Ida Cox

vocals · 1896–1967 · Toccoa (Georgia)

Billed as "The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues," she recorded 78 tracks for Paramount between 1923 and 1929, often with Lovie Austin. Invited by John Hammond to the From Spirituals to Swing concert (1939), she recorded Blues for Rampart Street for Riverside in 1961 with Coleman Hawkins and Roy Eldridge.

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Styles

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

Landmark tracks

• Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1924)

Sources

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