Biography

Koko Taylor came in on the tail end of Chess Records' heyday, but she managed to score the legendary blues label one of its last big hits with her 1966 version of the Willie Dixon-penned "Wang Dang Doodle." Taylor's raw, gritty, soulful vocal style was tailor-made for electrified urban blues, and even after departing Chess for Alligator in the '70s she maintained a large audience. Taylor continued recording and performing extensively into the 21st century, her 2000 release ROYAL BLUE receiving a Grammy Nomination for best blues album.

Top Tracks

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• (mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean

• Bad Rooster

• Bills, Bills And More Bills

• Black Rat

• Born Under A Bad Sign

• Bring Me Some Water

• Come To Mama

• Don't Mess With The Messer

• Evil

• Hey Bartender

• I Can Love You Like A Woman (or I Can Fight You Like A Man)

• I Got What It Takes

• If I Can't Be First

• I'm A Little Mixed Up

• Let Me Love You Baby

• Let The Good Times Roll

• Mother Nature

• Piece Of Man

• Queen Bee

• That's Why I'm Crying

• The Man Next Door

• Trying To Make A Living

• Twenty-nine Ways To My Baby's Door

• Voodoo Woman

• Wang Dang Doodle

• You Can Have My Husband

Discography

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• Old School

  Alligator Records

  2007

• Royal Blue

  Alligator Records

  2000

• Force of Nature

  Alligator Records

  1993

• Wang Dang Doodle

  Huub

  1991

• Jump for Joy

  Alligator Records

  1990

• Love You Like a Woman

  Charly Records

  1990

• An Audience with Koko Taylor

  Alligator Records

  1987

• From the Heart of a Woman

  Alligator Records

  1981

• The Earthshaker

  Alligator Records

  1978

• Queen of the Blues

  Alligator Records

  1975

• I Got What It Takes

  Alligator Records

  1975

• Southside Baby

  Black & Blue

  1975

• South Side Lady

  Evidence

  1973

• Basic Soul

  Chess

  1972