Ida Cox | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ida M. Prather |
| Born | February 25, 1888 or 1896 Toccoa, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | November 10, 1967 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, blues |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument | 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".[3]
- ^ Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p. 49. ISBN 978-0313344237.
- ^ "Cox, Ida." The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan. 2005. Credo Reference. Web. 25 March 2014.
- ^ Harrison, Daphne Duval (1988). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press.