic female blues, country blues, and Texas blues singer and songwriter. [2] She recorded eight songs in 1928, four of which she recorded twice. Six of these tracks were released at the time. Little is known of her life outside the music industry. [2]
Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928–1969: Various: Geffen/MCA: Primary artist, vocals 2004: 1948–1953: T.J. Fowler: Classics: Vocals 2004: I'm A Bad, Bad Girl: Seven Dozen Dusky Divas 1939–195: Various: Track "Messin' Around with the Blues" 2005: Best of Motor City Music Conference 2005: Various: Detroit Fr: Primary artist ...
Koko Taylor (born Cora Ann Walton, September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) [2] [3] [4] was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", [ 1 ] she was known for her rough, powerful vocals.