List of Blues Musicians - Early Urban Blues

Early Urban Blues

Name Birth year Death year
Ora Alexander unknown unknown
Gladys Bentley 1907 1960
Lucille Bogan 1897 1948
Bessie Brown 1890 1955
Reverend Gary Davis 1896 1972
Georgia Tom Dorsey 1899 1993
Lil Green 1919 1954
Lucille Hegamin 1894 1970
Alberta Hunter 1895 1984
Papa Charlie Jackson c.1890 1938
Edith North Johnson 1903 1988
James "Stump" Johnson 1902 1969
Maggie Jones c.1900 unknown
Whistlin' Alex Moore 1899 1989
Ma Rainey 1886 1939
Bessie Smith 1894 1937
Clara Smith c.1894 1935
Mamie Smith 1883 1946
Ruby Smith 1903 1977
Charlie Spand unknown unknown
Walter Vinson 1901 1975
Sippie Wallace 1898 1986
Ethel Waters 1896 1977
Jabo Williams unknown unknown
Oscar "Buddy" Woods c.1895 1955

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