(1888-02-25)February 25, 1888 or 1896 Toccoa, Georgia, U.S.
Died
(1967-11-10)November 10, 1967 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres
Jazz, blues
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Years active
1910s–1960
Musical artist
Ida M. Cox (néePrather; February 26, 1888[1] or 1896 – November 10, 1967[2]) was an American singer and vaudeville performer, best known for her blues performances and recordings. She was billed as "The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues".[3]
^Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p. 49. ISBN 978-0313344237.
^"Cox, Ida." The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography. Basingstoke: Macmillan. 2005. Credo Reference. Web. 25 March 2014.
^Harrison, Daphne Duval (1988). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press.
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