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Koko Taylor performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2006, in a sparkling outfit, mid-song.
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Koko Taylor at 98: The Queen of Chicago Blues Earned the Crown the Hard Way

Ninety-eight years ago today, sharecropper's daughter Cora Ann Walton was born on a farm near Memphis — the girl who…