Ida Cox

Ida Cox

blues jazz female vocalist oldies blues singer

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About Ida Cox

Ida Cox (February 25, 1896 – November 10, 1967) was an African American singer and vaudeville performer, best known for her blues performances and recordings. She was billed as "The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues". Cox was born in February, 1896 as Ida Prather in Toccoa, Habersham County, Georgia, United States (Toccoa was in Habersham County, not yet Stephens County at the time), the daughter of Lamax and Susie (Knight) Prather, and grew up in Cedartown, Georgia, singing in the local African Methodist Church choir.

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Wild Women Don't Have The Blues

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Death Letter Blues

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Graveyard Dream Blues

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Hard Times Blues

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Four Day Creep

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Cherry Pickin' Blues

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Blues For Rampart Street

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Fogyism

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Cherry Picking Blues

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