Fannie May Goosby
Possibly Pinehurst, Georgia, United States
Classic female blues
Fannie May Goosby (1902 – after 1934) also known as Fannie Mae Goosby was an American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter. She had ten songs released between 1923 and 1928, one of which, "Grievous Blues", she recorded twice. Goosby was one of the first female blues musicians to record her own material. She also was one of the first two blues singers to be recorded in the Deep South, the other being the dirty blues singer Lucille Bogan.
Details of her life outside the recording studio are minimal.
appeared on:
Female Blues Singers Vol. 7 G/H (1997) 1922-1929
