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You Ain't Treating Me Right by Esther Bigeou

Artist Biography For Esther Bigeou

Esther Bigeou C. 1895 – C. 1936 Was An American Vaudeville And Blues Singer. Billed As "The Girl With The Million Dollar Smile" She Was One Of The Classic Female Blues Singers Popular In The 1920s. She Was Born In New Orleans Louisiana. Her Extended Family Featured Several Musicians Drummer Paul Barbarin Was Her Cousin. 1 In 1917 Esther Bigeou Appeared As A Singer Dancer And Recitalist In The Broadway Rastus Revue At The Standard Theater In Philadelphia Pennsylvania The Lafayette Theater In New York City And The Orpheum Theater In Baltimore Maryland. 1 She Recorded For The OKeh Label In 1921 And 1923 And Toured The TOBA Vaudeville Circuit With The Billy King Company In 1923. 1 During 1923–1925 And 1927–1930 She Toured As A Single Act Throughout The American South Midwest And Northeast. 1 Blues Writer Chris Smith Says That Esther Bigeou Was "a Singer At The Pop End Of African-American Entertainment" And That She "seems To Have Retired Aged Only 35 To Settle In New Orleans Where Reports Indicate That She Died Circa 1936". 2

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