Lavinia Turner Virginia or New York City, United States Classic female blues
Lavinia Turner (c. 1888 – after 1937) was an American classic female blues singer. Originally a vaudeville vocalist, Turner recorded ten songs in 1921 and 1922, making her one of the first female blues singers to be recorded. Details of her life outside the recording studio are minimal.
Complete Recorded Works (1996) 1921-1922, split with Virginia Liston
Virginia Liston Louisiana, United States Classic female blues, jazz
Virginia Liston (c. 1890 – June 1932) was an American classic female blues and jazz singer. She spent most of her career in black vaudeville. Liston recorded "You Can Dip Your Bread in My Gravy, but You Can't Have None of My Chops" and "Just Take One Long Last Lingering Look." She performed with her then-husband, Samuel H. Gray, billed as Liston and Liston. She also performed with Clarence Williams, singing with the Clarence Williams Blue Five on "You've Got the Right Key, but the Wrong Keyhole" and "Early in the Morning" and the Clarence Williams Washboard Band on "Cushion Foot Stomp," and "P.D.Q. Blues."
Complete Recorded Works, Vol.1 (1996) 1923-1924
Complete Recorded Works, Vol.2 (1996) 1924-1926, split with Lavinia Turner
Vertex was a band formed in 1995 featuring singer Stephen Pearcy (Ratt, Arcade, Vicious Delite, Nitronic), guitarist Al Pitrelli (Danger Danger, Hotshot, Alice Cooper, Asia, Savatage, Megadeth, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), and drummer Hiro Kuretani (WXXI, Trancentral Station).
Alberta Hunter Memphis, Tennessee U.S. Jazz, Blues
Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an internationally known African-American jazz singer and songwriter who had a successful career from the early 1920s to the late 1950s (she was a contemporary of Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith) and then stopped performing. After 20 years of working as a nurse, in 1977 Hunter successfully resumed her popular singing career until her death.
Songs We Taught Your Mother (1961) split with Lucille Hegamin and Victoria Spivey
Chicago - The Living Legends (1962) with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders
Remember My Name (1978)
Amtrak Blues (1980)
Downhearted Blues: Live at the Cookery (1981) rec.'77
The London Sessions 1934 (1981) with Jack Jackson & his orchestra
The Glory of Alberta Hunter (1982)
Look for the Silver Lining (1983)
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1996) 1921-1923
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1996) 1923-1924
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1996) 1924-1927
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1996) 1927-1946
Volume 5: The Alternate Takes (1996) 1921-1924
