List of classic female blues singers

The following is a list of classic female blues singers.

Contents:

Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Ora Alexander^[1]

B

C

D

Madlyn Davis^[9]

E

Susie Edwards

F

Ethel Finnie^[10]
Miss Frankie^[11]

G

Cleo Gibson^[12]
Lillian Glinn^[13]
Lillian Goodner
Ida Goodson
Fannie May Goosby^[10]
Coot Grant

H

I

Bertha Idaho^[17]

J

L

Virginia Liston^[20]

M

P

Billie Pierce

R

Ma Rainey^[7]

S

T

W

Y

Estelle Yancey

Notes

^ Leggett, Steve. "Ora Alexander". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ora-alexander-p526418/biography. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 83.
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 85.
^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Kitty Brown". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kitty-brown-p543366. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Alice Leslie Carter". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alice-leslie-carter-p340345. 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. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/madlyn-davis-p69144. 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. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bertha-idaho-p410597/biography. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
^ Leggett, Steven. "Edith North Johnson". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/edith-north-johnson-p188390. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 74.
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 92.
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 80.
^ DePasquale, Ron. "Laura Smith". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/laura-smith-p202132/biography. 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, Chris Woodstra, and Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2003). All music guide to the blues: the definitive guide to the blues. AMG all media guide. San Francisco, CA: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0879307366
Harrison, Daphne Duval (1990). Black Pearls: blues queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers. ISBN 0813512808
Stewart-Baxter, Derrick (1970). Ma Rainey and the classic blues singers. London: Studio Vista. OCLC 250212516

External links

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