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 1-25 of 47 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-48865 | 10-in. | 2/6/1929 | Go down sunshine blues | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with guitar, trombone, and piano | composer, instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Victor | BVE-48866 | 10-in. | 2/6/1929 | You gonna need my help | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with guitar, trombone, and piano | composer, instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Victor | BVE-48870 | 10-in. | 2/7/1929 | I'm a mighty tight woman | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer, instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
Victor | BVE-48871 | 10-in. | 2/7/1929 | Ain't nobody home but me | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer, instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
OKeh | 8490 | 10-in. | October 1923 | Up the country blues | Eddie Heywood ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, songwriter | |
OKeh | 8491 | 10-in. | October 1923 | Shorty George blues | Eddie Heywood ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | 8964 | 10-in. | Feb. 1925 | Morning dove blues | Joe Oliver ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | 8965 | 10-in. | Feb. 1925 | Devil dance blues | Joe Oliver ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | vocalist, composer | |
OKeh | 8966 | 10-in. | Feb. 1925 | Every dog has his day | Joe Oliver ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | vocalist, composer | |
OKeh | 9546 | 10-in. | 3/1/1926 | A jealous woman like me | Louis Armstrong ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with trumpet and piano | vocalist, songwriter | |
OKeh | 9547 | 10-in. | 3/1/1926 | Special delivery blues | Louis Armstrong ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with trumpet and piano | vocalist, songwriter | |
OKeh | 9548 | 10-in. | 3/1/1926 | Jack of diamonds blues | Louis Armstrong ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with trumpet and piano | vocalist, songwriter | |
OKeh | 9559 | 10-in. | 3/3/1926 | The mail train blues | Louis Armstrong ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | 9560 | 10-in. | 3/3/1926 | I feel good | Louis Armstrong ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | 9561 | 10-in. | 3/3/1926 | A man for every day in the week | Louis Armstrong ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with trumpet and piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | 9929 | 10-in. | 11/20/1926 | I'm a mighty tight woman | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | vocalist, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, piano | |
OKeh | 9930 | 10-in. | 11/20/1926 | Bedroom blues | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | S-72567 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Mama's gone, goodbye | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | S-72568 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Caldonia blues | Sippie Wallace ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-72569 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Underworld blues | Sippie Wallace ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-72570 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Leaving me, daddy, is hard to do | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist | |
OKeh | S-72579 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Can anybody take sweet mama's place? | Sippie Wallace ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, songwriter | |
OKeh | S-72580 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Stranger's blues | Sippie Wallace ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, songwriter | |
OKeh | S-72606 | 10-in. | June 1924 | Sud bustin' blues | Clarence Williams’ Harmonizers ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist | |
OKeh | S-72607 | 10-in. | June 1924 | Wicked Monday morning blues | Clarence Williams’ Harmonizers ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wallace, Sippie," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106281.
Wallace, Sippie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106281.
"Wallace, Sippie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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