Sippie Wallace

Sippie Wallace was an American blues singer, pianist and songwriter. Her early career in tent shows gained her the billing "The Texas Nightingale". Between 1923 and 1927, she recorded over 40 songs for Okeh Records, many written by her or her brothers, George and Hersal Thomas. Her accompanists included Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, and Clarence Williams. Among the top female blues vocalists of her era, Wallace ranked with Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, and Bessie Smith.

1 November 1898

Born on the same birth day (1 November): Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, Count of Gondomar • Hermann Bondi • Jean-Luc Pépin • Jeremy Hunt • Jiang Yuyuan • Louis the Stammerer • Marcia Wallace • Margaret Taylor-Burroughs • Mingun Sayadaw • Oliver Plunkett • Roger Quilter • William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham

Born in the same month (November 1898): Aarne Viisimaa • Adrian Piotrovsky • Arthur R. von Hippel • Benjamin Fondane • C. S. Lewis • Debaki Bose • Firpo Marberry • Fredric Warburg • Karl Ziegler • Leon Štukelj • Margaret Morris (actress) • Raphaël Salem • René Clair • René Magritte • Richmond Landon • Wiley Post • İhap Hulusi Görey