Maggie Jones

American blues singer and pianist, born Fae Barnes in March 1894. Died March 9, 1940. Jones recorded 40 issued songs between 1923 and 1926. She was billed as "The Texas Nightingale". Among her best rememberd songs are "Single Woman's Blues", "Undertaker's Blues", and "Northbound Blues". She hailed from Hillsboro, Texas, and moved to New York in the early 1920s, appearing in theatres in the Northeast. She stayed in showbusiness after she stopped recording, with a small role in the Blackbirds of 1928 revue, which took her to Europe. By 1934, she had returned to Texas, performing in Fort Worth.