The great female blues singers of the 1920's and 1930's.
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Photo: Ma Rainey
- Ma Rainey - Barrel House Blues (1923) @ 1:56
- Ma Rainey - Walking Blues (1928) @ 5:13
- Bessie Smith - Weeping Willow Blues (1924) @ 8:50
- Bessie Smith - The Bye Bye Blues (1924) @ 12:20
- Mamie Smith - Mamie Whip! Mamie Spank! (1921) @ 16:06
- Mamie Smith - "I'm Free, Single, Disengaged (1921) @ 19:30
- Lucille Hegamin - Beale St Mama (1922) @ 22:51
- Lucille Hegamin - Aggrivating Papa (1922) @ 26:04
- Rosa Henderson - Every Woman's Blues (1923) @ 29:40
- Edna Hicks - You've Got Everything a Sweet Mama Needs But Me (1923) @ 33:10
- Edna Hicks - Walking and Talking Blues (1923) @ 36:30
- Ida Cox - Graveyard Dream Blues (1923) @ 40:03
- Ida Cox - Weary Way Blues (1923) @ 43:00
- Ethel Waters - Shake That Thing (1925) @ 46:30
- Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (1926) @ 50:26
- Victoria Spivey - Dope Head Blues (1927) @ 53:52
- Hunter & Jenkins - Meat Cuttin Blues (1923) @ 58:05
- Georgia White - I'll Keep Sittin' On It (If I Can't Sell It) (1937) @ 1:01:20
- Lil Johnson - If It Don't Fit Don't Force It (1937) @ 1:05:04
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Thursday, November 16, 2023