Lillian Glinn was an American classic female blues and country blues singer and songwriter.
10 Facts About Lillian Glinn
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Lillian Glinn spent most of her career in black vaudeville.
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Lillian Glinn was born in Hillsboro, Texas, and later moved to Dallas.
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Lillian Glinn was first noticed singing spirituals in church by Hattie Burleson, who went on to become a performer.
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Under Burleson's guidance, Lillian Glinn became successful in vaudeville and by 1927 was signed to a recording contract with Columbia.
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Lillian Glinn took part in six recording sessions, in New Orleans, Atlanta and Dallas, from 1927 to 1929.
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Lillian Glinn's specialty was slow blues ballads using her rich and heavy contralto voice.
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Lillian Glinn's recordings, including her April 1928 recording of "Shake It Down", gained her national recognition.
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Lillian Glinn's entire recorded work was released in 1994 by Document Records.
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Lillian Glinn was interviewed and photographed by Paul Oliver in 1971.