Author and poet Salena Godden
invites you to join her as she goes in search of the missing legacy of
Little Miss Cornshucks, the best blues singer you never heard….
Broadcast BBC Radio 4 / Tuesday May 13th 11.30amRepeated BBC Radio 4 / Sunday May 25th 1.30pm
Chicago. It’s the late 1930’s and a young Mildred Cummings from
Dayton, Ohio is barefoot, standing in the spotlight on stage, wearing
that same old shabby dress and a broken straw hat. This is Little Miss
Cornshucks and she has the audience in the palm of her hand, a unique
act and larger than life personality. By the 1940’s she made top-billing
at nightclubs across America, performing heartbreaking ballads. The
great Ahmet Ertegun of Atlantic Records, the man who pioneered
rhythm and blues said “She could sing the blues better than anybody I’ve
ever heard.”
'She put the teardrop in 'Try A Little Tenderness'
Click here to find it on your BBC iplayer
We'll storify our US road trip #livetweets on twitter,
please follow hashtags #cornshucks
Click here to find it on your BBC iplayer
We'll storify our US road trip #livetweets on twitter,
please follow hashtags #cornshucks
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| Salena Godden portrait by Olivia Rutherford |
Catch Salena Godden live this spring time, shaking the darling buds of May
May 13th / Unbound Presents Literary Death Match / Soho House / London
May 16th / Word Life / Shakespeares / Sheffield
May 22nd / LC Collective Album Launch / Jazz Cafe / London
May 28th / Out-Spoken / The Forge / Camden / London
June 8th / Garden of Abandon / Chelsea Fringe Festival / London
June 3rd / Hammer & Tongue Tour / Hysteria / Hackney / London
June 4th / Hammer & Tongue Tour / Bird Cage / Bristol
June 5th / Hammer & Tongue Tour / Komedia / Brighton
June 9th / Hammer & Tongue Tour / Green Note / Camden / London
June 10th / Hammer & Tongue Tour / Old Fire Station / Oxford
June 11th / Hammer & Tongue Tour / The Fountain / Cambridge
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| Salena Godden portrait by Olivia Rutherford |
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