Question: Facts: - instrument: piano , organ - death place: detroit , michigan - years active: ca. 1918 -- 1986 - birth name: beulah thomas - death date: 1 november 1986 - genre: blues , jazz - birth date: 1 november 1898 - name: sippie wallace - background: solo_singer - label: okeh , victor , alligator , storyville , atlantic - birth place: plum bayou , arkansas - occupation: singer , pianist , organist , songwriter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sippie wallace .
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sippie wallace -lrb- born as beulah thomas , november 1 , 1898 -- november 1 , 1986 -rrb- was an american singer-songwriter .her early career in local tent shows gained her the billing '' the texas nightingale '' .between 1923 and 1927 , she recorded over 40 songs for okeh records , many written by herself 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 .in the 1930s , she left show business to become a church organist , singer , and choir director in detroit , and performed secular music only sporadically until the 1960s , when she resumed her career .wallace was nominated for a grammy award in 1982 , and was inducted into the michigan women 's hall of fame in 1993 .