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Eight Hour Woman by Edith North Johnson
Edith North Johnson
Artist Biography For Edith North Johnson
Edith Johnson January 2 1903 – February 28 1988 Was An American Classic Female Blues Singer Pianist And Songwriter. Her Most Noted Tracks Were "Honey Dripper Blues" "Can't Make Another Day" And "Eight Hour Woman". She Wrote Another Of Her Songs "Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues".
Using Pseudonyms Such As Hattie North On Vocalion And Maybelle Allen Johnson Also Earlier Waxed Additional Tracks For Other Small Labels. Under The Hattie North Name She Recorded "Lovin' That Man Blues" With Count Basie.
Her Recording Of "Honey Dripper Blues" Was The Inspiration For The Nickname Used By Roosevelt Sykes.
Born Edith North In 1928 She Married A Local Record Producer Jesse Johnson. She Originally Worked At Her Husband's Deluxe Music Store As A Sales Person. Although Not A Professional Singer Between 1928 And 1929 Johnson Recorded Eighteen Sides. She Started On QRS Records In 1928 Later Switching To Paramount. Her Output Tally Included Those From A Recording Session In Grafton Wisconsin For The Paramount Label With Charley Patton. Oddly It Is Now Reckoned That Patton Did Not Play On Any Of Her Recordings.
During World War II Johnson Managed A Taxicab Operation In St. Louis As Well As Later Running Johnson's Deluxe Cafė After Her Husband's Death In 1946. By 1961 She Had Returned To Recording When Samuel Charters Tracked Her Down. She Was Accompanied By Henry Brown On Charters' Set Entitled The Blues In St. Louis. It Was Released By Folkways.
In Her Later Life Johnson Spent Time Undertaking Social Work In Her Hometown.
Johnson Died In St. Louis In February 1988 At The Age Of 85.
Four Of Her Songs Appeared As Part Of The Boxed Set Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues The Worlds Of Charley Patton 2001 .
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Biography - Edith North Johnson
Edith Johnson January 2 1903 – February 28 1988 Was An American Classic Female Blues Singer Pianist And Songwriter. Her Most Noted Tracks Were "Honey Dripper Blues" "Can't Make Another Day" And "Eight Hour Woman". She Wrote Another Of Her Songs "Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues".
Using Pseudonyms Such As Hattie North On Vocalion And Maybelle Allen Johnson Also Earlier Waxed Additional Tracks For Other Small Labels. Under The Hattie North Name She Recorded "Lovin' That Man Blues" With Count Basie.
Her Recording Of "Honey Dripper Blues" Was The Inspiration For The Nickname Used By Roosevelt Sykes.
Born Edith North In 1928 She Married A Local Record Producer Jesse Johnson. She Originally Worked At Her Husband's Deluxe Music Store As A Sales Person. Although Not A Professional Singer Between 1928 And 1929 Johnson Recorded Eighteen Sides. She Started On QRS Records In 1928 Later Switching To Paramount. Her Output Tally Included Those From A Recording Session In Grafton Wisconsin For The Paramount Label With Charley Patton. Oddly It Is Now Reckoned That Patton Did Not Play On Any Of Her Recordings.
During World War II Johnson Managed A Taxicab Operation In St. Louis As Well As Later Running Johnson's Deluxe Cafė After Her Husband's Death In 1946. By 1961 She Had Returned To Recording When Samuel Charters Tracked Her Down. She Was Accompanied By Henry Brown On Charters' Set Entitled The Blues In St. Louis. It Was Released By Folkways.
In Her Later Life Johnson Spent Time Undertaking Social Work In Her Hometown.
Johnson Died In St. Louis In February 1988 At The Age Of 85.
Four Of Her Songs Appeared As Part Of The Boxed Set Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues The Worlds Of Charley Patton 2001 . read less
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Using Pseudonyms Such As Hattie North On Vocalion And Maybelle Allen Johnson Also Earlier Waxed Additional Tracks For Other Small Labels. Under The Hattie North Name She Recorded "Lovin' That Man Blues" With Count Basie.
Her Recording Of "Honey Dripper Blues" Was The Inspiration For The Nickname Used By Roosevelt Sykes.
Born Edith North In 1928 She Married A Local Record Producer Jesse Johnson. She Originally Worked At Her Husband's Deluxe Music Store As A Sales Person. Although Not A Professional Singer Between 1928 And 1929 Johnson Recorded Eighteen Sides. She Started On QRS Records In 1928 Later Switching To Paramount. Her Output Tally Included Those From A Recording Session In Grafton Wisconsin For The Paramount Label With Charley Patton. Oddly It Is Now Reckoned That Patton Did Not Play On Any Of Her Recordings.
During World War II Johnson Managed A Taxicab Operation In St. Louis As Well As Later Running Johnson's Deluxe Cafė After Her Husband's Death In 1946. By 1961 She Had Returned To Recording When Samuel Charters Tracked Her Down. She Was Accompanied By Henry Brown On Charters' Set Entitled The Blues In St. Louis. It Was Released By Folkways.
In Her Later Life Johnson Spent Time Undertaking Social Work In Her Hometown.
Johnson Died In St. Louis In February 1988 At The Age Of 85.
Four Of Her Songs Appeared As Part Of The Boxed Set Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues The Worlds Of Charley Patton 2001 . read less
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