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Lillian Glinn (c. 1902 – unknown) was an American classic
female blues and country blues singer and songwriter. She spent most of her
career in black vaudeville. Her most popular recordings were "Black Man
Blues," "Doggin' Me Blues" and "Atlanta Blues." The
blues historian, Paul Oliver, commented that there are a number of women blues
singers who "deserve far greater recognition than they have had" and
that one such was Lillian Glinn.
Glinn was born in Hillsboro, Texas, United States, and later
moved to Dallas.
She was first noticed singing spirituals in church by her
future fellow performer Hattie Burleson. Under Burleson's guidance, Glinn
became successful in vaudeville, and by 1927 was signed to a recording contract
by Columbia. Glinn took part in six separate recording sessions in a two-year
period up to 1929. She recorded a total of twenty-two tracks. Her speciality
was singing slow blues ballads utilising her rich and heavy contralto voice.
Her songs concentrated on the harsher side of life and sometimes included
sexual innuendo. Her recordings gained her national recognition, and included
her April 1928 recording of "Shake It Down". Her sessions took place
variously in New Orleans and Atlanta, as well as her home base of Dallas.
The author and researcher, David Evans, noted that "it
is quite likely that many of Lillian Glinn's blues without any listed composer
were her own material. If so, she would be the exception among Columbia's
female blues singers", he concluded.
Following this period of activity, Glinn retreated back to
church based life, and moved to California where she married the Rev. O.P.
Smith. Her future became distant from her previous professional career.
Lillian Glinn v / Willie Tyson p / Octave Gaspard bb / unknown g (Brown Skin Blues).
Recorded in Dallas on December 2, 1927.
