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Electric blues musician, one of a very small number of blues musicians to play the mandolin. [23] Louise Johnson. Singer and pianist. [24] Robert Johnson (May 8, 1911, Hazlehurst, Mississippi – August 16, 1938). Singer-songwriter and guitarist, recognized since the 1960s as a master of Delta blues and an important influence on many rock ...
Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, performing, and recording blues music. [1] They come from different eras and include styles such as ragtime - vaudeville , Delta and country blues , and urban styles from Chicago and the West Coast . [ 2 ]
All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-736-6. Harrison, Daphne Duval (1990). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers. ISBN 0-8135-1280-8. Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray.
In big-city blues, female singers such as Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Mamie Smith dominated the recordings of the 1920s. [5] Although very few women were recorded playing Delta blues and other rural or folk-style blues, many performers did not get professionally recorded.
List of boogie woogie musicians; List of British blues musicians; List of Chicago blues musicians; List of classic female blues singers; List of country blues musicians; List of Delta blues musicians; List of electric blues musicians; List of gospel blues musicians; List of jump blues musicians; List of Piedmont blues musicians; List of soul ...
Pages in category "Delta blues musicians" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Classic female blues was an early form of blues music, popular in the 1920s. An amalgam of traditional folk blues and urban theater music, the style is also known as vaudeville blues . Classic blues were performed by female singers accompanied by pianists or small jazz ensembles and were the first blues to be recorded.
Pages in category "Classic female blues singers" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...