List of classic female blues singers explained

The following is a list of classic female blues singers.

A

• Mozelle Alderson^[1]
• Ora Alexander^[2]

B

• Mildred Bailey^[3]
• Blue Lu Barker^[4]
• Gladys Bentley^[5]
• Esther Bigeou^[6]
• Lucille Bogan^[7]
• Ada Brown^[8]
• Bessie Brown^[9]
• Eliza Brown^[10]
• Kitty Brown^[11]

C

• Alice Carter^[12]
• Alice Leslie Carter^[13]
• Martha Copeland^[14]
• Ida Cox
• Katie Crippen^[15]

D

• Madlyn Davis^[16]
• Mattie Dorsey^[17]

E

• Bernice Edwards^[18]

F

• Ethel Finnie
• Miss Frankie^[19]

G

• Cleo Gibson^[20]
• Lillian Glinn^[21]
• Lillian Goodner^[22]
• Ida Goodson^[23]
• Fannie May Goosby
• Coot Grant^[24]
• Helen Gross^[25]

H

• Marion Harris^[26]
• Lucille Hegamin^[27]
• Edmonia Henderson^[28]
• Katherine Henderson
• Rosa Henderson
• Edna Hicks^[29]
• Bertha "Chippie" Hill
• Mattie Hite^[30]
• Rosetta Howard^[31]
• Helen Humes^[32]
• Alberta Hunter^[33]

I

• Bertha Idaho^[34]

J

• Edith North Johnson^[35]
• Lil Johnson^[36]
• Mary Johnson^[37]
• Merline Johnson^[38]
• Maggie Jones^[39]

L

• Virginia Liston^[40]

M

• Ida May Mack^[41]
• Daisy Martin^[42]
• Sara Martin^[43]
• Viola McCoy
• Hazel Meyers^[44]
• Josie Miles^[45]
• Lizzie Miles^[46]
• Monette Moore^[47]

R

• Ma Rainey
• Elzadie Robinson^[48]

S

• Bessie Smith
• Clara Smith
• Laura Smith^[49]
• Mamie Smith^[50]
• Ruby Smith^[51]
• Trixie Smith^[52]
• Victoria Spivey
• Mary Stafford^[53]
• Hannah Sylvester^[54]

T

• Eva Taylor^[55]
• Bessie Tucker^[56]
• Lavinia Turner

W

• Sippie Wallace^[57]
• Ethel Waters
• Georgia White^[58]
• Edith Wilson^[59]
• Lena Wilson^[60]

Y

• Estelle Yancey^[61]

See also

• Women in music

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; and Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003). All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. .
• Harrison, Daphne Duval (1990). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers. .
• Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books,
• Stewart-Baxter, Derrick (1970). Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers. London: Studio Vista.

Notes and References

1. Book: Bob. Eagle. Eric S.. LeBlanc. 2013. Blues - A Regional Experience. Praeger Publishers. Santa Barbara. 254 . 978-0313344237.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=ora-alexander-p526418/biography|pure_url=yes}} Ora Alexander ]. Leggett, Steve . . January 17, 2011.
3. News: MILDRED BAILEY, SINGER OF BLUES; Noted Entertainer Succumbs to Heart Ailment Won Fame With 'Old Rockin' Chair' Big Name" in Field Discovered in 1929. The New York Times. 13 December 1951. August 25, 2020.
4. Web site: Eugene Chadbourne . Blue Lu Barker | Biography & History . . November 13, 1913 . November 4, 2016.
5. News: Gladys Bentley, Gender-Bending Blues Performer and ’20s Harlem Royalty. Russonello. Giovanni. 2019-01-31. The New York Times. 2019-03-04. en-US. 0362-4331.
6. [Sheldon Harris (music historian)|Harris, Sheldon]
7. Russell 1997, p. 94.
8. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 83.
9. Web site: Bessie Brown | Biography & History. AllMusic. 30 October 2020.
10. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 85.
11. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id= kitty-brown-p543366|pure_url=yes}} Kitty Brown ]. Chadbourne, Eugene . AllMusic. August 9, 2011.
12. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id= alice-carter-mn0001789372|pure_url=yes}} Alice Carter ]. Chadbourne, Eugene . AllMusic. August 20, 2016.
13. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=alice-leslie-carter-p340345 |pure_url=yes}} Alice Leslie Carter ]. Chadbourne, Eugene . AllMusic. August 7, 2011.
14. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 106.
15. Harrison 1990, p. 49.
16. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=madlyn-davis-p69144|pure_url=yes}} Madlyn Davis ]. Arwulf, Arwulf . . August 9, 2011.
17. Seroff, Doug. Abbott, Lynn Abbott. Sweet Mattie Dorsey : Been Here, But She’s Gone. 78 Quarterly. 1994. 103–112.
18. Book: Bob. Eagle. Eric S.. LeBlanc. 2013. Blues - A Regional Experience. Praeger Publishers. Santa Barbara. 393. 978-0313344237.
19. Bogdanov, Woodstra, Erlewine 2003, p. 655.
20. Stewart-Baxter 1970, pp. 90–91.
21. Stewart-Baxter 1970, pp. 86–87.
22. Book: Bourgeois. Anna Stong. Blueswomen: Profiles of 37 Early Performers, with an Anthology of Lyrics, 1920-1945. 1996. McFarland. Jefferson, N.C.. 9780899509631. 60–61.
23. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p730297/biography|pure_url=yes}} Ida Goodson: Biography]. Chadbourne, Eugene . AllMusic. February 16, 2010.
24. Web site: Coot Grant | Biography & History. AllMusic. 30 October 2020.
25. Web site: Helen Gross: Artist Biography. Leggett, Steve. AllMusic. September 5, 2014.
26. Web site: Marion Harris: Hot Jazz and Black Themes for White Audiences by David Soren | The American Vaudeville Museum. Vaudeville.sites.arizona.edu. 30 October 2020.
27. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 7.
28. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 91.
29. [Sheldon Harris (music historian)|Harris, Sheldon]
30. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 94.
31. Russell 1997, p. 199.
32. Russell 1997, p. 120.
33. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 79.
34. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=bertha-idaho-p410597/biography|pure_url=yes}} Bertha Idaho ]. Chadbourne, Eugene . . August 6, 2011.
35. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=edith-north-johnson-p188390 |pure_url=yes}} Edith North Johnson ]. Leggett, Steven . AllMusic. August 7, 2011.
36. Russell 1997, pp. 125-6.
37. Russell 1997, p. 41.
38. Russell 1997, p. 127.
39. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 74.
40. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 92.
41. Book: Govenar, Alan B.. Brakefield, Jay F.. Deep Ellum: The Other Side of Dallas. 8 August 2013. Texas A&M University Press. 978-1-60344-958-8. 131.
42. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 23.
43. Russell 1997, p. 12.
44. Harrison 1990, p. 247.
45. [Sheldon Harris (music historian)|Harris, Sheldon]
46. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 80.
47. Web site: Monette Moore | Biography & History. AllMusic. 30 October 2020.
48. Book: The Devil's Music. Giles Oakley. Da Capo Press. Boston. 73-4. 978-0-306-80743-5. 1997. registration.
49. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=laura-smith-p202132/biography|pure_url=yes}} Laura Smith ]. DePasquale, Ron . AllMusic. October 31, 2010.
50. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 10.
51. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p126522|pure_url=yes}} Ruby Smith]. Arwulf Arwulf . AllMusic. October 9, 2011.
52. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 81.
53. • Harris, Sheldon (1994). Blues Who's Who (rev. ed.). Boston: Da Capo Press. p. 484, .
54. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 96.
55. Bogdanov, Woodstra, Erlewine 2003, p. 373.
56. Book: Bob. Eagle. Eric S.. LeBlanc. 2013. Blues: A Regional Experience. Praeger . Santa Barbara, California. 312 . 978-0313344237.
57. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 68.
58. Russell 1997, p. 185.
59. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 26.
60. Harrison 1990, pp. 174–175
61. Book: Bowers, Jane . Writing the Biography of a Black Woman Blues Singer . Music and Gender . Pirkko . Moisala . Beverley . Diamond . Urbana . University of Illinois Press. 2000 . 145.