The following is a list of classic female blues singers. A Mozelle Alderson Ora Alexander B Mildred Bailey Blue Lu Barker Gladys Bentley Esther Bigeou Lucille Bogan Ada Brown Bessie Brown Eliza Brown Kitty Brown C Alice Carter Alice Leslie Carter Martha Copeland Ida Cox Katie Crippen D Madlyn Davis Mattie Dorsey E Bernice Edwards F Ethel Finnie Miss Frankie G Cleo Gibson Lillian Glinn Lillian Goodner Ida Goodson Fannie May Goosby Coot Grant Helen Gross H Marion Harris Lucille Hegamin Edmonia Henderson Katherine Henderson Rosa Henderson Edna Hicks Bertha "Chippie" Hill Mattie Hite Rosetta Howard Helen Humes Alberta Hunter I Bertha Idaho J Edith North Johnson Lil Johnson Mary Johnson Merline Johnson Maggie Jones L Virginia Liston M Ida May Mack Daisy Martin Sara Martin Viola McCoy Hazel Meyers Josie Miles Lizzie Miles Monette Moore R Ma Rainey Elzadie Robinson S Bessie Smith Clara Smith Laura Smith Mamie Smith Ruby Smith Trixie Smith Victoria Spivey Mary Stafford Hannah Sylvester T Eva Taylor Bessie Tucker Lavinia Turner W Sippie Wallace Ethel Waters Georgia White Edith Wilson Lena Wilson Y Estelle Yancey See also Women in music Notes References Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; and Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003). All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. . Harrison, Daphne Duval (1990). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers. . Stewart-Baxter, Derrick (1970). Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers. London: Studio Vista. Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books, Classic female Lists of women in music