Edith Wilson

vocals · 1896–1981 · Louisville

Vaudeville singer and actress born in Louisville, she recorded as early as 1921 for Columbia with Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds, the first blues session by a Black female singer on that label. She was still recording in 1976, making the album He May Be Your Man for Delmark.

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Styles

• Classic blues (women singers)
• Blues, spirituals, work songs

Landmark tracks

• Nervous Blues (1921)
• Rules and Regulations (Signed Razor Jim) (1922)

Sources

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