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Sara Martin June 18 1884 – May 24 1955 Was An American Blues Singer In Her Time One Of The Most Popular Of The Classic Blues Singers. She Was Billed As "The Famous Moanin' Mama" And "The Colored Sophie Tucker". Martin Made Many Recordings Including A Few Under The Names Margaret Johnson And Sally Roberts. Martin Was Born In Louisville Kentucky United States And Was Singing On The African-American Vaudeville Circuit By 1915. She Began A Very Successful Recording Career When She Was Signed By The Okeh Label In 1922. Through The 1920s She Toured And Recorded With Such Performers As Fats Waller Clarence Williams King Oliver And Sylvester Weaver. She Was Among The Most-Recorded Of The Classic Blues Singers. She Was Possibly The First To Record The Famous Blues Song "T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" With Fats Waller On Piano In 1922. On Stage She Was Noted For An Especially Dramatic Performing Style And For Her Lavish Costumes Which She Changed Two Or Three Times Per Show. In His Book Ma Rainey And The Classic Blues Singers Derrick Stewart-Baxter Says Of Her ...She Was Never A Really Great Blues Singer. The Records She Made Varied Considerably On Many She Sounded Stilted And Very Unrelaxed. ... Occasionally She Did Hit A Groove And When This Happened She Could Be Quite Pleasing As On Her Very Original "Brother Ben". ... The Sides She Did With King Oliver Can Be Recommended Particularly "Death Sting Me Blues".
According To Blues Historian Daphne Duval Harrison "Martin Tended To Use More Swinging Danceable Rhythms Than Some Of Her Peers ... When She Sang A Traditional Blues Her Voice And Styling Had Richer Deeper Qualities That Matched The Content In Sensitivity And Mood "Mean Tight Mama" And "Death Sting Me" Approach An Apex Of Blues Singing".
Martin's Stage Work In The Late 1920s Took Her To New York Detroit And Pittsburgh And To Cuba Jamaica And Puerto Rico. She Made One Film Appearance In Hello Bill With Bill "Bojangles" Robinson In 1929. Her Last Major Stage Appearance Was In Darktown Scandals Review In 1930. She Performed With Thomas A. Dorsey As A Gospel Singer In 1932 After Which She Worked Outside The Music Industry Running A Nursing Home In Louisville. Sara Martin Died In Louisville Of A Stroke In May 1955.
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Sara Martin June 18 1884 – May 24 1955 Was An American Blues Singer In Her Time One Of The Most Popular Of The Classic Blues Singers. She Was Billed As "The Famous Moanin' Mama" And "The Colored Sophie Tucker". Martin Made Many Recordings Including A Few Under The Names Margaret Johnson And Sally Roberts. Martin Was Born In Louisville Kentucky United States And Was Singing On The African-American Vaudeville Circuit By 1915. She Began A Very Successful Recording Career When She Was Signed By The Okeh Label In 1922. Through The 1920s She Toured And Recorded With Such Performers As Fats Waller Clarence Williams King Oliver And Sylvester Weaver. She Was Among The Most-Recorded Of The Classic Blues Singers. She Was Possibly The First To Record The Famous Blues Song "T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" With Fats Waller On Piano In 1922. On Stage She Was Noted For An Especially Dramatic Performing Style And For Her Lavish Costumes Which She Changed Two Or Three Times Per Show. In His Book Ma Rainey And The Classic Blues Singers Derrick Stewart-Baxter Says Of Her ...She Was Never A Really Great Blues Singer. The Records She Made Varied Considerably On Many She Sounded Stilted And Very Unrelaxed. ... Occasionally She Did Hit A Groove And When This Happened She Could Be Quite Pleasing As On Her Very Original "Brother Ben". ... The Sides She Did With King Oliver Can Be Recommended Particularly "Death Sting Me Blues".
According To Blues Historian Daphne Duval Harrison "Martin Tended To Use More Swinging Danceable Rhythms Than Some Of Her Peers ... When She Sang A Traditional Blues Her Voice And Styling Had Richer Deeper Qualities That Matched The Content In Sensitivity And Mood "Mean Tight Mama" And "Death Sting Me" Approach An Apex Of Blues Singing".
Martin's Stage Work In The Late 1920s Took Her To New York Detroit And Pittsburgh And To Cuba Jamaica And Puerto Rico. She Made One Film Appearance In Hello Bill With Bill "Bojangles" Robinson In 1929. Her Last Major Stage Appearance Was In Darktown Scandals Review In 1930. She Performed With Thomas A. Dorsey As A Gospel Singer In 1932 After Which She Worked Outside The Music Industry Running A Nursing Home In Louisville. Sara Martin Died In Louisville Of A Stroke In May 1955. read less
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According To Blues Historian Daphne Duval Harrison "Martin Tended To Use More Swinging Danceable Rhythms Than Some Of Her Peers ... When She Sang A Traditional Blues Her Voice And Styling Had Richer Deeper Qualities That Matched The Content In Sensitivity And Mood "Mean Tight Mama" And "Death Sting Me" Approach An Apex Of Blues Singing".
Martin's Stage Work In The Late 1920s Took Her To New York Detroit And Pittsburgh And To Cuba Jamaica And Puerto Rico. She Made One Film Appearance In Hello Bill With Bill "Bojangles" Robinson In 1929. Her Last Major Stage Appearance Was In Darktown Scandals Review In 1930. She Performed With Thomas A. Dorsey As A Gospel Singer In 1932 After Which She Worked Outside The Music Industry Running A Nursing Home In Louisville. Sara Martin Died In Louisville Of A Stroke In May 1955. read less
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