1982 documentary Jammin' with the Blues Greats. She shared the stage with B.B. King at the Montreaux Jazz Festival on July 22, 1982, in a performance that was filmed and later broadcast. With the German boogie-woogie pianist Axel Zwingenberger she recorded a studio album, Axel Zwingenberger and the Friends of Boogie Woogie, Vol. 1: Sippie Wallace, in 1983 (released in 1984), which included many of her own groundbreaking compositions and other classic blues songs. In 1984 she traveled to Germany to tour with Zwingenberger, where they also recorded her only complete live album, An Evening with Sippie Wallace, for Vagabond Records. Death In March 1986, following a concert at the Burghausen Jazz Festival in Germany, Wallace suffered a severe stroke and was hospitalized. She returned to the United States and died on her 88th birthday, at Sinai Hospital in Detroit. She is buried at Trinity Cemetery, in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Documentary In 1986, Rhapsody Films and producer Roberta Grossman released the documentary Sippie Wallace: Blues Singer and Song Writer, in which Wallace is shown in concert footage, interviews, and photographs, with historic rare recordings. Discography Albums 78 RPM singles - Okeh Records References External links Sippie Wallace (1898-1986) at Red Hot Jazz Archive, biography with audio files of some of her early recordings "Wallace, Beulah Tomas (Sippie)", Handbook of Texas Online Videos on YouTube 1898 births 1986 deaths people from Jefferson County, Arkansas Classic female blues singers African-American women singer-songwriters American blues singer-songwriters Musicians from Houston Singer-songwriters from Texas 20th-century African-American women singers