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Lucille BoganHardcore might be the best way to describe the Blues singing of Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948). While many of the Classic Blues singers of the 1920s tackled risqué and controversial issues in their songs, Bogan almost exclusively focused on explicit sexual themes, like prostitution, adultery and lesbianism, and social ills such as alcoholism, drug addiction and abusive relationships.

She was born in Mississippi but grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1923 she made her first recordings in Atlanta, Georgia. The records apparently didn’t sell well because she didn’t record again until 1927 for the Paramount and Brunswick labels after moving to Chicago.

Between 1933 and 1935 she performed and recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson and worked with pianist Walter Roland. Bogan’s recording career came to an end in 1935 and she eventually returned to Birmingham where she reverted to her real name and performed in and managed the group Bogan’s Birmingham Busters but did not appear on either of the group’s records.

In the late 1930s or early l940s, Bogan moved to the West Coast. She died in Los Angeles in 1948 of coronary sclerosis.

discography

TitleRecording DateRecording LocationCompany
Alley Boogie
(Lucille Bogan)		3-1930Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7210
Perfect
198-B
Baking Powder Blues7-18-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33059
Barbecue Bess3-6-1935Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33475
B.D. Woman’s Blues3-7-1935Chicago, IllinoisARC
5-12-58
Black Angel Blues12-1930Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7186
Bo-Easy Blues8-4-1934Chicago, IllinoisBanner
Boogan Ways Blues7-31-1934Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33245
Chirpin’ The Blues7-1923Atlanta, GeorgiaOkeh
8071-A
Coffee Grindin’ Blues
(Lucille Bogan)		5-9-1927Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7083
Cravin’ Whiskey Blues6-1927Chicago, IllinoisParamount
12577
Changed Ways Blues8-2-1934Chicago, IllinoisARC
6-02-64
Crawlin’ Lizard Blues12-1930Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7193
Doggone Wicked Blues7-1927Chicago, IllinoisParamount
12514
Dirty Treatin’ Blues3-1930Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7163
Don’t Mean You No Good Blues
(Lucille Bogan / Henry Callens)		7-1923Atlanta, GeorgiaOkeh
8074-B
Down In Boogie Alley8-1-1934Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33149
Drinking Blues7-31-1934Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33245
Forty-Two Hundred Blues7-18-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33119
Groceries On The Shelf7-19-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
32904
Jim Tampa Blues
Banjo Accompaniment Charlie Jackson
(Lucille Bogan)		6-1927Chicago, IllinoisParamount
12504-A
Jump Steady Daddy3-7-1935Chicago, IllinoisARC
5-12-58
House Top Blues7-18-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
32845
Kind Stella Blues
Banjo Accompaniment Charlie Jackson		6-1927Chicago, IllinoisParamount
12504-B
I Hate That Train Called The M And O7-31-1934Chicago, IllinoisARC
6-02-64
Levee Blues
(Williams / Alman / Roth)		3-1927Chicago, IllinoisParamount
12459
Lonesome Daddy Blues
(Lucille Bogan / Henry Callens)		7-1923Atlanta, GeorgiaOkeh
8074-A
Lonesome Midnight Blues7-30-1934Chicago, IllinoisARC
6-04-63
Man Stealer Blues3-7-1935Chicago, IllinoisMelotone
350913 B
Mean Twister7-20-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33059
My Baby Come Back7-18-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
32956
My Georgia Grind
(Spencer Williams)		3-1930Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7145
My Man Is Boogan Me7-31-1934Chicago, IllinoisPerfect
0317
Banner
33375
New Muscle Shoals Blues7-20-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33072
New Way Blues10-8-1928Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7051
Nice And Kind Blues6-1927Chicago, IllinoisParamount
12577
Oklahoma Man Blues
(Lucille Bogan / Williams)		7-1927Chicago, IllinoisParamount
12514
The Pawn Shop Blues7-1923Atlanta, GeorgiaOkeh
8079
Pay Roll Blues10-8-1928Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7051
Pig Iron Sally7-31-1934Chicago, IllinoisPerfect
0317
Banner
33375
Pot Hound Blues
(Lucille Bogan)		5-9-1927Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7083
Reckless Woman8-1-1934Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33313
Red Cross Man7-17-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
Roll And Rattler7-19-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
32904
Seaboard Blues7-19-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
32833
Shave ‘Em Dry3-5-1935Chicago, IllinoisBanner
Sloppy Drunk Blues
(James)		3-1930Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7210
Perfect
198-A
Skin Game Blues3-8-1935Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33448
Struttin’ My Stuff12-1930Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7193
Superstitious Blues
(Hooch House Blues		7-20-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
32956
Stew Meat Blues3-8-1935Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33448
Sweet Patunia
(H. Charles)		3-1927Chicago, IllinoisParamount
12459
Sweet Man, Sweet Man8-1-1934Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33149
That’s What My Baby Likes3-5-1935Chicago, IllinoisMelotone
350913 A
They Ain’t Walking No More3-1930Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7163
Tired As I Can Be8-1-1934Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33313
T & N O Blues7-17-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
Tricks Ain’t Walking No More12-1930Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7186
Triflin’ Blues
(Daddy, Don’t You Trifle On Me)
(Porter Grainger / Bob Ricketts)		7-1923Atlanta, GeorgiaOkeh
8071-B
Troubled Mind7-20-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
32833
Walkin’ Blues7-18-1933Chicago, IllinoisBanner
33119
War Time Man Blues
(Lucille Bogan)		6-1927Chicago, IllinoisParamount
12560-B
Whiskey Selling Woman
(Lucille Bogan)		3-1930Chicago, IllinoisBrunswick
7145
Woman Won’t Need No Man
(Lucille Bogan)		6-1927Chicago, IllinoisParamount
12560-A
You Got To Die Some Day7-30-1934Chicago, IllinoisARC
6-04-63

accompanied by

ArtistInstrument
Bob CampbellGuitar
Thomas DorseyPiano
Will EzellPiano
Eddie HeywoodPiano
Frank James or Eddie MillerPiano
Walter RolandPiano, Guitar, Vocals
Tampa RedGuitar

 

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