Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace (born Beulah Belle Thomas, November 1, 1898 – November 1, 1986) was an American blues singer, pianist and songwriter. Her early career in tent shows gained her the billing "The Texas Nightingale". Between 1923 and 1927, she recorded over 40 songs for Okeh Records, many written by her or her brothers, George and Hersal Thomas. Her accompanists included Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, and Clarence Williams. Among the top female blues vocalists of her era, Wallace ranked with Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, and Bessie Smith. In the 1930s, she left show business to become a church organist, singer, and choir director in Detroit and performed secular music only sporadically until the 1960s, when she resumed her performing career. Wallace was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1982 and was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1993. |
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Recordings (Results 26-47 of 47 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | S-73007 | 10-in. | 11/28/1924 | Baby, I can't use you no more | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | vocalist, songwriter | |
OKeh | S-73008 | 10-in. | 11/28/1924 | Trouble everywhere I roam | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet | vocalist, songwriter | |
OKeh | S-73012 | 10-in. | 12/1/1924 | I've stopped my man | Sippie Wallace ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | S-73013 | 10-in. | 12/1/1924 | Walkin' talkin' blues | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | S-73014 | 10-in. | 12/2/1924 | I'm so glad I'm brownskin | Clarence Williams’ Trio ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
OKeh | S-73015 | 10-in. | 12/2/1924 | Off and on blues | Clarence Williams’ Trio ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
OKeh | S-73018 | 10-in. | 12/3/1924 | He's the cause of me being blue | Clarence Williams’ Trio ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with banjo and piano | vocalist, songwriter | |
OKeh | S-73019 | 10-in. | 12/3/1924 | Let my man alone blues | Clarence Williams’ Trio ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with banjo and piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | 73555 | 10-in. | 8/19/1925 | Section hand blues | Perry Bradford’s Jazz Phools ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble | vocalist | |
OKeh | 73556 | 10-in. | 8/19/1925 | Parlor social de luxe | Perry Bradford’s Jazz Phools ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble | vocalist | |
OKeh | 73557 | 10-in. | 8/20/1925 | Being down don't worry me | Rudolph Jackson ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with saxophone and piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | 73558 | 10-in. | 8/20/1925 | Advice blues | Rudolph Jackson ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with saxophone and piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | 73566 | 10-in. | Aug. 1925 | Murder gonna be my crime | Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | 73567 | 10-in. | Aug. 1925 | The man I love | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, composer | |
OKeh | 73574 | 10-in. | Aug. 1925 | I am leaving you | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
OKeh | 73575 | 10-in. | Aug. 1925 | I'm sorry for it now | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
OKeh | 73576 | 10-in. | Aug. 1925 | Suitcase blues | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
OKeh | 73577 | 10-in. | Aug. 1925 | I must have it | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
OKeh | W80837 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | Dead drunk blues | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with clarinet, cornet, and piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | W80838 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | Have you ever been down? | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with clarinet, cornet, and piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | W80839 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | Lazy man blues | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with clarinet, cornet, and piano | vocalist, lyricist | |
OKeh | W80840 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | The flood blues | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wallace, Sippie," accessed May 16, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106281.
Wallace, Sippie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106281.
"Wallace, Sippie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 16 May 2024.
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