Blue Lu Barker

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Name = Blue Lu Barker

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Born = Birth date|1913|11|13
Died = death date and age|1998|5|7|1913|11|13
Origin = New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Instrument = Vocals
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Genre = Jazz
Blues
Occupation = Singer
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Blue Lu Barker (13 November 1913 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:gvfoxqrgldae~T1 All Music Guide biography] ] – May 7 1998) was a jazz and blues singer, born Louisa Dupont Barker in New Orleans, Louisiana who often sang and performed with her husband Danny Barker, a legend of the New Orleans music scene. [cite book| last = Levin| first = Floyd| authorlink = Floyd Levin| title = Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians | publisher = University of California Press| date = 2002| page = 191| doi = | isbn = 0520234634]

The recording of "A Little Bird Told Me" by Barker was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 15308. It first reached the Billboard chart on 31 December, 1948 and lasted 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at #16.

Barker was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame in 1997, one year before she died.

References

ee also

*List of Classic female blues singers
*List of people from New Orleans, Louisiana