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Occupation (s) Singer-songwriter. Instrument (s) Vocals. Years active. 1910s–1960. Ida M. Cox ( née Prather; February 26, 1888 [1] or 1896 – November 10, 1967 [2]) was an American singer and vaudeville performer, best known for her blues performances and recordings. She was billed as "The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues".
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- CD, Compilation, Mono
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- ASV-CD AJA 5353, Living Era-CD AJA 5353
Ida Cox (* 25. Februar 1896 als Ida Prather in Toccoa, Georgia; † 10. November 1967 in Knoxville, Tennessee) war eine US-amerikanische Blues - und Jazzsängerin . Cox begann als Darstellerin und Sängerin in Minstrel Shows, wechselte dann zum Vaudeville und war zu Beginn der 1920er Jahre der Star der Theater Owners Booking Association.
- Prather, Ida (Geburtsname)
- US-amerikanische Blues- und Jazzsängerin
- 25. Februar 1896
- Cox, Ida
Ida Cox was signed with Paramount in 1923, where they named her “The Uncrowned Queen of Blues” because of her contemporaries, Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey’s, rapid success. Cox represented the struggles that many black women faced in America in relation to liberation, domestic abuse, and dignity. Through Cox’s singing, she provided the ...
Ida Cox. Ida Cox was touted as the “Uncrowned Queen of the Blues” right from the start of her recording career with the Paramount label in 1923, and before long the crown was bestowed in her ads and press notices. Although historians have often rated Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith as the top blues stars of the classic vaudeville blues era, the ...
Tommy Ladnier:Steppin' On The Blues : Jazz CD Reviews-June 2000 Music on the Web (UK) Tommy Ladnier - Centenary Issue. Steppin' On The Blues. Play That Thing. Ida Cox's Lawdy, Lawdy Blues. Kentucky Man Blues.
Ida’s talent for a telling phrase led to her lyrics being plundered by many other artists. For instance, her 1923 ‘Beer Mash Blues’ has many lines that recur in dozens of later songs; her ‘Lawdy, Lawdy Blues’ was echoed in Papa Charlie Jackson’s hit the following year and ‘How Long, Daddy, How Long’ was expanded on by Leroy Carr to give him a big hit with Scrapper Blackwell in ...
