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  Ida Cox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ida Cox (25 February 1896 - 10 November 1967) was a popular African American singer, best known for her Blues performances and recordings.
Cox was born as Ida Prather in Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia, and grew up in Cedartown, Georgia.
She toured with traveling minstrel shows, often appearing in flface in to the 1910s; she married fellow minstrel performer Adler Cox.
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 Ida Cox
Cox toured with shows until a 1944 stroke pushed her into retirement; she came back for an impressive final recording in 1961.
Cox left her hometown of Toccoa, GA, as a teenager, traveling the south in vaudeville and tent shows, performing both as a singer and a comedienne.
Cox was retired for most of the '50s, but she was coaxed out of retirement in 1961 to record a final session with Coleman Hawkins.
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 Ida Cox
In her particular way, Ida Cox was a feminist.
Cox suffered a stroke in 1944 and was forced into retirement.
This is from Collector's Classics LP CC56, from a session recorded by Ida Cox and her All Star Band in New York on 31 October 1939.
www.nathanielturner.com /ida_cox.htm   (464 words)

  
 Irish Echo Online - Arts
It was, said Cox later, "the Rosetta Stone of the Ida E. Wood mystery." The notebook contained details of the death of Ida's mother and the whereabouts of her grave in New York.
Acting on a hunch, Cox decided to pursue the older undertaker receipt that referred to the burial of a boy, presumably the son of a Thomas Walsh, in a Cambridge cemetery in 1846.
Ida remained there for 24 years until she was "discovered" in 1931 and subsequently became an object of national fascination.
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 The Southerner | Summer Southern Sounds
Ida Cox was from the country, sure enough, but she didn't live there anymore.
Ida Cox's old pianist and former husband, Jesse Crump, had also been unable to make it, and that was a disappointment to Cox.
According to the newspaper obituary, Ida Cox's daughter was born in Cedartown, Ga., the hometown Ida Cox said she fled forever when she was 16.
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 Ida Cox: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com
One of the finest classic blues singers of the 1920s, Ida Cox [+] was singing in theaters by the time she was 14.
During the '30s, Cox didn't record often, but she continued to perform frequently, highlighted by an appearance at John Hammond's 1939 Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall.
Cox was retired for most of the '50s, but she was coaxed out of retirement in 1961 to record a final session with Coleman Hawkins [+].
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 African American Registry: Ida Cox, Blues woman of the times
Cox was born Ida Prather in Toccoa, Georgia.
Ida seemed to sing directly to Black women who saw themselves trapped by demeaning racial and social conditions, yet longed for dignity and respect, especially from the men in their lives.
Cox symbolized the liberated spirit of some fl American blues women in the '20s with her stylish outlook, lavish wardrobe, and business savvy.
www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1379/Ida_Cox_Blues_woman_of_the_times   (408 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Music: Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1927-1938) [Import] [Best of]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In fact, Cox is in such fine form during her 1938 concert appearance that it makes one wonder why she was not more active on records during the 1930s and '40s.
Ida Cox was arguably the best blues singer to have come out of the 1920's Blues Craze started by Mamie Smith with her Crazy Blues which started a trend, everybody started recording the blues from white vaudeville singers like Marion Harris to gifted singers who had been performing the blues for years like Ma Rainey.
Cox's voice sounds today as meaningful as it did in the 20's, her voice is powerful, yet limited in range, she moans her songs.
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 Blues Lyrics On Line: IDA COX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
One of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s, Ida Cox (born in 1889) ran away from home when she was 14 to join travelling vaudeville shows such as Clark's Minstrels.
Ida Cox recorded it in April 1924 with Lovie Austin and an unidentified band.
Ida Cox wrote this number and recorded it on 31 October, 1939 with her All Star Band (including Hot Lips Page, trumpet, and Fletcher Henderson, piano).
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 Ida Cox -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Cox was born as Ida Prather in (Click link for more info and facts about Toccoa) Toccoa, (Click link for more info and facts about Stephens County, Georgia) Stephens County, Georgia, and grew up in (Click link for more info and facts about Cedartown, Georgia) Cedartown, Georgia.
From 1923 through 1929 Cox made numerous recordings for (Click link for more info and facts about Paramount Records) Paramount Records.
Ida Cox died in (Click link for more info and facts about Knoxville, Tennessee) Knoxville, Tennessee.
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 Ida Cox
Ida Cox sang in church choirs as a child in Georgia.
Cox wrote many of her own songs, and had several of her own touring companies such as Raisin' Cain and Darktown Scandals which criss-crossed the country during the late 1920s and early
She released records under the name of Ida Cox and her Allstar Band and Ida Cox and her Allstar Orchestra during this time period.
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 Ida Cox MP3 Downloads - Ida Cox Music Downloads - Ida Cox Music Videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Classic blues singer Ida Cox had not recorded since 1940 nor performed regularly since the mid-'40s when she was coaxed out of retirement to record a date for Riverside in 1961.
At 65 years old (some books list her as being 72), Cox's voice was a bit rusty and past its prime, but she still had the feeling, phrasing, and enough tricks to perform...
Ida Cox's Wild Women Don't Have the Blues was recorded at the end of her career.
www.mp3.com /ida-cox/artists/5435/discography.html   (186 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Ida Cox
Billed as the "Uncrowned Queen of the Blues,;" Ida Cox (born Ida Prather) never achieved the fame of her contemporaries Bessie Smith and Gertrude "Ma" Rainey.
Noted record producer John Hammond revitalized Cox's career by highlighting her in the legendary "Spirituals to Swing" concert at Carnegie Hall in 1939.
Cox continued her recording career until she suffered a stroke in 1944.
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 IDA COX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Ida Cox used her inherent strength of personality and drive to succeed while
Ida Cox endured great discrimination in order to both create and manage
Ida continued to sing, tour, manage and produce her own shows up until
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 R&B Music Primer - Women In The Blues - Biography and Recommendations
Ida Cox (born 25/02/1896 in Toccoa, Georgia) was a contemporary of Bessie Smith but was not really in the same league as a singer - what she lacked technically she made up for with the passion and sincerity of her
She made infrequent visits to the studio through the 30s and 40s and even recorded again as late as 1961, after suffering several years of illness including a stroke.
The "Ida Cox Volumes 1 and 2 (1923-24)" compilations cover her early work.
www.rhythmandtheblues.org.uk /artists/women.shtml   (906 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2, 1924-1925: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
This is the 2nd of four CD's by the Document label which feature all of Ida Cox's early classic blues performances in chronological order.
Cox's voice isn't dated like most singers from the 20's, she still communicates to today's listeners(like Bessie Smith).
And the musicians are wonderful the best jazz musicians of the 20's like Henry "Red" Allen, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Armstrong, Sidney Beechet, all back her up on various CD's in the series.
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 Ida Cox at Blues With A Feeling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Ida Prather "Julia Powers" "Jane Smith" "Velma Bradley" "Kate Lewis"
The Essential Ida Cox [Classic Blues 200017, June 2001]
Ruth Brown, Ethel Waters, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne, Sarah Vaughan, Peggy Lee.
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 VH1.com : Ida Cox : Biography
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 Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - Ida Cox: MAIN
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 Ida Cox - Hard Times Blues lyrics - Ida Cox Song Words @ Lyrics Host   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
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 Amazon.com: A Glance: Ida Cox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
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Blues for Rampart Street ~ Ida Cox, Coleman Hawkins Quintet
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 Internet Resources
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Blue Flame Café - Barbeque Bob, Ida Cox, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, are some of the 100 great blues singers and musicians profiled in this biographical encyclopedia of the blues.
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage - This Gale Research site contains fifty biographies of notable Hispanic American women and men.
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 Ida Cox: Gypsy Glass Blues
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SINGER: Ida Cox V. with Jesse Crump, p.
It may bring sunshine, Lord, and it may bring rain
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 Lyrics for songs by Ida Cox - Provided by Get Some Noise
Lyrics for songs by Ida Cox - Provided by Get Some Noise
Oh the blues ain't nothin' but your lover on your mind (2x)
But that's no sign we should take each other's man
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 Ida Cox
I'd rather see my coffin come rolling in my door
By Ida Cox / Jessy Crump / Glascoe(?)
You wonder why I'm grievin' and feelin' blue?
www.thedevilsmusic.net /lyrics/ida_cox.html   (3498 words)

  
 Red Devil Jazz Record List
VA - Compostions of Dizzy Gillespie (Riverside) 12.00
VA - Great Blues Singers 10" w/Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Chippie Hill (Columbia) 40.00
VA - Jam Session Coast to Coast/Eddie Condon's All Stars (Columbia) 20.00
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