Lucille Bogan

Lucille Bogan

blues jazz female vocalists 1920s american

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About Lucille Bogan

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".

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Top Tracks

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Shave 'Em Dry II

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Till The Cows Come Home

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Man Stealer Blues

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Shave 'Em Dry

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B.D. Woman's Blues

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Sloppy Drunk Blues

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Drinking Blues

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Barbecue bess

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Tired as i can be

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Baking powder blues

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