The Resume

(February 25, 1896-November 10, 1967)
Born in Toccoa, Georgia
Died in Knoxville, Tennessee
Recorded 'Bone Orchard Blues,' 'Any Woman Blues,' 'Four Day Creep' and 'Wild Women Don't Have the Blues'
Known as 'The Uncrowned Queen of Blues'

Why she might be annoying:

She was a teenage runaway.
She performed in blackface during minstrel shows.
Her raunchy lyrics and risque stage shows garnered her the title of 'Sepia Mae West.'

Why she might not be annoying:

Known for her business acumen, she wrote and produced her own songs.
She suffered a stroke in 1945.
Her classic female blues tunes tackled the struggles of Southern black women in the 1920s.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 11]
• Black and Beautiful
• Blues Musicians
• I Died in 1967 (Ranked: 71)
• I Had a Stroke [Cerebral Vascular Accident]
• I Performed at 'From Spirituals to Swing'
• Jazz Artists
• Profiles 28751-29000 (Ranked: 28870)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 65.38% Annoying