Merline Johnson (born c. 1912 or 1918, date of death unknown) was an American blues singer in the 1930s and 1940s, billed as The Yas Yas Girl. "Yas yas"...

Merline is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: Merline Johnson (c. 1910s), American jazz singer Merline Pitre (born 1943), American...

Memphis Minnie, Jabbo Smith, Jimmie Rodgers, Georgia White, Skip James, Merline Johnson, Ma Rainey, Hattie Hart, Blind Blake and Clara Smith. Some of the bands...

Helen Humes Alberta Hunter Bertha Idaho Edith North Johnson Lil Johnson Mary Johnson Merline Johnson Maggie Jones Virginia Liston Ida May Mack Daisy Martin...

years later, he had lost his sight. In his early years Davis backed Merline Johnson, and by his mid-twenties he was a well-known and reliable accompanying...

Rosina Lawrence, actress, singer and dancer (died 1997) probable – Merline Johnson, blues singer (died) January 3 – Harald Scharff, ballet dancer, 75...

Broonzy, Amos Easton, Jazz Gillum, Lil Johnson, Red Nelson, Kansas Joe McCoy, Memphis Minnie, Merline Johnson, Papa Charlie McCoy, Tampa Red, Casey Bill...

arranger for Decca and recorded with Blind John Davis, Jazz Gillum, Merline Johnson, Curtis Jones, and Washboard Sam. Because he only knew Barnes as a...

who recorded with Sonny Boy Williamson, Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, Merline Johnson and others. Jimmy Dawkins (October 24, 1936, Tchula, Mississippi –...

"Hello Birmingham" by Ani DiFranco "I Got a Man in a 'Bama Mine" by Merline Johnson (1937) "Mining Camp Blues" by Trixie Smith (1925) "Notifier Birmingham"...