List of classic female blues singers
The following is a list of classic female blues singers .
A
B
Mildred Bailey
C
D
E
F
G
H
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
I
J
Sara Martin with Sylvester Weaver
Ma Rainey
L
M
R
S
Bessie Smith
Ethel Waters
T
W
Y
See also
References
Notes
^ Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience . Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 254. ISBN 978-0313344237 .
^ Leggett, Steve. "Ora Alexander" . AllMusic . Retrieved January 17, 2011 .
^ "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. Retrieved August 25, 2020 .
^ Eugene Chadbourne (November 13, 1913). "Blue Lu Barker | Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
^ Russonello, Giovanni (2019-01-31). "Gladys Bentley, Gender-Bending Blues Performer and '20s Harlem Royalty" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-03-04 .
^ Harris, Sheldon (1994). Blues Who's Who (rev. ed.). Boston: Da Capo Press . p. 48, ISBN 0-306-80155-8 .
^ Russell 1997, p. 94.
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 83.
^ "Bessie Brown | Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 85.
^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Kitty Brown" . AllMusic . Retrieved August 9, 2011 .
^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Alice Carter" . AllMusic . Retrieved August 20, 2016 .
^ 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 .
^ Seroff, Doug; Abbott, Lynn Abbott (1994). "Sweet Mattie Dorsey : Been Here, But She's Gone". 78 Quarterly . pp. 103–112.
^ Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience . Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 393. ISBN 978-0313344237 .
^ 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.
^ Bourgeois, Anna Stong (1996). Blueswomen: Profiles of 37 Early Performers, with an Anthology of Lyrics, 1920-1945 . Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. pp. 60–61. ISBN 9780899509631 .
^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Ida Goodson: Biography" . AllMusic . Retrieved February 16, 2010 .
^ "Coot Grant | Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
^ Leggett, Steve. "Helen Gross: Artist Biography" . AllMusic . Retrieved September 5, 2014 .
^ "Marion Harris: Hot Jazz and Black Themes for White Audiences by David Soren | The American Vaudeville Museum" . Vaudeville.sites.arizona.edu . Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
^ a b Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 91.
^ Harris, Sheldon (1994). Blues Who's Who (rev. ed.). Boston: Da Capo Press . pp. 226-7, ISBN 0-306-80155-8 .
^ a b Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 94.
^ Russell 1997, p. 199.
^ Russell 1997, p. 120.
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 79.
^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "Bertha Idaho" . AllMusic . Retrieved August 6, 2011 .
^ Leggett, Steven. "Edith North Johnson" . AllMusic . Retrieved August 7, 2011 .
^ Russell 1997, pp. 125-6.
^ Russell 1997, p. 41.
^ Russell 1997, p. 127.
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 74.
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 92.
^ Govenar, Alan B.; Brakefield, Jay F. (8 August 2013). Deep Ellum: The Other Side of Dallas . Texas A&M University Press . p. 131. ISBN 978-1-60344-958-8 .
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 23.
^ Russell 1997, p. 12.
^ Harris, Sheldon (1994). Blues Who's Who (rev. ed.). Boston: Da Capo Press . p. 374, ISBN 0-306-80155-8 .
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 80.
^ "Monette Moore | Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved 30 October 2020 .
^ Giles Oakley (1997). The Devil's Music . Boston: Da Capo Press . p. 73-4 . ISBN 978-0-306-80743-5 .
^ DePasquale, Ron. "Laura Smith" . AllMusic . Retrieved October 31, 2010 .
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 10.
^ Arwulf Arwulf. "Ruby Smith" . AllMusic . Retrieved October 9, 2011 .
^ a b Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 81.
^ *Harris, Sheldon (1994). Blues Who's Who (rev. ed.). Boston: Da Capo Press . p. 484, ISBN 0-306-80155-8 .
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 96.
^ Bogdanov, Woodstra, Erlewine 2003, p. 373.
^ Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience . Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p. 312. ISBN 978-0313344237 .
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 68.
^ Russell 1997, p. 185.
^ Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 26.
^ Harrison 1990, pp. 174–175
^ Bowers, Jane (2000). "Writing the Biography of a Black Woman Blues Singer". In Moisala, Pirkko; Diamond, Beverley (eds.). Music and Gender . Urbana: University of Illinois Press . p. 145.
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