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Koko Taylor (September 28, 1935 - June 3, 2009) was an American blues musician, popularly known as the “Queen of the Blues.” She was known primarily for her rough and powerful vocals and traditional blues stylings.
Taylor was born as Cora Walton on a farm just outside Memphis, Tennessee. In 1954, Taylor left Memphis for Chicago with her husband, truck driver Robert “Pops” Taylor. In the late 1950s she began singing in Chicago blues clubs and was spotted by Willie Dixon in 1962, leading to wider performances and her first recording contract. In 1965, Taylor was signed by Chess Records, for which her single Wang Dang Doodle (written by Dixon, and a hit for Howlin’ Wolf five years earlier) became a major hit, reaching number four on the R&B charts in 1966 and selling a million copies. Taylor recorded many versions of this Dixon-penned song over the past several decades and added more material, both original and covers, but never repeated that initial chart success.
National touring in the late 1960s and early 1970s improved her fan base, and she became accessible to a wider record-buying public when she signed with Alligator Records in 1975. Recording over a dozen albums for that label (many nominated for Grammy awards), she came to dominate t...
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Top 10 Koko Taylor Songs
Wang Dang Doodle
I'm a Woman
I Got What It Takes
Don't Mess With The Messer
Voodoo Woman
I'm A Little Mixed Up
Insane Asylum
I'd Rather Go Blind
Yes, It's Good For You
I Don't Care Who Knows
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What It Takes
Deluxe Edition
The Earthshaker
Love You Like a Woman
Old School
Queen of the Blues
I Got What It Takes
Force of Nature
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What It Takes: The Chess Years [Expanded Edition]
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