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Another centenary to celebrate, dear reader - the marvellous Blues singer Big Maybelle was born one hundred years ago yesterday. She was a whole lotta woman!
Let's start this triptych of tributes with a song she premiered, that went on to far greater things when it was covered by Jerry Lee Lewis:
The great lady's back catalogue was a mainstay of the Northern Soul scene:
And here's the only footage available on the interwebs of Big Maybelle in all her glory:
Wow.
Big Maybelle (born May Mabel Louise Smith, 1st May 1924 – 23rd January 1972)
