Louisa "Blue Lu" Barker (née Louise Dupont) (November 13, 1913 – May 7, 1998) was an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a majo ...
and blues singer. Her better-known recordings include "Don't You Feel My Leg" (1938), which she wrote with her husband, " Georgia Grind" and "Look What Baby's Got for You."
She was born in
and often sang and performed with her husband, guitarist
Danny Barker
Daniel Moses Barker (January 13, 1909 – March 13, 1994) was an American jazz musician, vocalist, and author from New Orleans. He was a rhythm guitarist for Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder and Benny Carter during the 1930s.
One of Barker's ea ...
, a regular of the New Orleans music scene.
Barker's recording of "
A Little Bird Told Me
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Recordings
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" was released by
Capitol Records
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as catalogue number 15308 in 1948. It first reached the ''
Billboard
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'' chart on December 18, 1948, and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 4.
Barker was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame in 1997, one year before she died in New Orleans, at the age of 84.