Edith Wilson

Edith Wilson

Edith Wilson

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Top Songs

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Yankee Doodle Blues
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Rules and Regulations "Signed Razor Jim"
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Dixie Blues [78Rpm Remastered]
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Put a Little Love in Everything You Do
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Slow Creepin' Blues

Albums

  • Dixie Blues

    Feb 2023 • 1 song

  • Stationary Mama

    Apr 2015 • 20 songs

  • He May Be Your Man... But He Comes To See Me Sometimes!

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Edith Wilson

Biography

Edith Wilson belongs to that first group of African-American women referred to as vaudeville or cabaret blues singers that in the early '20s followed Mamie Smith into the recording studios. Wilson's recording career started with Columbia in 1921 with accompaniment provided by trumpeter Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds. She was born Edith Goodall to a middle-class Black family in Louisville, Kentucky on September 2, 1896. Her birthdate is often given as ten years later, due to vanity. Her ancestors included an American Vice-President, John C. Breckenridge, and a woman who was the mo...
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