voc, 1890-1932 US, Louisiana
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Blues and Jazz
Virginia Liston (1890 – June 1932) was an American classic female blues and jazz singer. She spent most of her career in black vaudeville. Liston recorded "You Can Dip Your Bread In My Gravy, But You Can't Have None Of My Chops," and "Just Take One Long Last Lingering Look." She worked with her then-husband, Samuel H. Gray, billed as Liston And Liston, and also alongside Clarence Williams. In the latter context, she sang with both the Clarence Williams Blue Five on "You've Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole," and "Early In The Morning"; and the Clarence Williams Washboard Band on "Cushion Foot Stomp," and "P.D.Q. Blues."
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order. Volume 1 (1923-1924) | Virginia Liston | 1996 | Compil. |
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order. Virginia Liston. Volume 2 (c.25 October 1924 To 29 May 1926); Lavinia Turner (1921-1922) | Virginia Liston, Lavinia Turner | 1996 | Compil. |
Happy Shout / House Rent Stomp | Virginia Liston | 1924 | Album |
Jail House Blues / Shreveport Blues | Virginia Liston | 1924 | Album |
Give It To Me Good / Early In The Morning | Virginia Liston | 1924 | Album |
'Taint A Doggone Thing But The Blues / I Don't Love Nobody | Virginia Liston | 1924 | Album |
I Never Knew What The Blues Were / Don't Agitate Me Blues | Virginia Liston | 1924 | Album |
You've Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole / Bill Draw | Virginia Liston | 1924 | Album |
Sally Long Blues / You Don't Know My Mind Blues | Virginia Liston | Album | |
(1923-1926) | Virginia Liston | Compil. |