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Lil Green

Blues
Blues

Lil Green is a Blues act. Their sound grew out of Kansas Joe McCoy and Billie Holiday. Those roots explain a lot about how Lil Green arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Trixie Smith, Bertha "Chippie" Hill, Kokomo Arnold, Papa Charlie Jackson and Barbecue Bob, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sun Ra, Why Don't You Do Right?, Dinah Washington, China Moses and Peggy Lee, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Lil Green, reaching back through Kansas Joe McCoy and forward to Sun Ra. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Lil Green was an American classic female blues singer and songwriter. She was among the leading female rhythm and blues singers of the 1940s, with a sensual soprano voice. Gospel singer R.H. Harris lauded her voice, and her interpretation of religious songs.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Lil GreenKansas Joe McCoyBillie HolidaySun RaWhy Don't You Do Rig…Dinah WashingtonChina MosesPeggy LeeNina SimoneTrixie SmithBertha "Chippie" HillKokomo ArnoldPapa Charlie JacksonBarbecue Bob

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Lil Green connections

Lil Green grew out of Kansas Joe McCoy and Billie Holiday, shares an orbit with Trixie Smith, Bertha "Chippie" Hill, Kokomo Arnold and Papa Charlie Jackson, went on to shape Sun Ra, Why Don't You Do Right?, Dinah Washington and China Moses. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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