13 Facts About Lucille Hegamin

Lucille Nelson Hegamin was an American singer and entertainer and an early African-American blues recording artist.

Bill Lucille Hegamin led the band accompanying his wife, the Blue Flame Syncopators; Jimmy Wade was a member of this ensemble.

In November 1920, Lucille Hegamin became the second African-American blues singer to record, after Mamie Smith.

Lucille Hegamin made a series of recordings for Arto Records and then Paramount in 1922.

Lucille Hegamin recorded one of Tom Delaney's earliest compositions, "Jazz Me Blues", in 1921, and it went on to become a jazz standard.

Lucille Hegamin subsequently played theatre dates but did not tour extensively.

Lucille Hegamin lived at the Shuffle Inn in Harlem from November 1921 to January 1922.

Lucille Hegamin placed second to Smith in the contest, which was held at the Manhattan Casino.

Lucille Hegamin sang with a band that was led by George "Doc" Hyder in 1927 for a show in Philadelphia.

Lucille Hegamin performed in Williams's Revue at the Lincoln Theater in New York and then in various revues in New York and Atlantic City, New Jersey, through 1934.

Lucille Hegamin came out of retirement in 1961 to record four songs, accompanied by a band led by Willie "The Lion" Smith, on the album Songs We Taught Your Mother, for Bluesville Records.

Lucille Hegamin performed at a benefit concert for Mamie Smith at the Celebrity Club in New York City in 1964.

Lucille Hegamin died in Harlem Hospital, in New York City, on March 1,1970, and was interred in the Cemetery of the Evergreens, in Brooklyn, New York.