Linda Hopkins
Linda Hopkins
Top Songs
| 1 | Warning Blues | ||
| 2 | The Magic Song | ||
| 3 | Happiness | ||
| 4 | Sad And Lonely | ||
| 5 | Mama's Doin' the Twist |
Albums
Jan 2025 • 9 songs
Jul 2014 • 1 song
May 2014 • 1 song
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Biography
An extremely versatile singer and performer with extensive stage credentials alongside her vocal skills, Linda Hopkins was a major artist beginning in the early '50s. She recorded classic, traditional, and urban blues as well as R&B and soul, jazz, and show tunes, all with distinction and style. Hopkins long idolized Bessie Smith and won critical plaudits for her rendition of Smith in the theatrical presentation Jazz Train. She recorded for numerous labels but only earned one chart hit, a duet with Jackie Wilson for Brunswick in 1963. "Shake a Hand" narrowly missed the R&B Top...