Sippie wallace+biography
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Sippie Wallace
American blues singer-songwriter (1898–1986)
Sippie Wallace | |
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| Birth name | Beulah Belle Thomas |
| Born | (1898-11-01)November 1, 1898 Plum Bayou, Jefferson County, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | November 1, 1986(1986-11-01) (aged 88) Detroit, Michigan |
| Genres | Blues, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, pianist, organist, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, organ |
| Years active | c. 1918–1986 |
| Labels | Okeh, Victor, Alligator, Storyville, Atlantic, Spivey |
Musical artist
Sippie Wallace (born Beulah Belle Thomas; November 1, 1898 – November 1, 1986)[3] was an American blues singer, pianist and songwriter. Her early career in tent shows gained her the billing "The Texas Nightingale". Between 1923 and 1927, she recorded over 40 songs for Okeh Records, many written by her or her brothers, George and Hersal Thomas.[4] Her accompanists included Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, and Clarence Williams. Among the top
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Sippie Wallace (born as Beulah Thomas, November 1, 1898 – November 1, 1986) was an American singer-songwriter. Her early career in local tent shows gained her the billing "The Texas Nightingale". Between 1923 and 1927, she recorded over 40 songs for Okeh Records, many written by herself or her brothers, George and Hersal Thomas. Her accompanists included Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, and Clarence Williams. Among the top female blues vocalists of her era, Wallace ranked with Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, and Bessie Smith.
In the 1930s, she left show business to become a church organist, singer, and choir director in Detroit, and performed secular music only sporadically until the 1960s, when she resumed her career. Wallace was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1982, and was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.
Wallace was born in Plum Bayou, Arkansas, one of 13 children. In her youth Wallace sang and played the pian
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Sippie Wallace
HEY LOCO FANS – Nov 1st is a significant date for Sippie Wallace, born Beulah Belle Thomas. This blues and gospel legend was both born (1898) and died (1986) on Nov 1.
She was a classic kvinnlig blues singer from the ’20s, efternamn kept performing and recording until her death. She was a major influence on a young Bonnie Raitt, who recorded several of Wallace’s songs and performed live with her.
Born and raised in Houston, she sang and played piano in church. She sang with tent shows, got married, in 1923, Sippie and 2 brothers moved to Chicago and eventually earned a recording contract.
Her first releases were hits, and between 1923 and 1927, she recorded over 40 songs. After her recording contract was finished in the late ’20s, she moved to Detroit in 1929. In the early ’30s, efternamn stopped recording, only performing the sporadisk gig.
In 1936, both brothers and her husband died. Following their deaths, Sippie joined the Leland Baptist Church in Detroit, w