Merline Johnson

Merline Johnson
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Styles: Acoustic Chicago Blues, Classic Female Blues, Prewar Blues, Chicago Blues
Biography: During the late '30s, one Chicago-based blues woman cut more records than either Memphis Minnie or Georgia White, and even edged in on Blue Lu Barker with a smart cover of her most famous hit, "Don't You Make Me High." The aunt of R&B vocalist LaVern Baker, Merline Johnson was usually billed as the Yas ...Read full biography
The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson) Vol. 1 1937-1938
Released: 1995
Label: Document Records
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Back in the middle of the 1990s, the Vienna-based Document label reissued 71 tasty blues recordings made during the years 1937-1940 by Mississippi native Merline Johnson. Each of the three volumes is superb, ...Read full review
The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson) Vol. 2 1938-1939
Released: 1995
Label: Document Records
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If the first volume of Merline Johnson's complete recordings was highly rewarding, volume two is utterly essential, as it contains some of her all-time best, most exciting, and jazz-infused performances. ...Read full review
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