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Cox was born as Ida Prather in Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia, and grew up in Cedartown, Georgia. She toured with traveling minstrel shows, often appearing in blackface in to the 1910s; she married fellow minstrel performer Adler Cox.

From 1923 through 1929 Cox made numerous recordings for Paramount Records. In 1939 she returned to the recording studio for Vocalion Records. In the 1940s she recorded for Okeh and Columbia, worked with Coleman Hawkins in the 1950s, and made her last recordings for Riverside in the early 1960s.

Ida Cox died in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Categories: 1896 births | 1967 deaths | African Americans | Blues singers | Female singers

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Ida Cox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (136 words)
	Ida Cox (25 February 1896 - 10 November 1967) was a popular African American singer, best known for her Blues performances and recordings.
	Cox was born as Ida Prather in Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia, and grew up in Cedartown, Georgia.
	She toured with traveling minstrel shows, often appearing in flface in to the 1910s; she married fellow minstrel performer Adler Cox.

Ida Cox (325 words)
	Cox toured with shows until a 1944 stroke pushed her into retirement; she came back for an impressive final recording in 1961.
	Cox left her hometown of Toccoa, GA, as a teenager, traveling the south in vaudeville and tent shows, performing both as a singer and a comedienne.
	Cox was retired for most of the '50s, but she was coaxed out of retirement in 1961 to record a final session with Coleman Hawkins.

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