Koko Taylor

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Origin

United States

Active from

1989-12-13

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

238,659

Total plays

1,486,221

Koko Taylor (September 28, 1928 - June 3, 2009) was an American blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." She was known primarily for her rough and powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings. Taylor was born as Cora Walton on a farm just outside Memphis, Tennessee. In 1954, Taylor left Memphis for Chicago with her husband, truck driver Robert "Pops" Taylor. In the late 1950s she began singing in Chicago blues clubs and was spotted by Willie Dixon in 1962, leading to wider

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support

   · 2009 · cited 46,809x

2. Array programming with NumPy

   · 2020 · cited 23,441x

3. The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software platform partners

   · 2019 · cited 21,723x

4. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,616x

5. Measuring Service Quality: A Reexamination and Extension

   · 1992 · cited 14,623x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Cora

Family name

Taylor

Gender

female

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Memphis

Place of death

Chicago

Occupation

singer

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

blues

Genre

soul blues

Instrument

voice

Record label

Chess Records

Official website

www.kokotaylor.com

Image

KokoTaylor2006.jpg

Voice type

contralto

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