List of classic female blues singers

The following is a list of classic female blues singers.

A

 * Mozelle Alderson
 * Ora Alexander

B

 * Mildred Bailey
 * Blue Lu Barker
 * Gladys Bentley
 * Esther Bigeou
 * Lucille Bogan
 * Ada Brown
 * Bessie Brown
 * Eliza Brown
 * Kitty Brown

C

 * Alice Carter
 * Alice Leslie Carter
 * Martha Copeland
 * Ida Cox
 * Katie Crippen

D

 * Madlyn Davis
 * Mattie Dorsey

E

 * Bernice Edwards

F

 * Ethel Finnie
 * Miss Frankie

G

 * Cleo Gibson
 * Lillian Glinn
 * Lillian Goodner
 * Ida Goodson
 * Fannie May Goosby
 * Coot Grant
 * Helen Gross

H



 * Marion Harris
 * Lucille Hegamin
 * Edmonia Henderson
 * Katherine Henderson
 * Rosa Henderson
 * Edna Hicks
 * Bertha "Chippie" Hill
 * Mattie Hite
 * Rosetta Howard
 * Helen Humes
 * Alberta Hunter

I

 * Bertha Idaho

J

 * Edith North Johnson
 * Lil Johnson
 * Mary Johnson
 * Merline Johnson
 * Maggie Jones

L

 * Virginia Liston

M

 * Ida May Mack
 * Daisy Martin
 * Sara Martin
 * Viola McCoy
 * Hazel Meyers
 * Josie Miles
 * Lizzie Miles
 * Monette Moore

R

 * Ma Rainey
 * Elzadie Robinson

S

 * Bessie Smith
 * Clara Smith
 * Laura Smith
 * Mamie Smith
 * Ruby Smith
 * Trixie Smith
 * Victoria Spivey
 * Mary Stafford
 * Hannah Sylvester

T

 * Eva Taylor
 * Bessie Tucker
 * Lavinia Turner

W

 * Sippie Wallace
 * Ethel Waters
 * Georgia White
 * Edith Wilson
 * Lena Wilson

Y

 * Estelle Yancey