Lucille Bogan | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Lucile Anderson |
| Also known as | Bessie Jackson |
| Born | April 1, 1897 Birmingham, Alabama or Amory, Mississippi, U.S. (disputed) |
| Died | August 10, 1948 (aged 51) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Classic female blues, dirty blues |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 1923–1935 |
Lucille Bogan (née Anderson; April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948)[1] was an American classic female blues singer and songwriter, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. Music critic Ernest Borneman noted that Bogan was one of "the big three of the blues", along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith.[2] Many of Bogan's songs have been recorded by later blues and jazz musicians.[3]
Many of her songs were sexually explicit, and she is generally considered to have been a "dirty blues" musician.[2]
In 2022, she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.[4]
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LarkinBlueswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books. p. 94. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
- ^ Wheeler, Lorna (2004). "Shave 'Em Dry: Lucille Bogan's Queer Blues". Transgression and Taboo: Critical Essays. Messier and Batra, eds. CCA-CPP. p. 161. ISBN 0-9729471-2-4.
- ^ "BLUES HALL OF FAME - About/Inductions". Blues.org. Retrieved 20 March 2022.