Martha Copeland (c. 1891–1894; date of death unknown)[2] was an American classic female blues singer.
[6] However, the researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc suggest that Copeland was born Martha Williams in Portsmouth, Virginia, around 1891–1894.
[2] Copeland started her recording career with Okeh in 1923 and appeared in a vaudeville revue, Shuffle Along.
Her output included blues standards, mirror images of current popular tracks ("Soul and Body," in response to Coleman Hawkins's "Body and Soul"), and comedic numbers ("I Ain't Your Hen, Mr.
[2] Her more notable accompanists on various recordings included Rube Bloom, Eddie Heywood, Sr., Lou Hooper, Cliff Jackson, James P. Johnson, and Louis Metcalf (all on piano), Bob Fuller (clarinet), and Bubber Miley (trumpet).