- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Ida Cox (1896-1967)
- Creator:
- Freeman, Gregory A.
- Date of Original:
- 2005-03-26
- Subject:
- Singers--United States
Women singers--United States
African American singers
African American women singers
Blues musicians--United States
Women blues musicians--United States
Composers--United States
Women composers--United States
African American composers
African American women composers
Musicians--United States
African American musicians
Women musicians--United States
African American women musicians
Cox, Ida, 1889-1967 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Ida Cox. Ida Cox was a vaudeville performer and a pioneering blues singer who, along with Gertrude "Ma" Rainey and Bessie Smith, founded the female blues genre. Cox was born Ida Prather on February 25, 1896, in Toccoa. She grew up in Cedartown, near Rome, and left home as a teenager to tour with a minstrel revue. Cox excelled at vaudeville singing, but when the popularity of vaudeville shows began to fade, she transformed herself into a formidable blues singer.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ida-cox-1894-1967/
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- If you wish to use content from the NGE site for commercial use, publication, or any purpose other than fair use as defined by law, you must request and receive written permission from the NGE. Such requests may be directed to: Permissions/NGE, University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Drive, Athens, GA 30602.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
