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Merline Johnson

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Merline Johnson (born c. 1912) was an African American blues singer in the 1930s and 1940s, billed as The *Yas Yas Girl. Little is known of her life, but she is thought to have been born in Mississippi. She was the aunt of rhythm and blues singer LaVern Baker. She first recorded in Chicago in 1937, on songs including "Sold It To The Devil". Over the next four years she recorded over 90 songs including "Don't You Make Me High", "I'd Rather Be Drunk", and "Love with a Feeling".

Top songs

  1. Don't You Make Me High
  2. Pallet on the Floor
  3. He Roars Like A Lion
  4. Love Shows Weakness
  5. Love With A Feeling
  6. Bad Whiskey Blues
  7. Crime Doesn't Pay
  8. He Roars Like a Lion (Remastered 2002)
  9. New Muddy Water Blues
  10. I'm Not Your Fool
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  1. Got A Man In The 'Bama Mines
  2. Black Gypsy Blues
  3. Separation Blues
  4. Blues Everywhere
  5. I Drink Good Whiskey
  6. My Baby Left Me
  7. Working On The Project
  8. Patrol Wagon Blues
  9. Some Day I'll Be Gone Away
  10. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
  11. You Don't Know My Mind
  12. You Know It Ain't Right
  13. Ol' Man Mose
  14. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water No. 2
  15. Want to woogie some more
  16. Jelly Bean Blues
  17. Sold It To The Devil
  18. Crime Don't Pay
  19. Two by Four Blues
  20. He Roars Like a Lion - Remastered 2002
  21. Want to Boogie Some More
  22. You Got To Pay
  23. I'm Leavin' You
  24. New Drinking My Blues Away
  25. Jackass For Sale
  26. Mean Mistreatin' Daddy
  27. About My Time To Check
  28. Reckless Life Blues
  29. You Can't Shoot Your Pistol
  30. Grandpa And Grandma
  31. Grieving Heart Blues
  32. My Man Is Gone
  33. Running Down My Man
  34. Whiskey Fool
  35. Don't You Leave Me Here
  36. Squeeze Me Tight
  37. Don't You Make Me High [Explicit]
  38. Stop And Listen
  39. I Won't Sell My Love
  40. Got a Mind to Ramble
  41. Man To Man
  42. Got A Man In The 'Bamma Mines
  43. Good Old Easy Street
  44. He May Be Your Man
  45. My Independent Man
  46. Someone to Take Your Place
  47. I'd Rathe Drink Muddy Water No.2
  48. Easy Towing Mama
  49. I Need You by My Side
  50. Fighting Man Blues
  51. Worried Heart Blues
  52. Evil Old Nightmare / Memphis Slim p.
  53. Froggy Bottom
  54. Mama's Bad Luck Child
  55. I Just Keep On Drinking
  56. I'd Rather Be Drunk
  57. I Got To Have It Daddy
  58. Merline Johnson / Don't You Make Me High
  59. Fine and Mellow
  60. Nobody Knows How I Feel
  61. Love Shows Weakness (Take 4)
  62. Pallet on the floor - 1937
  63. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
  64. True Love
  65. Got The Blues For My Baby
  66. Milk Man Blues
  67. Blues Before Daybreak
  68. Got A Man In The Bama Mines
  69. Evil Old Nightmare
  70. Don't Forget It
  71. You Can't Have None of That
  72. Front Door Blues
  73. Don't Have to Sing the Blues
  74. How Can I Go On
  75. Happy Pal Stomp 15-8-1929
  76. Rock And Rollin' Daddy
  77. Black Ghost Blues
  78. Please Come Back To Me (Take 5)
  79. See Saw Blues
  80. Screaming the Blues
  81. He Roars Like a Lion [Remastered 2002]
  82. I'll Try To Forget
  83. Yellow Basket Blues
  84. Crime Doesn’t Pay
  85. Breakin' 'em Down Tonight
  86. Don't Make Me High
  87. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water, No.2
  88. You're A Pain In The Neck To Me
  89. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water, No. 2
  90. Separation Blues (78rpm Version)

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