WALLACE, SIPPIE

WALLACE, SIPPIE (née BEULAH THOMAS). Blueswoman (11 November 1898 in Houston, Texas). She came from a musical family; a brother, Hersal, and a niece, Hociel Thomas , played blues professionally, and another brother, George, was a songwriter and music publisher. She began performing professionally at an early age and traveled with a tent show during the World War I years. In 1923 she went to Chicago, where she recorded blues until the early 1930s. In 1933 she settled in Detroit, Michigan...