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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> |
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| Name = Bessie Tucker |
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| Born = Unknown<br/>[[East Texas]], [[United States]] |
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| Died = Unknown |
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| Instrument = [[Human voice|Vocals]] |
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| Genre = [[Classic female blues]], [[country blues]], [[Texas blues]]<ref name="AMG"/> |
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| Occupation = [[Singer]], [[songwriter]] |
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| Years_active = 1928–1929 |
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| Label = [[Victor Talking Machine Company|Victor]] |
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| Associated_acts = K. D. Johnson, [[Jesse Thomas|Jesse "Babyface" Thomas]]<ref name="Credits">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=complete-recorded-works-1928-1929-r104520/credits|pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic ((( Complete Recorded Works (1928-1929) > Bessie Tucker > Credits )))}}</ref> |
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'''Bessie Tucker''' was an [[United States|American]] [[classic female blues|classic female]], [[country blues|country]], and [[Texas blues]], [[singer]] and [[songwriter]].<ref name="AMG"/> Her best-known songs are "Penitentiary" and "Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues".<ref name="Album"/> Little is known of her life outside the [[music industry]].<ref name="AMG"/> Her known recording history comprised just twenty-four tracks, seven of which were alternate takes.<ref name="Album"/> |
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==Biography== |
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Tucker hailed from [[East Texas]]. Based on references in her songs, researcher Max Haymes has speculated that she may have been based in [[Greenville, Texas|Greenville]].<ref name="Katy"/> |
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She had a light complexion<ref name="Katy" /> and a small frame,<ref name="AMG"/> but was said to be "a strong singer with a dark [[human voice|voice]]".<ref>{{cite book |
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| first= Dave |
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| last= Oliphant |
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| year= 1996 |
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| title= Texan Jazz |
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| publisher= University of Texas Press |
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| location= Austin, Texas |
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| isbn= 0-292-71096-8 |
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| page= 72}}</ref> In August 1928, she [[sound recording and reproduction|recorded]] a number of songs, most of which she wrote herself, for the [[Victor Talking Machine Company|Victor]] [[record label|label]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. She was accompanied on piano by the [[Dallas]]-born K.D. Johnson. This recording session yielded her best-known song, "Penitentiary". The subject matter of the song was allegedly not unknown to Tucker.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=bessie-tucker-p30092/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Bessie Tucker|author=Ankeny, Jason |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref> |
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A second session in Dallas followed in October 1929.<ref name="Wirz">{{cite web |url=http://www.wirz.de/music/thojefrm.htm |title=Jesse Thomas discography|author=|publisher=Wirz.de |accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref> There she was again accompanied by Johnson, and by the guitar playing of [[Jesse Thomas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theflatlandalmanack.typepad.com/the_flatland_chronicles/2008/02/bessie-tucker-t.html|title=Bessie Tucker: Twenties Barrelhouse Blues|author=|publisher=Theflatlandsalmanack.typepad.com |accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref> After this, nothing more is known of her life.<ref name="AMG"/> Only one photograph of Tucker survives.<ref>[http://www.last.fm/music/Bessie+Tucker The only known surviving photograph of Tucker] Last.fm Retrieved November 19, 2010.</ref> |
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In 1960, [[Dallas]] [[piano|pianist]] Alex Moore told an interviewer that Tucker and [[Ida May Mack]], who had shared the 1928 recording session with Tucker, were both "tough cookies ... don't mess with them". However, in a 1972 conversation, the pianist was unable to recall the name of either singer, leading the interviewer to suspect that he had drawn his own conclusions from their recordings.<ref name="Katy">{{cite web |url=http://www.earlyblues.com/Katy.htm|title=Katy's at the Station. Santa Fe is in the Yard|author=Haymes, Max|publisher=Earlyblues.com|accessdate=November 14, 2010}}</ref> Music buffs can only affirm that Tucker sang in the same style as Texas singers [[Texas Alexander]], [[Victoria Spivey]] and [[Texas Bill Day]], and that her lyrics refer to railroads that all served East Texas and Dallas.<ref name="Katy" /> |
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Some of Tucker's tracks, and those of Mack, were made available on a [[compilation album]].<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=backgrounds-of-jazz-ida-may-mack-bessie-tucker-r143026|pure_url=yes}}|title=Allmusic ((( Backgrounds of Jazz: Ida May Mack/Bessie Tucker > Ida May Mack > Overview )))}}</ref> All of Tucker's recordings have been made available by [[Document Records]] (see below).<ref name="Album"/> |
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She was not related to [[Sophie Tucker]]. |
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==Discography== |
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*''Complete Recorded Works (1928-1929)'' (1991) - [[Document Records|Document]]<ref name="Album">{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=complete-recorded-works-1928-1929-r104520/review|pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic ((( Complete Recorded Works (1928-1929) > Bessie Tucker > Review )))}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of classic female blues singers]] |
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*[[List of country blues musicians]] |
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*[[List of Texas blues musicians]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.earlyblues.com/Katy.htm Supposition and theory on Tucker's life and lifestyle at Earlyblues.com] |
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[[Category:American blues singers]] |
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[[Category:American female singers]] |
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[[Category:Classic female blues singers]] |
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[[Category:Country blues musicians]] |
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[[Category:Texas blues musicians]] |
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[[Category:Songwriters from Texas]] |
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[[Category:Date of birth missing]] |
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Revision as of 19:09, 2 February 2011
There is no such thing as Bessie Tucker.