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Lizzie Miles was a fine classic blues singer from the 1920s who survived to have a full comeback in the 1950s. She started out singing in New Orleans during 1909-1911 with such musicians as <a href="spotify:artist:24PJRbYtu3Cq5CuF24c1QZ">King Oliver</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7fvNIXXszS6FTHROnZVsK4">Kid Ory</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:4HGHKAXQPnK1YyzGmIFkrp">Bunk Johnson</a>. Miles spent several years touring the South in minstrel shows and playing in theaters. She was in Chicago during 1918-1920 and then moved to New York in 1921, making her recording debut the following year. Her recordings from the 1922-1930 period mostly used lesser-known players, but Louis Metcalf and <a href="spotify:artist:24PJRbYtu3Cq5CuF24c1QZ">King Oliver</a> were on two songs apiece and she recorded a pair of duets with <a href="spotify:artist:4XepUkisa56DUeA3gbjDQD">Jelly Roll Morton</a> in 1929. Miles sang with A.J. Piron and Sam Wooding, toured Europe during 1924-1925, and was active in New York during 1926-1931. Illness knocked her out of action for a period, but by 1935, she was performing with <a href="spotify:artist:1cLOY9H3pg2sw6rkYkWlZX">Paul Barbarin</a>, she sang with <a href="spotify:artist:0DYWCXTkNqGFZIf67SrWEa">Fats Waller</a> in 1938, and recorded a session in 1939. Lizzie Miles spent 1943-1949 outside of music, but in 1950 began a comeback, often performing with <a href="spotify:artist:2O6C9HWikgZipdpXfU5fmC">Bob Scobey</a> or <a href="spotify:artist:3gWCyDXBTtfmQX85ygoyPj">George Lewis</a> during her final decade. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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