List of classic female blues singers

The following is a list of classic female blues singers.

A

B
Mildred Bailey

C

D

E

F

G

H
Bertha "Chippie" Hill, New York City, circa 1946–1948 (William P. Gottlieb)

I

J

L

M
Hattie McDaniel, 1941

P

R

S
Bessie Smith

T

W
Ethel Waters

Y

See also

Notes
  1. Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 254. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  2. Leggett, Steve. "Ora Alexander". Allmusic. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
  3. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 83.
  4. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 85.
  5. Chadbourne, Eugene. "Kitty Brown". Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  6. Chadbourne, Eugene. "Alice Carter". Allmusic. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  7. Chadbourne, Eugene. "Alice Leslie Carter". Allmusic. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  8. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 106.
  9. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 7.
  10. Harrison 1990, p. 49.
  11. Arwulf, Arwulf. "Madlyn Davis". Allmusic. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  12. Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 393. ISBN 978-0313344237.
  13. Harrison 1990, p. 247.
  14. Bogdanov, Woodstra, Erlewine 2003, p. 655.
  15. Stewart-Baxter 1970, pp. 90–91.
  16. Stewart-Baxter 1970, pp. 86–87.
  17. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 91.
  18. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 94.
  19. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 79.
  20. Chadbourne, Eugene. "Bertha Idaho". Allmusic. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  21. Leggett, Steven. "Edith North Johnson". Allmusic. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
  22. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 74.
  23. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 92.
  24. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 80.
  25. DePasquale, Ron. "Laura Smith". Allmusic. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  26. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 10.
  27. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 81.
  28. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 96.
  29. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 68.
  30. Stewart-Baxter 1970, p. 26.

References
  • Allmusic
  • Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; and Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003). All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. AMG all media guide. San Francisco, Calif.: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-736-6.
  • Harrison, Daphne Duval (1990). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers. ISBN 0-8135-1280-8.
  • Stewart-Baxter, Derrick (1970). Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers. London: Studio Vista. OCLC 250212516
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