Ida Cox
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@ New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Photograph of blues singer and Georgia native Ida Cox. She wears a flower-print sleeveless blouse and a floor-length black skirt. She faces forward and smiles.Cox began her career as a vaudeville performer. She recorded her first blues songs in 1923 for the Paramount label, which dubbed her the "Uncrowned Queen of the Blues." By 1929, Cox had recorded seventy-eight songs, most of which she had written herself.
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New Georgia Encyclopedia
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Digital Library of Georgia
