May Alix

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Liza Mae "May" Alix (born August 31, 1902 in Chicago , † November 1, 1983 ) was an American night club and blues singer .

Career

Alix performed as a teenager in Chicago with Jimmie Noone's band . She then worked for Carroll Dickerson and with vaudeville repertoire as a duo with Ollie Powers at Dreamland Cabaret . In 1926 she recorded with Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five for Okeh Records ; the common title Big Butter and Egg Man was a hit in the charts.

In 1929/1930 recordings with Jimmie Noone for Vocalion Records followed , including Ain't Misbehavin ' , My Daddy Rocks Me and Birmingham Bertha / Am I Blue? . After touring Europe, Alix appeared in Connie's Inn Revue at the Harlem Opera House in the early 1930s before returning to Chicago, where she performed at the Panama Club and the It Club . Allegedly she couldn't sing well and was hired mainly because of her acrobatic dance. Alberta Hunter , who was friends with her, sang some recordings as well as Edmonia Henderson , which were published under the name of May Alix. After another engagement in the New York Mimo Club , she had to give up in 1941 for health reasons.

literature

  • Edward Komara (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Blues. Vol. 1 . Routledge 2006

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In some literature, 1904 is also found as the year of birth.
  2. ^ Norman Kelley: R&B, Rhythm and Business: The Political Economy of Black Music , p. 107
personal data
SURNAME Alix, May
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alix, Liza Mae
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American night club and blues singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1983