Saturday, April 08, 1995

Martha Copeland

Martha Copeland
Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Classic female blues, gospel

Martha Copeland (born ca. 1891–1894; date of death unknown) was an American classic female blues singer. She recorded 34 songs between 1923 and 1928. She was promoted by Columbia Records as "Everybody's Mammy", but her records did not sell in the quantities achieved by the Columbia recording artists Bessie Smith and Clara Smith. Apart from her recording career, little is known of her life.


Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1995) 1923-1927
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1995) 1927-1928, split with Irene Scruggs