Koko Taylor

Koko Taylor

Born: September 28, 1928
Died: June 3, 2009
in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Koko Taylor, sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues," was an American singer of many genres, including Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues.

Movies for Koko Taylor...

The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Title: The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 2004
Type: Movie
Taken from the European tours organised for American blues musicians between 1962 and 1969, this release features performances by several popular blues artists, including: Big Mama Thornton, Roosevelt Sykes, Buddy Guy, Dr. Isaiah Ross, Big Joe Turner, Skip James, Bukka White, Son House, Hound Dog Taylor and Little Walter, Koko Taylor and Little Walter, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Helen Humes, Earl Hooker, and Muddy Waters.
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A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live
Title: A Tribute to Muddy Waters - Live
Character: Himself
Released: October 20, 2003
Type: Movie
1. Koko Taylor - I'm Ready 2. Big Bill Morganfield - I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man 3. Keb Mo - I Can't Be Satisfied 4. Keb Mo - Two Trains Running 5. Bo Diddley - I'm A Man 6. Phoebe Snow - Just To Be With You 7. John Hyatt - Big Legged Woman 8. M. Shannon - Gypsy Woman 9. George "Buddy" Guy - Make A Woman Feel Satisfied 10. Robert Lockwood Jr. - Mean Black Spider 11. Nick Gravenites - Forty Days And Forty Nights 12. Peter Wolfe - Rollin'And Tumblin' 13. Koko Taylor - Long Distance Call 14. Gregg Allman - Someday Baby 15. Big Bill Morganfield - Mojo 16. Remember Muddy
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Blues Road Movie
Title: Blues Road Movie
Character: Herself
Released: June 21, 2001
Type: Movie
This film traces the road of the Blues and takes us on a journey to mythical places: From the banks of the Niger to New Orleans, going up the Mississippi through Memphis to the skyscrapers of Chicago. It tells the story of this culture which faced the worst barriers and shows that Humanity can overcome barbarity.
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Mercury Rising
Title: Mercury Rising
Character: Self
Released: April 3, 1998
Type: Movie
Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.
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Title: New York Undercover
Released: September 8, 1994
Type: TV
New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's Fourth Precinct who were assigned to investigate various crimes and gang-related cases.
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Pride and Joy: The Story of Alligator Records
Title: Pride and Joy: The Story of Alligator Records
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
In 1971, Bruce Iglauer founded Alligator Records, the most successful modern blues label. In early 1992, Iglauer staged the Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Tour starring Koko Taylor, Elvin Bishop, Katie Webster, Lonnie Brooks (w/Ronnie Baker Brooks), and Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials. Director Robert Mugge's film, PRIDE AND JOY: THE STORY OF ALLIGATOR RECORDS, documents that exciting tour.
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Koko Taylor: Queen of the Blues
Title: Koko Taylor: Queen of the Blues
Released: February 24, 1991
Type: Movie
Known fondly as the "Queen of the Blues," Koko Taylor began singing in Chicago blues clubs in the 1950s. Her gritty, powerful voice attracted the attention of Willie Dixon, another famous Chicago blues icon and record producer. Her recording of Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle" topped the R&B charts in 1966. This special, recorded in 1991 for WTTW, documents her history, and cements her legacy as a Bonafide Chicago Blues legend.
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Wild at Heart
Title: Wild at Heart
Character: Singer at Zanzibar
Released: August 17, 1990
Type: Movie
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared life they covet.
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Soundstage Blues Summit In Chicago: Muddy Waters And Friends
Title: Soundstage Blues Summit In Chicago: Muddy Waters And Friends
Character: Self/Performer
Released: November 12, 1974
Type: Movie
In July 1974, a group of Chicago based blues artists who had already achieved legendary status gathered together with some of their younger "blues brethren" from all over the country to pay tribute to the man most responsible for bringing blues from the Mississippi Delta upriver to Chicago, Muddy Waters. Appearing with Muddy that night were his contemporaries Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor, Junior Wells and Pinetop Perkins, and from the next generation of blues lovers and performers, Mike Bloomfield, Buddy Miles, Johnny Winter, Dr. John, and Nick Gravenites -- all artists who were on their way to becoming legends themselves. What resulted from that joyous teaming was a truly historic session that not only presented some of the greatest blues classics ever written, but a never-to-be-forgotten hour that truly demonstrates the love of music by one generation for another.
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Blues and the Alligator: The First Twenty Years of Alligator Records
Title: Blues and the Alligator: The First Twenty Years of Alligator Records
Character: himself
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
This film was shot for Swedish TV and tells the story of Alligator Records. It features interviews of Koko Taylor, Lonnie Brooks, Kenny Neal, Billy Branch and Lucky Peterson as well live perfomance clips and a behind-the-scenes look of life at Alligator.