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Bogan, Lucille

LC control no.n 90720533
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LC classificationML420.B6564 Biography
Personal name headingBogan, Lucille
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Variant(s)Jackson, Bessie
Anderson, Lucille, 1897-1948
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1897-04-01
Death date1948-08-10
Place of birthAmory (Miss.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
AffiliationOKeh Records (Firm)
Profession or occupationBlues musicians Singers
Found inSorry but I can't take you [SR] p1980: label (Lucille Bogan) container (Lucille Bogan, Bessie Jackson)
LC data base, 12-4-90 (hdg.: Bogan, Lucille)
Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) [SR] p1993: label (Lucille Bogan) program notes (vocals; b. 4-1-1897, Amory, Miss., with surname Anderson; married Nazareth Bogan)
Wikipedia, Dec. 1, 2008 (Lucille Bogan; b. Lucille Anderson, Apr. 1, 1897, Amory, Miss.; d. Aug. 10, 1948, Los Angeles, Calif., aged 51; American blues singer, active 1923-35; also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson on the Banner (ARC) label)
African American National Biography, accessed December 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bogan, Lucille; Lucille Anderson; Bessie Jackson; blues musician, singer; born 01 April 1897 in Amory, Mississippi, United States; recorded vaudeville for Okeh Records in New York Citywith pianist Henry Callens (1923); the first African American blues singer to record in Atlanta, Georgia, outside of New York or Chicago (1923); worked for Brunswick record featuring Tampa Red and Cow Cow Davenport (1928-1930); collaborated on the piano with Walter Roland on"Groceries on the Shelf", "Down in Boogie Alley", "B.D. Woman's Blues", and "Shave Em Dry"; managed Bogan's Birmingham Busters in which her son played bass (1935); died 10 August 1948 in Los Angeles, California, United States)