Merline Johnson
About Merline Johnson
Merline Johnson (born c. 1912) was an African American blues singer in the 1930s and 1940s, billed as The *Yas Yas Girl. Little is known of her life, but she is thought to have been born in Mississippi. She was the aunt of rhythm and blues singer LaVern Baker. She first recorded in Chicago in 1937, on songs including "Sold It To The Devil". Over the next four years she recorded over 90 songs including "Don't You Make Me High", "I'd Rather Be Drunk", and "Love with a Feeling".
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Top Tracks
Don't You Make Me High
Pallet on the Floor
He Roars Like A Lion
Love Shows Weakness
Love With A Feeling
Bad Whiskey Blues
Crime Doesn't Pay
He Roars Like a Lion (Remastered 2002)
New Muddy Water Blues
I'm Not Your Fool
Got A Man In The 'Bama Mines
Black Gypsy Blues
Separation Blues
Blues Everywhere
I Drink Good Whiskey
My Baby Left Me
Working On The Project
Patrol Wagon Blues
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
Some Day I'll Be Gone Away
You Don't Know My Mind
You Know It Ain't Right
Ol' Man Mose
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water No. 2
Want to woogie some more
Jelly Bean Blues
Sold It To The Devil
Two by Four Blues
He Roars Like a Lion - Remastered 2002
Crime Don't Pay
Want to Boogie Some More
I'm Leavin' You
You Got To Pay
New Drinking My Blues Away
Jackass For Sale
Mean Mistreatin' Daddy
About My Time To Check
Grandpa And Grandma
Reckless Life Blues
My Man Is Gone
You Can't Shoot Your Pistol
Grieving Heart Blues
Running Down My Man
Don't You Make Me High [Explicit]
Squeeze Me Tight
Whiskey Fool
I Won't Sell My Love
Got A Man In The 'Bamma Mines
Don't You Leave Me Here
He May Be Your Man
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