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Ida M. Cox (née Prather; February 26, 1888 or 1896 – November 10, 1967) was an American singer and vaudeville performer, best known for her blues performances and recordings. She was billed as "The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues".
Although historians have often rated Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith as the top blues stars of the classic vaudeville blues era, the popular and prolific Ida Cox was every bit their rival, and the influence of her songs has rarely been given its due.
Mar 26, 2005 · Originally published Mar 26, 2005 Last edited Apr 10, 2021. Ida Cox was a vaudeville performer and a pioneering blues singer who, along with Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and Bessie Smith, founded the female blues genre. Cox was born Ida Prather on February 25, 1894, in Toccoa.
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Ida Cox was signed with Paramount in 1923, where they named her “The Uncrowned Queen of Blues” because of her contemporaries, Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey’s, rapid success. Cox represented the struggles that many black women faced in America in relation to liberation, domestic abuse, and dignity.
IDA COX. Ida Cox was a Blues Diva of the 20s whose songs were specifically addressed to black women in their search for freedom, dignity and respect from society in general and from their men in particular. She was a highly talented lyricist, whose work was used by others in their own songs, so that many phrases Ida wrote in her original ...
Feb 25, 2012 · Ida Cox. Biography. Born Ida Prather in Toccoa, Georgia, she left home at fourteen to tour with a minstrel revue. Cox excelled at vaudeville singing, but when the popularity of vaudeville shows began to fade, she transformed herself into a formidable blues singer and worked the Southern tent show and vaudeville circuit.
