Zora Young

Zora Young (b. January 21, 1948, West Point, Mississippi) is an American Blues singer. She is a distant relative of Howlin' Wolf.

Young's family moved to Chicago at age seven and sang gospel at the Greater Harvest Baptist Church. As an adult she began singing blues and R&B music, and over the course of her career played with Junior Wells, Jimmy Dawkins, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Professor Eddie Lusk, Albert King, and B.B. King. Among those she has collaborated with on record are Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Mississippi Heat, Paul DeLay, and Maurice John Vaughan.

Youg has toured Europe more than thirty times, in addition to appearances in Turkey and Taiwan. She was the featured performer at the Chicago Blues Festival three times.

Discography

*"Travelin' Light" (Deluge Records, 1991)
*"Learned My Lesson" (Delmark Records, 2000)
*"Tore Up from the Floor Up" (Delmark, 2005)

References

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0xfqxqq5ldae~T1 Zora Young] at Allmusic