Edna Hicks (October 14, 1891[1] or 1895[2] – August 16, 1925) was an American blues singer and musician.
Although most sources state that her birth name was Edna Landreaux, the daughter of Victor Landreaux and Rena Moore,[4] researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc suggest that her birth name was Lucille Landry, the daughter of Victor Landry and Rosa Moore.
[6] She was popular in black vaudeville in the American Midwest in the late 1910s and 1920s, appeared often in Chicago and Cincinnati, and made recordings for seven different record labels in 1923 and 1924: Victor, Vocalion, Columbia, Gennett, Brunswick, Ajax, and Paramount.
Her most frequent accompanist was Fletcher Henderson; some of her recordings featured accompaniment by Porter Grainger and Lemuel Fowler.
[2] In 1916, she appeared was in a show called Follow Me at Casino Theater in New York City.