Green, Lil
(1919–1954)> BLUES SINGER
Green, Lil Lillian Johnson, 22 December 1919; Clarksdale, MS – 14 April 1954; Chicago, IL Chicago blues singer of the 1940s and 1950s. Her immediately recognizable sly, astringent, and high-pitched voice so intimately defines the character of her songs that one hears true artistry in her music, most notably in her early 1940s hits, “ Romance in the Dark ,” “ Mellow Man ,” and “Why Don’t You Do Right?” Green began performing in 1939, and the following year while singing at the Manchester Grill…