Edna Alexander (mai kirkiro)

Edna Belle Alexander (1892–1972) mawaƙiya ce 'yar Amurka kuma mawaƙiya mai waƙa. Baya ga yin waƙa, ta zama mawaƙiya kuma ta buga waƙa a ƙarƙashin sunan Alex Belledna .  

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Alexander a Ottumwa, Iowa a ranar 19 ga Maris, 1892   ga iyayensa Mary Ann ( née Hamilton) (1868–1916) da Price Alexander.  name="marriage">   name="obituary"  Edna tana da 'yan'uwa mata takwas, ciki har da 'yan'uwa mata huɗu da 'yan'uwa maza huɗu, masu suna James Leonard, Archie A., Mary Colleen Jones, Harriet Louise, Leland Russell, Harold Creighton, Ida Helen, da Doris Elaine.   Ɗan'uwanta, Archie Alexander, daga baya ya zama gwamnan Virgin Islands .  Ta halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta North Des Moines, ta kammala karatunta a 1911.  

A lokacin da take zaune a Des Moines, Iowa, ta kasance memba na Des Moines Negro Lyceum kuma ta rera waƙa a tarurruka daban-daban na gida. [1] [2] [3] A watan Nuwamba 1911, ta auri William Beach a gidan iyayenta da ke Highland Park, Iowa. Bayan shekaru biyu, ta shigar da ƙarar neman saki daga William bisa dalilin "mugunta da rashin tausayi, da kuma zina".

Daga baya Alexander ta auri abokin aikinta mawaƙiya kuma marubuciya Maceo Pinkard a shekarar 1917.  name="marriage">"Edna Alexander". www.ancestry.com. Iowa, U.S., Marriage Records, 1880-1951. Retrieved 17 February 2022. Ta yi amfani da sunan barkwanci Alex Belledna don rubuta waƙoƙi, gami da waƙoƙin da ta rubuta tare da mijinta.   A ƙarƙashin sunan "Alex Belledna", ta tsara waƙar "It's Right Here for You (If You Don't Get It—Tain't No Fault of Mine)", wadda aka haɗa a cikin waƙar Crazy Blues ta 1920, wadda Okeh Records ya yi rikodin ta kuma Mamie Smith ta rera. Waƙar da ba a saba gani ba a farkon shekarun 1900, ƙungiyar mata baƙaƙe ne suka ƙirƙiro ta, yayin da Alexander ya rubuta waƙar tare da mawaƙin Marion Dickerson .  name="Albert" 

Alexander da mijinta sun yi aiki tare a shirin sabon salon kiɗa na Pansy na shekarar 1929, wanda ya sami karbuwa mara kyau a lokacin da aka fara shi, kuma an rufe shi da sauri, duk da waƙar da Bessie Smith ta rera.  Wasan kwaikwayon ya fara ne a Broadway a ranar 14 ga Mayu, 1929 a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Belmont kuma ya gudana don wasanni uku, wanda ya ƙare a ranar 16 ga Mayu, 1929.   Alexander da mijinta sun mallaki kamfanin buga waƙoƙi a ƙarƙashin sunayensu. 

Alexander ta mutu a shekarar 1972.  Daga baya aka haɗa wakokinta a cikin waƙar da aka yi ta baya-bayan nan, One Mo' Time, wanda ya fara daga 1979 zuwa 1987, da kuma shirin Blues in the Night na 2002.  

 Kundin Waƙoƙi 

 " Sugar: That Sugar Baby O'Mine " (1926), ya rubuta tare.    Ya zama babban abin birgewa a wani rikodin Ethel Waters . 
 "Granny" (1919) - mawaki,  wanda mawaka da yawa suka yi rikodinsa
 "Yana Nan Ne Don Kai" (1920) - mawaki;  ya fara fitowa a vaudeville tare da Sophie Tucker, wanda Mamie Smith da wasu suka yi rikodin 
 "Tain't Nothing But Jazz" (1921) - ya rubuta tare da Maceo Pinkard da William Tracey 
 "Ka sa waɗannan idanu masu girman kai su yi hali" (1925) 
 "Shin Mai Zakina Yana Yi—Kuma Yaya" (1925) - ya rubuta tare da Sidney Holden da Maceo Pinkard 
 "Mutumin Kitchen" (1929) - ya rubuta tare da Andy Razaf, wanda Bessie Smith ta rubuta 
 "Squealin' Pig Blues" 

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