Lucille Hegamin

About

Pioneering blueswoman of the 1920s who released hits like "Arkansas Blues."

Before Fame

She was part of the traveling Laurel Harper Minstrel Stock Company, performing in tents around the South and she moved to Chicago in 1909.

Trivia

She made the "St. Louis Blues" popular as a standard in Chicago.

Family Life

She was born in Macon, Georgia.

Associated With

She performed in her early Chicago career alongside the jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton.