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| genre = [[Soul music|Soul]], [[jazz]], [[blues]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[Gospel music|gospel]], [[funk]]
| occupation = singer
| occupation = singer
| years_active = 1999-present
| years_active = 1999-2020
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Kim Massie
Kim Massie
Background information
GenresSoul, jazz, blues, R&B, gospel, funk
Occupation(s)singer
Instrument(s)vocals
Years active1999-2020
Websitekimmassie.com

Kim Massie was an American blues and soul singer who performs mostly in her native St. Louis, Missouri. She passed away on October 12, 2020.

Though her earliest musical experiences were schooled in the gospel choirs of East St. Louis, Illinois, she has had no formal training as a vocalist. She spent her formative years in the Cleveland, Ohio area, returning to St. Louis in 1999 to pursue her dreams of performing as a vocalist. She was discovered when she sat in with the great St. Louis saxophonist Oliver Sain (1932–2003), and soon afterwards formed her own band, the Solid Senders.

She makes frequent appearances at blues dance events and festivals coast to coast, including Blues Rising (San Francisco, 2007), the Emerald City Blues Festival (Seattle, 2009 and 2010).

Massie has won two “Best Female vocalist of the Year” awards from the Riverfront Times and starred in the 2003 production of It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues by the St. Louis Black Repertory Theatre. In 2005, she won a Grand Center Visionary Award.

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