Ida Cox Moanin Groanin Blues

One of the finest classic blues singers of the 1920s, Ida Cox was singing in theaters by the time she was 14. She recorded regularly during 19231929 (her Wild Woman Don t Have the Blues and Death Letter Blues are her bestknown songs). Although she was offrecord during much of the 1930s, Cox was able to continue working and in 1939 she sang at Cafe Society, appeared at John Hammond s Spirituals to Swing concert, and made some new records. 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. In the early 20s, she performed with Jelly Roll Morton, but she had severed her ties with the pianist by the time she signed her first record contract with Paramount in 1923. Cox stayed with Paramount for six years and recorded 78 songs, which usually featured accompaniment by Love Austin and trump