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Lucille Bogan

April 2, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Lucille Bogan was born on April 1, 1897 (to August 10, 1948). She was an important blues singer who sometimes recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. Bogan was considered by many to be the toughest practitioner of a genre known as the Dirty Blues in the early part of the twentieth century. She was one of the first Black women to record, and stands along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith as one of “the big three of the blues.” […]

Categories: All, April, April 01, Bogan, Lucille • Tags: 1897, 1948, April 1, August 10, Lucille Bogan, Ubuntu Biography Project

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