... Koko Taylor . Koko Taylor was born Cora Walton on September 28 , 1935 , in Mem- phis , Tennessee . The daughter of a sharecropper , she shared the same hardships that were common in the lives of other black children growing up poor in ...
... Koko Taylor . " Sing Out ! 53 , no.1 ( Summer 2009 ) : 153 . BT135 . Grace , Frank . “ Blues Queen Koko Taylor Dies on June 3 at Age 80. " American Rag 21 , no . 6 ( Jul 2009 ) : 25+ . BT136 . Greene , Andy . " Koko Taylor . " Rolling ...
... Koko Taylor holds the record for win- ning more W.C. Handy Awards ( 25 as of this writing ) than any other female artist . In 1999 she was induct- ed into the Blues Foundation Blues Hall of Fame and received a Lifetime Achievement Award ...
... Koko Taylor . Chess Records ' biggest soul blues star int he 1960s was singer - guitarist Little Milton ( Milton ... KOKO TAYLOR : WHAT IT TAKES- THE CHESS YEARS ( MCA - Chess 9328 ) I GOT WHAT IT TAKES ( Alligator 4706 ) JUMP FOR ...
... Koko Taylor number ended and Moondog McCloud growled through the ceiling speaker . Oh , lordy lordy yeah , Missus Koko Taylor , rounding off the Blues Hour here at LDSM , the voice of Descartes Station . Now listen here , boys and girls ...
... Koko Taylor Gets National Endowment For The Arts Award Blues great Koko Taylor was recently named one of 10 recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts' (NEA) National Heritage Fellowships. The annual prize, worth $20,000, is ...
... Koko Taylor , Carla Thomas , Joe Louis Walker , Ron Wood , Stevie Ray Vaughan - the lineup was a virtual who's who of R & B royalty . The diversity of styles and sounds had the gaggle of geeky but well - intentioned Republicans clapping ...
... Koko Taylor who fought against dehumanization— the terror of an over - determined identity — through a bold embrace of black flesh . Taking up this issue , particularly with respect to women , she remarks in her inspirational book ...
... Koko Taylor, that appears to be changing. Recently PBS-TV did an hour-long tribute to Koko Taylor. I've often wondered about the lives of Blueswomen Big Mama Thornton and Big Maybelle, but they are usually not mentioned or mentioned ...
... Koko Taylor 214 Montana Taylor 214 Otis Taylor 214 Johnny Temple 215 Hociel Thomas 218 Vee-Jay Records 180 Walter Vinson 228 vocal styles 233 Sippie Wallace 236–237 Washboard Sam 238 Dinah Washington 238 Casey Bill Weldon 241 Peetie ...