Facts: - instrument: guitar drums , electric guitar , bass , banjo , - death place: memphis , tennessee , united states - years active: 1920s -- 1950s - caption: portrait -lrb- 1940 -rrb- on minnie 's gravemarker - birth name: lizzie douglas - label: okeh , checker , job , columbia , vocalion , decca , bluebird - death date: 6 august 1973 - genre: blues - alias: kid douglas , minnie lawlars - birth date: 3 june 1897 - name: memphis minnie - background: solo_singer - image: memphis minnie portrait walls ms.jpg - birth place: algiers , louisiana , united states - associated acts: kansas joe mccoy , little son joe - occupation: guitarist , vocalist , songwriter Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of memphis minnie .
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lizzie douglas -lrb- june 3 , 1897 -- august 6 , 1973 -rrb- , known as memphis minnie , was a blues guitarist , vocalist , and songwriter whose recording career lasted from the 1920s to the 1950s .she recorded around 200 songs , some of the best known being '' bumble bee '' , '' nothing in rambling '' , and '' me and my chauffeur blues '' .her performances and songwriting made her well known in a genre dominated mostly by men .