Sippie Wallace
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Biography
[Edit]A classic female blues singer from the '20s, Wallace kept performing and recording until her death. She was a major influence on a young Bonnie Raitt, who recorded several of Wallace's songs and performed live with her.
The daughter of a Baptist deacon, Sippie Wallace (born Beulah Thomas) was born and raised in Houston. As a child, she sang and played piano in church. Before she was in her teens, she began performing with her brother, pianist Hersal Thomas. By the time she was in her midteens, she had left Houston to pursue a musical career, singing in a number of tent shows and earning a dedicated fan base. In 1915, she moved to New Orleans with Hersal. Two years later, she married Matt Wallace.
In 1923, Sippie, Hersal, and their older brother George moved to Chicago, where Sippie became part of the city's jazz scene. By the end of the year, she had earned a contract with OKeh Records. Her first two songs for the label, "Shorty George" and "Up the Country Blues," were hits, and Sippie soon became a star. Throughout the '20s, she produced a series of singles that were nearly all hits. Wallace's OKeh recordings featured a number of celebrated jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Eddie Heywood, King Oliver, and Clarence Williams; both Hersal and George Thomas performed on Sippie's records as well, in addition to supporting her at concerts. Between 1923 and 1927, she recorded over 40 songs for OKeh. Many of the songs that were Wallace originals or co-written by Sippie and her brothers.
In 1926, Hersal Thomas died of food poisoning, but Sippie Wallace continued to perform and record. Within a few years, however, she stopped performing regularly. After her contract with OKeh was finished in the late '20s, she moved to Detroit in 1929. In the early '30s, Wallace stopped recording, only performing the occasional gig. In 1936, both George Thomas and her husband Matt died. Following their deaths, Sippie joined the Leland Baptist Church in Detroit, where she was an organist and vocalist; she stayed with the church for the next 40 years.
Between 1936 and 1966, Wallace was inactive on the blues scene — she only performed a handful of concerts and cut a few records. In 1966, she was lured out of retirement by her friend Victoria Spivey, who convinced Sippie to join the thriving blues and folk festival circuit. Wallace not only joined the circuit, she began recording again. Her first new album was a collection of duets with Spivey, appropriately titled Sippie Wallace & Victoria Spivey, which was recorded in 1966; the album wasn't released until 1970. Also in 1966, Wallace recorded Sippie Wallace Sings the Blues for Storyville, which featured support from musicians like Little Brother Montgomery and Roosevelt Sykes. The album was quite popular, as were Sippie's festival performances.
In 1970, Sippie Wallace suffered a stroke, but she was able to continue recording and performing, although not as frequently as she had before. In 1982, Bonnie Raitt — who had long claimed Sippie as a major influence — helped Wallace land a contract with Atlantic Records. Raitt produced the resulting album, Sippie, which was released in 1983. Sippie won the W.C. Handy Award for best blues album of the year and was nominated for a Grammy. The album turned out to be Sippie Wallace's last recording — she died in 1986, when she was 88 years old.
Title: Vanguard Visionaries Jim Kweskin 256
Artist: Otis Spann, Sippie Wallace, Geoff Muldaur, Samoa Wilson, Jim Kweskin, Mel Lyman
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Title: Penny S Farm
Artist: Otis Spann, Sippie Wallace, Geoff Muldaur, Samoa Wilson, Jim Kweskin, Mel Lyman
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Title: See Reverse Side For Title
Artist: Otis Spann, Sippie Wallace, Geoff Muldaur, Samoa Wilson, Jim Kweskin, Mel Lyman
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Title: Complete Recorded Works, 1925-1945, Vol. 2 (Hq Remastered 2024)
Artist: Sippie Wallace
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Complete Early Recordings, 1923-1925, Vol. 1 (Hq Remastered 2024)
Artist: Sippie Wallace
Genre: Blues
Title: Unblushing Brassiness
Artist: Otis Spann, Sippie Wallace, Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band, Samoa Wilson, Jim Kweskin, Mel Lyman
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Title: Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band Plus
Artist: Otis Spann, Sippie Wallace, Geoff Muldaur, Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band, Samoa Wilson, Jim Kweskin, Mel Lyman
Genre: Contemporary Folk
Collections
Title: 101 - The Best of Vintage Blues
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: 100 Blues Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: The American Folk Blues Festival
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Songs Of Misery, Grief & Destruction
Genre: Pop
Title: The History of Blues: Two
Genre: Blues
Title: Women In Blues
Genre: Jazz
Title: Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
Genre: Blues
Title: Feelin Bluesy Vol2
Genre: Blues
Title: Naughty Tracks of Early Blues, Vol. 1 (Remastered)
Genre: Blues
Title: Naughty Tracks of Early Blues, Vol. 2 (Remastered)
Genre: Blues
Title: Dirty Blues Licks
Genre: Blues
Title: The Blues Revival Vol. 1 (1963-1969)
Genre: Blues
Title: Dyin' by the Hour
Genre: Jazz
Title: Risque Blues, Vol. 3
Genre: Blues
Title: American Folk Blues Festival '66
Genre: Blues
Title: Dirty Sexy Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Chicago Blues Kings
Genre: Blues
Title: The Best of the Blues Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Dead Drunk Blues (Blues Roots 25 Tracks)
Genre: Blues
Title: Early Jazz & Blues Ladies
Genre: World Music
Title: Filthy Blues - 69 Licks
Genre: Blues
Title: Whorehouse Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Risque Blues, Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1940-1945, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Chicago Urban Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues for You, Volume Four
Genre: Blues
Title: ABC Of The Blues CD 48
Genre: Jazz
Title: Original Blues Divas
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Funk
Title: Atlantic Blues: Vocalists
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Masters Vol 17 (CD3)
Genre: Blues
Title: Okeh Blues Story (CD1)
Genre: Blues, Rockabilly
Title: The OKeh Blues Story (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Vintage Sex Songs (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz
Title: Living The Blues ~ Blues Roots 1920-1930
Genre: Blues
Title: Essential Women In Blues - House Of Blues (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Singers & Shouters
Title: Sippie Wallace - Bessie (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Mercury Blues 'N' Rhythm Story 1945-1955 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: The Blues Revival Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Classic Jazz - From New Orleans To Harlem, Volume 93
Genre: Jazz
Title: Classic Jazz - From New Orleans To Harlem, Volume 12
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Chronological Classics: Johnny Dodds 1928-1940
Genre: Jazz
Title: Dirty Blues - The Ultimate Collection (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Dirty Blues - The Ultimate Collection (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: The R&B Years 42-45: Vol. 2 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Bessie (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Chicago Is Just That Way: 1938 - 1954 (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Risque Blues Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Risque Blues Vol. 3
Genre: Blues
Title: Midnight Session
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz
Title: Rough Guide To Blues Women
Genre: Blues
Title: The Rough Guide To Blues Women
Genre: Blues
Title: Wang Dang Doodle: Women Of The Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: The Rough Guide To Blues Divas
Genre: Blues
Featuring albums
Title: King of the Blues Clarinet (1923-1940)
Artist: Johnny Dodds
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Contemporary Jazz
Title: Blues, Boogie, & Bop - The 1940s Mercury Sessions (CD1)
Artist: Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings
Genre: Blues
Title: Epic Americana: Pre-War Blues, Country & Folk
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: I Ain't a Gamblin' Woman, I Got Such-A Rowdy Ways
Artist: Various Artists
Title: Don't Be No Fool (Live San Francisco '76)
Artist: Bonnie Raitt