Eva Taylor
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Biography
Eva Taylor, born Irene Joy Gibbons on January 22, 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri, was an American blues singer and stage actress who began performing at age three. She toured extensively before settling in New York City by 1920. In 1922, Taylor made her first record for Black Swan Records, billed as "The Dixie Nightingale." Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, she recorded dozens of blues, jazz, and popular sides for Okeh and Columbia Records, collaborating with Clarence Williams, her husband and producer. Taylor also appeared on Broadway in Bottomland (1927) and had her own radio show on NBC's Cavalcade in 1929. She stopped performing during the 1940s but returned in the mid-1960s, touring Europe until her final performance in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1976. Taylor died from cancer on October 31, 1977.
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- Jazzin' Babies Blues
- Scatter Your Smiles featuring Eva Taylor
- When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along featuring Eva Taylor
- Pickin' on Your Baby by Eva Taylor
- You Can't Shush Katie by Eva Taylor
- I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for a Little Bluebird by Eva Taylor
- Cake Walkin' Babies from Home by Eva Taylor
- (There's a Blue Ridge in My Heart) Virginia featuring Eva Taylor
- Shout, Sister, Shout! by Eva Taylor
- Coal Cart Blues by Eva Taylor
- Just Wait Till You See My Baby by Eva Taylor
- Cake Walking Babies featuring Sidney Bechet
- Santa Claus Blues by Eva Taylor
- Pickin' On Your Baby by Eva Taylor
- Cast Away by Eva Taylor
- Livin' High by Eva Taylor
- Mandy, Make up Your Mind by Eva Taylor
- Irresistible Blues
- Squeeze Me by Eva Taylor
