Sara Martin: The Famous Moanin' Mama
Louisville-born blues singer Sara Martin (Sara Dunn, 1884-1955) started out on the black vaudeville circuits sometime prior to 1915. Advertised as "The Colored Sophie Tucker" or "The Famous Moanin' Mama", she began to record for Okeh Records in 1922, with such major artists as Fats Waller, King Oliver, Clarence Williams and Sylvester Weaver, and was […]