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Lucille Bogan
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American blues singer (1897-1948)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1897-04-01
- Active to
- 1948-08-10
bluesvaudeville blues
Discography
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- Listeners
- 52,893
- Total plays
- 222,102
Tags
bluesjazzfemale vocalists1920samerican
Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 - August 10, 1948) was an American blues singer, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. Bogan sang straight-talking blues about drinking ("Sloppy Drunk Blues"), prostitution ("Tricks Ain't Walking No More"), gambling, lesbianism and other facets of what her generation called 'the life'. The jazz critic and sexologist Ernest Borneman grouped her with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith in the "the big three of the blues". <a href=
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Amory
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Genre
- classic female blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Paramount
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1897-04-01
- date of death
- 1948-08-10
- name in native language
- Lucille Bogan
- birth name
- Lucille Anderson
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