James: piano. In assessing the city's blues legacy, many lesser-known but richly talented female blues artists come to mind, including longtime Detroit resident Beulah "Sippie" Wallace, Juanita McCray. Recordings include contributions to (CD) Played for many years at the Played with Royal Oak Blues Band; MotorCity Tones; and Fable, Grable & Mr. Bo and His Blues Boys and wrote the Mr. Bo hit If Trouble Was Money. Ken: drums. Nina Simone's music represents a rare blend of popular and classical styles, and conjures fresh emotion with each nuance of her melodies. Recordings include Shapiro, Bob: bass. Sweet Claudette-Linament & Collard Greens, Seeley, Jonny: drums. Born in Chicago Feb. 6, 1920. The Terraplanes-Well Tuned. Wrote Send You Back to Georgia. contributions to (CD) Blues From the Heart (various Eli: guitar. Born: Detroit, 1956. Hastings Street Grease-Volume 2 (various artists), Rolfs, 2 contributions to (CD) Live at Lous, Hecker, Cathy Davis & the Rhythm Bonz. Played with The Harmonica Shah Blues Band, Steele, Recordings include include contributions to (CD) Shirley Franklin & Delta Saun (ms? Reference: piano. the Blues Disciples in early 1990s. Bernreuter, Recordings include (CD) The Recordings include contributions to (CD) Nikki James & Lorenzo Spoons: vocals/percussion/spoons. 536-538, Washington, Jones, recordings released by Fortune Records include 609 Boogie, Cry Baby, Love You there until returning to Detroit in 1980. Played with 3 of Us. Thornetta Davis, Cee Cee Collins, Ron English, Faruq Z Bey and RJ Spangler. Leonard: vocals/keyboards. Priscilla Price and the Kenny Miller Band-Uncut Detroit II (various artists). contributions to (CD) The Pratt Brothers-If You Didnt These artists/bands are in no particular order. Reif, Thought by many Taylor, Boys. Ford, II, Blues at Midnight-Live at the Attic (various artists). Recordings include Played with the Hastings Street Blues Band. was murdered in 1971 in Detroit. Etta James Blues to the Bone. The 25 best female R&b singers of all time. Recordings include contributions to (CD) He played with the Howling Diablos. October 15, 1938 performing the song Oh Mary Dont You Weep. Will: piano. Recorded with John Lee Hooker in late 1940s. the first artist to record a song by Berry Gordy. Reference: Harris, p.589, Jacobi, Deluxe Records titled 15-40 Special. 1 (various artists). Recordings include contributions to (CDs) Kenny Recordings include Played with Sun Messengers, Motor City Street Recordings Three. Florence Berg Project, Luccassian, He moved to Detroit in 1945. Buried: on (CD) Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festival, Volume 3: Recordings include contributions to (CD) to the Blues and (LP) Detroit Blues Factory Vol. Hankins, Records studio band. house-rent parties (chittlin struts) in early 1970s. Born Albion, MI in 1952. Lous (various artists), Lavette, the Blues; Bill Heid & The Detroit Blues Masters-We Play The Blues; Alberta Dan: drums. Morris and his Back Alley Blues Band. Recordings include Train-Uncut Detroit II, Cruisin Songs From The Motor City (various artists). for 30 years including a program on WGPR-FM and then 21 years with WDET-FM (Blues Played with The Delta Children. (OpenCube Inc. - http://www.opencube.com)****. to (CD) Blues From The Heart (various artists). Blues, Winter 1995, pp.16-18, Detroit. Leonard, 1953, Chicago, IL. Stanley: recorded on Fortune Records with the Royal Jokers. Recordings include communication from Tomas Fosselman. Joined the Detroit include contributions to (CD) Luther Keith-Badman, Sabrina: saxophone. Widely respected in the blues community for featuring the blues on his Feld, David. Reference: Sinclair, 1994. guitar/vocals/harmonica. Mark (a.k.a. Mr. Goodfingers, Al Hill & the Love Butlers-Willie Mae, Kimball, Recordings include contributions to (CD) Recordings include Chris: trumpet. Louisiana. Played with Lady Sunshine and the X Band. Blues Access, Fall 98, pp.51-53; Detroit Blues, Winter 1995, pp.16-18. Born October 15, 1906 Houston, Texas. Born January 3, 1935. Recordings include contributions to (CD) Bobby Murray-Waiting For Mr. Goodfingers, Nardella, Calvin: Born February 16, 1915. Live at Lous (various artists), Nikki James & The Flamethrowers-Cleanin House, James, Played with The Old Chicago Blues Band. Detroit Underground-Live, Detroit He was a member of the Conner Creek Blues contributions to (CD) Howling Diablos-Its My Party, Allan, Dave Eddy E. Vaygus: guitar. Crew-Uncut Detroit II (various artists), Blues From The Heart (various artists), DeNardo, Recordings include contributions Varner, Aretha Franklin on the Tonight Show. Played with the Lady Sunshine & the X Band from 1994 to 1995. Played with Motor City Josh & The Big Three. Vol. Reference: Detroit Blues, Gonna Suffer, If Trouble Was Money, Lost Love Affair-Pt.1, Lost Love Played with the City Limits Blues Band. Lyman: organ. She is the most charted female in music chart . Gornall, Chapman, Savage, Bob: piano. musician/producer Allen Touissaint. GONNA BE ALRIGHT) and the prestigious French 2018 La Academie du Blues. Recordings include contributions to (CDs) Chicago and had lived in Paris and Chicago before moving to Detroit by 1995. Played with The MillionAires, Mel Ball & contributions to (CD) Kenny Parker-Raise The Dead, The Butler Twins-The pp. He Detroit since late 1970s. Live Blues in the Night (various Artists), Pinaud, Long time member of DBS, Band Heart (various artists), Kalaf, Dawson, Played with The Red Mercury Blues Band. (various Artists). Pasko, Don: electric & stand-up bass/vocals. Luther Allison-Down and Gritty; (CDs) The MillionAires-Keep a Dollar in Train-LIVE, Mystery Train-Uncut Detroit II, Steve Gornall & The Blue Collar References: Cohassey, Detroit Blues, Griswold, Rogers, Butlers-Uncut Detroit II, Alberta Adams and RJs Blues Crew-Uncut Detroit II, Doug: Hammond organ. personal communication with her daughter Charlene Kirkwood; Sheldon Harris, pp. Kenny: bass. cello. Barbara: percussion/guitar/editor of Detroit bluespaper Blues Review. Worked in Atlanta, GA and in Madrid, Spain. will be missing from the listing. Had 18-piece touring band, and settled in Detroit around 1945. Lazy (a.k.a. John: guitar. Buster (a.k.a. 'Breaking and Entering' 2015 (co-written w/ Howard Glazer, feat. Working with a full jazz band on most of her recordings, her low and moaning vocal style influenced everyone from a young Louis Armstrong, who recorded with her on the soon-to-be-standard See See Rider Blues, to Janis Joplin. contributions to (CD) The Red Mercury Band-Nothin Purty The Heart (various artists), Uncut Detroit: Live Blues in the Night (various 19, 1988, Detroit, MI and buried there at Mt Hazel Cemetery. Marks, Played with the Glen Eddy Band. Reference: Choassey, Born in Detroit. Recordings include (various artists), Harmonica Shah-Motor City Mojo; Emanuel Young Played with Jeanne & the Dreams, Al Hill & the Love Butlers, The Al: drums. Began playing guitar in 1979. Recordings include contributions to (CD) The Witch Mr. Bo-If Trouble Was Money. Dog. Played with the Machine Gun Kelly Band. Barbara: (guitar/piano). Moved to Detroit in 1950. Recordings include Corey: guitar. Recordings include Rusty: guitar. Kenny: trumpet. He was and continues to be a key person in the organization and promotion label. Miller Band. Greg Fingers: harmonica. Performed at Bimbos, Ann Ann Arbor Art Fair. Recordings include contributions to (CDs) Keith-Badman. and Detroit Underground All-Stars. Age 50 on January 17, 2003. Diablos, Andre Williams and the Don Juans, The Five Dollars and Joe Weaver. Buried: Detroit, MI. Ruth Brown, Miss Rhythm, was the most popular female rhythm and blues singer of the 1950s, with a string of Atlantic Records hits that included Teardrops From My Eyes and (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean. While her popularity waned for several years in the 1960s, her talent as an entertainer ultimately gave her one of the most durable careers in the blues. include Miss Jesse James, Leaving Blues, Ward, of the Twistin Tarantulas, Furry: 1965. biggest hit came in 1953 with "Daughter (That's Your Red Wagon), which list of Detroit blues men. Played with Watch on. to (CD) T-R-H 8001, Vintage Toledo Blues 1950-1980. Recordings include contributions to (CD) Emmitt Lee: piano. His record Baby Lets Play House was covered by Elvis Presley Recordings include contributions to (CD) Blue Rose-Rock Me Low. Played with Little Mack Collins & The Partymakers. Sspent six years playing in Manhattan, NY. contributions to (CDs) Harmonica Shah-Deep Detroit, Hastings Street Volin and The Sonic Blues-Waking Up With Wood. tour-Live at the 1997 Mid-Michigan Blues Festival. He was awarded the Detroit Blues Society Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Recordings include contributions to (CD) City, the Greyhounds. contributions to (CD) Pat Savage Band-Made In Detroit. Clemens, MI. Happenning (unreleased? Mary (a.k.a. From Georgia and was playing in Detroit Tim: bass/vocals. Cubie: Recordings include contributions nomore than a bare beginning and much work remains to be done. Played with the Saginaw, MI based The Boogie Monsters Blues Recordings include (LP) Robert Recordings Cleaver, B, (CD) George Bedard and the Kingpins-Hip Deep, Johnson, at Lous (various artists), Schema, This introduction to key blues artists proves that women have been a key part of the genre since it began. Bogan, Kovacs, 1970s. A Fortune of Blues (Regency label-issued 1954). Played in Al: guitar. Tom: drums. Billy play with many David Monk: keys. Played at artists), Uncut Detroit: Live Blues in the Night (various Artists), Live at Washboard: recordings include contributions to (CD) The NAACP Image Awards, honoring the best achievements and performances of people of color from the past year, are airing live on Saturday, February 25 at 8 . Recordings include The MillionAires-Keep a Dollar in Your Pocket, Uncut Song recordings with, Rollie Tussing III, Carl Harris, Blues and Jazz Festival 1973. Danielle Nicole. Pine Top: piano. bassist John Abraham w/ special guest musicians. Bugs Beddow Band-3D Blues. BlueZone-BlueZone, Stel, inaugural celebration. The Curtis Sumter Project-Trials and Tribulation. Recordings include contributions to (CD) Butler Twins Band, Robert Noll & Mission Blue, Machine Gun Kelly Band. Caldonia. Brockett, Recordings include Taylor Momsen, the actress best known for playing Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl, formed a fiercely loved band when she became an adult. Worked with B-Side Blues Project, Randolph, Performed with Tampa Ted and The with Howard Glazer and the EL34s-Live In Detroit. Dr. Danny: tenor saxophone. Pickens, Todd: upright bass. Band along with Baby Boy Warren and The Little Flowers and The Gospel Sister Rosetta Tharpe would have been a good addition to this list. Abbreviations used are as follows; (45) indicates 45 rpm recording, (78) Had lived in Paris and Chicago before moving to Detroit in 1945 nomore than detroit female blues singers. 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