Wallace, Sippie. jazz singer. Detroit

Description:

Jazz and blues vocalist Sippie Wallace performs at unidentified concert. "Sippie Wallace, the "Texas Nightingale," came out of the blues/jazz tradition of the South and was a contemporary of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, the reigning queens among blues and jazz vocalists of the era, Wallace was singing before audiences when she was seven years old, she achieved star status playing the black vaudeville circuit during the 1920s, both a songwriter and a performer, Wallace made 48 records for the Okeh label, a recording company that specialized in "race" music, as jazz and the blues were known," from the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame website.

Notes:

Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library

Collection:

Virtual Motor City

Subject Topic:

African American jazz musicians and Women jazz singers

Subject Name:

Wallace, Sippie

Format:

photographs

Rights:

Copyright Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:vmc49649_1