Mary Johnson (March 29, 1898 or 1900 – July 20, 1983) was an American classic female blues singer, accordionist and songwriter. Her most noted tracks are "Dream Daddy Blues" and "Western Union Blues." She wrote several of the songs she recorded, including "Barrel House Flat Blues", "Key to the Mountain Blues" and "Black Men Blues." Johnson worked with Peetie Wheatstraw, Tampa Red, Kokomo Arnold and Roosevelt Sykes, among others. She was married to the blues musician Lonnie Johnson.
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Peetie Wheatstraw
American country blues musician
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Kokomo Arnold
American blues musician
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Charlie "Specks" McFadden
American singer
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Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Teddy Darby
American musician
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J. Mayo Williams
American football player and coach, music producer (1894-1980)
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Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Maggie Jones
American blues singer and pianist
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Barrelhouse Buck McFarland
musical artist
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Edith North Johnson
American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter
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Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Jimmie Gordon
American musician
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Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Charley Jordan
American musician
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Irene Scruggs
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer
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Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
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Lil Johnson
African American blues singer
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Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Bumble Bee Slim
American Piedmont blues musician
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Arnold Wiley
American pianist (1898-1964)
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Merline Johnson
African American blues singer
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L. C. Ulmer
American blues musician
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Martha Copeland
American classic female blues singer
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Ramblin' Thomas
American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Lucille Bogan
American blues singer
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Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
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Blind Roosevelt Graves
American blues musician
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Frankie Jaxon
African American vaudeville singer, female impersonator, stage designer and comedian
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Coot Grant
American classic female blues and vaudeville singer and songwriter
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Scrapper Blackwell
American blues guitarist and singer
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Esther Bigeou
American vaudeville and blues singer
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Lottie Kimbrough
American country blues singer
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Eddie Boyd
American blues pianist
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St. Louis Jimmy Oden
American blues singer and songwriter
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Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Jabo Williams
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
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Bessie Tucker
American classic female blues singer and songwriter
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Joshua Altheimer
pianist
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Walter Davis
African American blues singer and pianist
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Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
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Katherine Henderson
American classic female blues singer
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Christine Kittrell
Singer-songwriter, musician
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Lee Jackson
American musician
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Armand Jackson
American musician
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Casey Bill Weldon
American country blues musician
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Son Bonds
American country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Alger "Texas" Alexander
American blues singer
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Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
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Donna Hightower
American soul singer (1926-2013)
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Emanuel Sayles
American musician
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Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
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Elzadie Robinson
American blues singer
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Gabriel Brown
American Piedmont blues singer and guitarist
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Henry Townsend
American musician
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Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
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Beryl Bryden
English jazz singer
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Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
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Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
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Red Holloway
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Betty Roché
American blues singer
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Helen Gross
American classic female blues singer
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Jimmy Yancey
African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist
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Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer