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Track: Voodoo Woman
Artist: Koko Taylor
Album: I Got What It Takes

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Name: Koko Taylor
Spotify Genres: blues, classic blues, soul blues
Followers: 137,017
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US R&B singer, sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Chicago Blues". Born September 28, 1928, Bartlett, Tennessee. Dubbed "Koko" due to her love of chocolate. Discovered by [a=Willie Dixon] in 1962 leading to a contract with [l=Chess]. In close collaboration with Dixon she released several singles, including the 1965 "Wang Dang Doodle" previously recorded by [a=Howlin' Wolf]. Not coincidental. Taylor' had the most powerful vocal of the contemporary female Chess stablemates including [a=Etta James], [a=Mitty Collier] and [a=Irma Thomas] and her shouting style had more in common with e.g. [a=Big Mama Thornton] and Howlin' Wolf. Her 1969 self-titled debut album is mostly a compilation of her Chess singles. From 1975 and for more than 30 years she recorded for [l=Alligator Records]. Her 1985 album "Queen of the blues" won her a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album that year. Performing till the end, she died after complications from surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding in 2009. Died June 03, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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Release: Koko Taylor - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean / Voodoo Woman
Year: 1975
Genres: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Blues

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LYRICS

They call me the voodoo woman,
And I know the reason why,
They call me the voodoo woman,
And I know the reason why,
Lord if I raise my hand,
You know the sky begin to cry.

They call me the voodoo woman,
I look through water and spied dry land
They call me the voodoo woman,
I look through water and spied dry land
I tell all you men
If your woman got another man.

I got a rabbit foot in my pocket,
A toad frog in my shoe,
A crawfish on my shoulder,
Lookin dead at you,
I got dust from a rattlesnake,
I got a black spider bone,
If that don't do it baby,
You'd better leave it all alone.

They call me the voodoo woman,
And I know the reason why,
Lord if I raise my hand,
You know the sky begin to cry.

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I got a rabbit foot in my pocket,
A toad frog in my shoe,
A crawfish on my shoulder,
Lookin dead at you,
I got dust from a rattlesnake,
I got a black spider bone,
If that don't do it baby,
You'd better leave it all alone.

They call me the voodoo woman,
And I know the reason why,
They call me the voodoo woman, and I know the reason why,
Lord if I raise my name,
You know the sky begin to cry.
Lord if I raise my name,
You know the sky begin to cry.
Lord if I raise my name,
You know the sky begin to cry.
Lord if I raise my name,
You know the sky begin to cry.