Merline Johnson
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| Gender | Female |
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| Born | Mississippi |
| United States | |
| Record labels | Document Records |
| Genres | Contemporary R&B |
| Blues | |
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| ID | 729634 |
Merline Johnson Life story
Merline Johnson was an African-American blues singer in the 1930s and 1940s, billed as "The Yas Yas Girl". Yas yas was a euphemism for ass in hokum blues songs, such as Blind Boy Fuller's "Get Yer Yas Yas Out" and Tampa Red's "The Duck's Yas-Yas-Yas". Little is known of her life.
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