Sippie Wallace

Sippie Wallace

female, deceased (1986)
Classicfemalebluessinger, Atlantic Records, blues, King Oliver, Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Okeh Records…singer, Blues singer
Sippie Wallace, born as Beulah Thomas (1 November, 1898 - 1 November, 1986) was a United States blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. Wallace was...
Victoria Spivey

Victoria Spivey

female, deceased (1976)
Vaudeville performer, Classicfemalebluessinger, depression, Blues musician, Blues singer, American…singer, Black Snake Blues, blues
Victoria Spivey (1906-1976) was an American blues singer. She was born October 15, 1906, the daughter of Grant and Addie (Smith) Spivey. Her father...
Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey

female, deceased (1939)
Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, Classicfemalebluessinger, musician, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, blues, LGBT musician…Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Rainey & Rainey, Assassinators of the Blues, The Mother of the Blues, singer, Blues singer
Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey, was one of the earliest known professional blues singers and one of the first...
Mamie Smith

Mamie Smith

female, deceased (1946)
Classicfemalebluessinger, National Recording Registry, blues, Vaudeville performer, Motion Pictures, pianist…Blues singer, singer
Mamie Smith (May 26, 1883 - September 16, 1946) was an American vaudeville singer, dancer, pianist and actress, and appeared in several motion...
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

female, deceased (1959)
Eleanora Fagan, Swing singer, Classicfemalebluessinger, Women in jazz, Pennsylvania musician, rape victim…Traditional pop music singer, Blues singer, singer, jazz singer, Torch singer
Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan and later called Lady Day, was an American jazz singer.
Ida Cox

Ida Cox

female, deceased (1967)
Classicfemalebluessinger, blackface, Blackface minstrel performer, carnegie hall, Blues singer, African-American…blues, singer, classic female blues
Ida Cox (October, 1890-10 November, 1967) was a popular African American singer, best known for her Blues performances and recordings. Cox was born...
Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

female, deceased (1977)
buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Classicfemalebluessinger, Bisexual American actor, Bisexual, Pennsylvania musician, Vaudeville performer…jazz singer, gospel singer, singer, Torch singer, blues
Ethel Waters (October 31, 1896 - September 1, 1977) was an Oscar-nominated American blues vocalist and actress. She was the second African American...
Etta James

Etta James

female, 71 years old
Songwriter, jazz, soul, Rudolph "Minnesota Fats" Wanderone, the wallflower, memoirist…Classicfemalebluessinger, singer-songwriter, Blues singer, rhythm and blues, blues
Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins on January 25, 1938) is an American blues, soul, R&B, and jazz singer and songwriter. In the 1950s and 60s, she...
Alberta Hunter

Alberta Hunter

female, deceased (1984)
buried at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Classicfemalebluessinger, LGBT musician, Burials at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Bisexual, from the United States…Blues singer, jazz singer, singer
Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 - October 17, 1984), was a celebrated African-American jazz singer, songwriter and nurse. Her career had started back...
Memphis Minnie

Memphis Minnie

female, deceased (1973)
Classicfemalebluessinger, Blues Hall of Fame inductee, blues, American, Blues singer, Blues musician…Blues guitarist, singer
Memphis Minnie McCoy was an American Blues musician