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Early 20th century, Southern U.S. 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 ...
Gertrude " Ma " Rainey ( née Pridgett; April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939) [1] [2] [3] was an American blues singer and influential early-blues recording artist. [4] Dubbed the " Mother of the Blues ", she bridged earlier vaudeville and the authentic expression of southern blues, influencing a generation of blues singers. [5]
Classic female blues. Length. 2:24. Label. Paramount (no. 12228) Songwriter (s) Ida Cox. " Wild Women Don't Have the Blues ", " Wild Women Don't Get the Blues ", or simply " Wild Women " is a vaudeville -style blues song recorded by American singer Ida Cox with Lovie Austin 's Blues Serenaders in 1924. [1] It has a strong feminist message.
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.
Forced labour and slavery. Slave Songs of the United States was a collection of African American music consisting of 136 songs. Published in 1867, it was the first, and most influential, [1] [2] collection of spirituals to be published. The collectors of the songs were Northern abolitionists William Francis Allen, Lucy McKim Garrison, and ...
Herbie Nichols. " Lady Sings the Blues " is a song written by jazz singer Billie Holiday and jazz pianist Herbie Nichols. [1] It is the title song to her 1956 album, released on Clef/Verve Records (MGC 721/Verve MV 2047). The song was also chosen to be the title of the 1956 autobiography by Holiday and author William Dufty, and the 1972 movie ...
Mahalia Jackson ( / məˈheɪliə / mə-HAY-lee-ə; born Mahala Jackson; October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) [a] was an American gospel singer, widely considered one of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century. With a career spanning 40 years, Jackson was integral to the development and spread of gospel blues in black churches ...
Richard Rodgers. Lyricist (s) Lorenz Hart. " Blue Moon " is a popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934 that has become a standard ballad. Early recordings included those by Connee Boswell and by Al Bowlly in 1935. The song was a hit twice in 1949, with successful recordings in the U.S. by Billy Eckstine and Mel Tormé .