List of classic female blues singers
The following is a list of classic female blues singers.
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- Mildred Bailey
- Blue Lu Barker
- Gladys Bentley
- Esther Bigeou
- Lucille Bogan
- The Boswell Sisters
- Ada Brown[2]
- Bessie Brown
- Eliza Brown[3]
- Kitty Brown[4]
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- Cleo Gibson[12]
- Lillian Glinn[13]
- Lillian Goodner
- Ida Goodson
- Fannie May Goosby[10]
- Coot Grant
- Helen Gross
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- Annette Hanshaw
- Marion Harris
- Lucille Hegamin[7]
- Edmonia Henderson[14]
- Katherine Henderson[14]
- Rosa Henderson[7]
- Edna Hicks
- Bertha "Chippie" Hill[7]
- Mattie Hite[15]
- Rosetta Howard
- Helen Humes
- Alberta Hunter[16]
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- Daisy Martin
- Sara Martin
- Viola McCoy[15]
- Hattie McDaniel
- Hazel Meyers[10]
- Josie Miles
- Lizzie Miles[21]
- Florence Mills
- Memphis Minnie
- Monette Moore
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- Bessie Smith[7]
- Clara Smith[7]
- Laura Smith[22]
- Mamie Smith[23]
- Ruby Smith
- Trixie Smith[24]
- Victoria Spivey[7]
- Mary Stafford
- Hannah Sylvester[25]
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See also
Notes
- ^ Leggett, Steve. "Ora Alexander". Allmusic. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 83.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 85.
- ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Kitty Brown". Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Alice Leslie Carter". Allmusic. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 106.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 7.
- ^ Harrison 1990, p. 49.
- ^ Arwulf, Arwulf. "Madlyn Davis". Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Harrison 1990, p. 247.
- ^ Bogdanov, Woodstra, Erlewine 2003, p. 655.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, pp. 90–91.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, pp. 86–87.
- ^ a b Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 91.
- ^ a b Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 94.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 79.
- ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Bertha Idaho". Allmusic. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
- ^ Leggett, Steven. "Edith North Johnson". Allmusic. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 74.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 92.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 80.
- ^ DePasquale, Ron. "Laura Smith". Allmusic. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 10.
- ^ a b Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 81.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 96.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 68.
- ^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 26.
References
- Allmusic
- Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; and Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003). All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. AMG all media guide. San Francisco, Calif.: 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.
- Stewart-Baxter, Derrick (1970). Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers. London: Studio Vista. OCLC 250212516