Lil Green
About Lil Green
Born: December 22, 1919 in Mississippi. Died: April 14, 1954 in Chicago. An American blues singer and songwriter. She relocated from Mississippi to Chicago after the deaths of her parents. There she began performing in her teens and would go on to make all of her recordings of her career. Lil Green was noted for superb timing and a distinctively sinuous voice. In the 1930s she and Big Bill Broonzy had a night club act together. Her two biggest hits were "Romance in the Dark" (1940) and Joe McCoy's "Why Don't You Do Right?" (1941).
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Discography
Female Blues 1940-1942 (1988)
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order: 1946-1951 (1997)
Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Lil Green 1940-1941 (2003)
Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Lil Green 1942-1946 (2004)
Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Lil Green 1947-1951 (2005)
Romance in the Dark (2015)
