Lizzie Miles

Elizabeth Mary Landreaux (March 31, 1895 – March 17, 1963), She moved to New York and made her first phonograph recordings in 1922. They were blues songs, but she did not like to be referred to as a blues singer since she sang a wide repertoire. She also worked at Dashy's Inn Golf Club as a soloist.

Miles toured Europe in 1924 and 1925 and then returned to New York and worked in clubs from 1926 to 1931. During this time she worked with her half-brother, Herb Morand. Miles recorded as leader of a trio with Oliver, and in a duo with Jelly Roll Morton. There is uncertainty in that some sources suggest that several of the Miss Frankie recordings were the work of Lizzie Miles. This particularly applies to the tracks "When You Get Tired of Your New Sweetie", and "Shooting Star Blues", issued on Conqueror Records (January 1928).

She suffered a serious illness and retired from the music industry in the 1930s, She died of a heart attack, in March 1963, at the sisters' Lafon Nursing Home in New Orleans

Woody Allen included her version of "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" on the soundtrack of his 2013 film Blue Jasmine. in New Orleans, Louisiana on May 9, 1912. The marriage certificate indicates that she was 19 [sic].

She married John C. Miles, from whom she took her stage name, in Norfolk, Virginia in 1914. He was a bandleader also working for the Jones brothers. J.C. Miles died of Spanish flu in Shreveport, Louisiana on October 19, 1918 while on tour and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Selected discography Year of release Album title Label 1956 Hot Songs My Mother Taught Me Cook Records 1956 Moans and Blues Cook Records 1956 Torchy Lullabies My Mother Sang Me Cook Records 1956 A Night In Old New Orleans Capitol Records/Southland Records 1957 Bourbon Street Verve Records 1959 Lizzie Miles With Tony Almerico's Dixieland Band Rondo Record Corporation

Singles released in 1922 The following singles were all released in 1922 by Okeh Records:

"Wicked Blues" "Take It 'Cause It's All Yours" "Lonesome Monday Morning Blues" "Please Don't Tickle Me, Babe" "He May Be Your Man, but He Comes to See Me Sometimes" "Muscle Shoals Blues" "She Walked Right Up and Took My Man"