Memphis Minnie
Blues, Musical Artist
1897 – 1973
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Who was Memphis Minnie?
Lizzie Douglas, known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted from the 1920s to the 1950s. She recorded around 200 songs, some of the best known being "Bumble Bee", "Nothing in Rambling", and "Me and My Chauffeur Blues". Her performances and songwriting made her well known in a genre dominated mostly by men. She died on August 6, 1973, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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- Born
- Jun 3, 1897
Algiers, New Orleans - Also known as
- Memphis Minnie McCoy
- Memphis Mini
- Minnie McCoy
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 6, 1973
Memphis
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on July 23, 2013
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