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Koko Taylor 1928-2009
Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor w Little Walter 1967 Music video
From: The American Folk and Blues Festival, 1962-1969. Some of the greatest blues artists ever assembled in one place. Truly part of American music history. All music Copyright Reeling in the Years Productions, LLC and Experience Hendrix, LLC
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Koko Taylor (born Cora Walton) 1928-2009
one of the few female singers to achieve success in the competitive world of Chicago blues
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Best known for her 1965 hit single “Wang Dang Doodle,” which became her signature song, Ms. Taylor was one of several singers over the years to be billed as Queen of the Blues, a title first bestowed on Bessie Smith in the 1920s.
While there had been other blues queens, Ms. Taylor was the undisputed queen of the Chicago variety.
It was in Chicago in the years after World War II that transplanted Southerners like Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf added electric instruments and pounding backbeats to the raw rural blues of their youth, forging an aggressive new sound and building a thriving local scene.
That scene was dominated by male performers, but with her brash, forceful vocal style and her enthusiastic stage presence, Ms. Taylor made sure that its upper echelon had room for at least one woman. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/arts/music/04taylor.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/
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