Greg Johnson

Although he played guitar and sang, Johnnie Billington was best known as a teacher with the Delta Blues Education Program.…

Lucille Bogan was among the first classic blues singers to be recorded and to have a strong influence on many…

Bo Carter was one of the early country blues artists whose music had a strong impact on the development of…

Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup was a blues singer and guitarist who influenced not only blues musicians but also the development…

The Rabbit’s Foot Minstrels, also known as the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, A Rabbit’s Foot Comedy Company, Rabbit Foot Company, or…

Singer, guitarist, percussionist, and songwriter Jessie Mae Hemphill was born between Como and Senatobia, near the Tate-Panola County line, in…

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm was an all-female jazz band of the 1940s. Though it was not the first all-female…

Riley B. King was born to Albert Lee King and Nora Ella King on 16 September 1925 just outside the…

Known as the Queen of Soul Blues, Denise LaSalle sang the blues, soul, gospel, funk, disco, and all genres in…

Lillian Shedd McMurry owned the Diamond Record Company and served as producer for its Trumpet label, which strongly influenced the…

Leontyne Price is an American soprano who followed the footsteps of African American singers Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield (1817–76) and Marian…

Many early blues singers used variations on the phrase “going where the Southern cross the Dog.” The expression refers to…

Sonny Boy Williamson II was one of the most influential blues harmonica players, singers, and songwriters of the mid-twentieth century.…

Known as the Soul Man, Early Wright became Mississippi’s first black disc jockey when he started work at Clarksdale’s WROX…