# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sippie-wallace
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:02:22.536Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sippie-wallace"
name: "Sippie Wallace"
slug: "sippie-wallace"
description: "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."
tagline: "American blues and jazz singer (1898–1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blues_is_a_woman_Reitz_(cropped-Sippie_Wallace).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1898-11-01"
deathDate: "1986-11-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.620124
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1091669/"
    handle:    "nm1091669"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سيپى والاس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippie_Wallace"
    title: "Sippie Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippie_Wallace"
    title: "Sippie Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippie_Wallace"
    title: "Sippie Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippie_Wallace"
    title: "Sippie Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippie_Wallace"
    title: "Sippie Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippie_Wallace"
    title: "Sippie Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippie_Wallace"
    title: "Sippie Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippie_Wallace"
    title: "Sippie Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B8"
    title: "Уоллес, Сиппи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sippie_Wallace"
    title: "Sippie Wallace"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ac4c191a-92cf-4def-9a48-8635429edb96"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371508"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1961871"
    title: "Sippie Wallace"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump