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Ann Cook

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Ann Cook

Birth
Saint Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
29 Sep 1962 (aged 59)
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Musician. Born in St. Francisville, Louisiana, she was a popular blues singer in the 1930s and 40s, known as 'Bad Ann'. Her best known recording included "Wee Bea Booze", "Mamma Cookie's Blues" and "Barrel House Blues". By 1949, she had renounced the blues as a sinful world and went into gospel music, reading scriptures to song such as "The Lord Will Make A Way". She died of a heart attack at age 58, in New, Orleans, Louisiana.
Musician. Born in St. Francisville, Louisiana, she was a popular blues singer in the 1930s and 40s, known as 'Bad Ann'. Her best known recording included "Wee Bea Booze", "Mamma Cookie's Blues" and "Barrel House Blues". By 1949, she had renounced the blues as a sinful world and went into gospel music, reading scriptures to song such as "The Lord Will Make A Way". She died of a heart attack at age 58, in New, Orleans, Louisiana.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Originally Created by: The Silent Forgotten
  • Added: Mar 25, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13726682/ann-cook: accessed ), memorial page for Ann Cook (10 May 1903–29 Sep 1962), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13726682, citing Ellen Cemetery, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.