(1897-04-01)April 1, 1897 Birmingham, Alabama or Amory, Mississippi, U.S. (disputed)
Died
August 10, 1948(1948-08-10) (aged 51) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Classic female blues, dirty blues
Occupation(s)
Singer, songwriter
Years active
1923–1935
Musical artist
Lucille Bogan (born Lucile Anderson; April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948)[1] was an American classic female blues singer and songwriter, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. Music critic Ernest Borneman noted that Bogan was one of "the big three of the blues", along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith.[2] Many of Bogan's songs have been recorded by later blues and jazz musicians.[3]
Many of her songs were sexually explicit, and she is generally considered to have been a "dirty blues" musician.[2]
In 2022, she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.[4]
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^ abRussell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books. p. 94. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
^Wheeler, Lorna (2004). "Shave 'Em Dry: Lucille Bogan's Queer Blues". Transgression and Taboo: Critical Essays. Messier and Batra, eds. CCA-CPP. p. 161. ISBN 0-9729471-2-4.
^"BLUES HALL OF FAME - About/Inductions". Blues.org. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
LucilleBogan (born Lucile Anderson; April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948) was an American classic female blues singer and songwriter, among the first to be...
extreme examples were rarely recorded at all, a notable exception being LucilleBogan's obscene version of "Shave 'Em Dry" (1935), which Elijah Wald has noted...
artists. The song was first recorded in 1930 by LucilleBogan, one of the classic female blues singers. Bogan recorded it as a mid-tempo, twelve-bar blues...
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among them "the big three"—Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and LucilleBogan. Mamie Smith, more a vaudeville performer than a blues artist, was the...
jazz pianist, guitarist and singer, noted for his association with LucilleBogan, Josh White and Sonny Scott. The music journalist Gérard Herzhaft stated...
blues again with his rendition of "Sloppy Drunk Blues", originally by LucilleBogan, becoming a blues standard. Some hokum songs were absorbed into mainline...
whose material they favor include Victoria Spivey, Jelly Roll Morton, LucilleBogan, Memphis Minnie, Jabbo Smith, Jimmie Rodgers, Georgia White, Skip James...
– only those parties where women can go." Rainey, Smith, and artist LucilleBogan were collectively known as "The Big Three of the Blues." Another prominent...
and recording what became swing blues. Singers like Lil Johnson and LucilleBogan started recording for the ARC group of cheaper labels and for Decca...
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recorded in the Deep South, the other being the dirty blues singer LucilleBogan. Details of her life outside the recording studio are minimal. According...
songwriter, primarily noted for his association with Walter Roland and LucilleBogan. In 1933, Scott recorded seventeen tracks in his own name, although...
Chicago" Robert Johnson 1936 Junior Parker (1958) "Sweet Little Angel" LucilleBogan 1930 B.B. King (1956) "That's All Right" Jimmy Rogers 1950 — "The Things...
political and social aspects of the AIDS crisis. In 1935, Bessie Jackson (LucilleBogan) released her song "B.D. Woman Blues" (the B.D. standing for Bull Daggers)...
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