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Ida Cox
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African American singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1967)
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Ida Cox (February 25, 1896 – November 10, 1967) was an African American singer and vaudeville performer, best known for her blues performances and recordings. She was billed as "The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues". Cox was born in February, 1896 as Ida Prather in Toccoa, Habersham County, Georgia, United States (Toccoa was in Habersham County, not yet Stephens County at the time), the daughter of Lamax and Susie (Knight) Prather, and grew up in Cedartown, Georgia, singing in the local African Met
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ida
- Family name
- Cox
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- United States
- Place of death
- Knoxville
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- singing
- Genre
- blues
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance
- Instrument
- voice
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- cause of death
- cancer
- date of death
- 1967-11-10
- date of birth
- 1896-02-25
- manner of death
- natural causes
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- birth name
- Ida Prather
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