Zora Young, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Age, Net Worth, Biography

Zora Young (born January 21, 1948, West Point, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues singer.
She is distantly related to Howlin' Wolf.Young's family moved to Chicago when she was seven.
She began singing gospel music at the Greater Harvest Baptist Church.
As an adult she began singing blues and R&B.
Over the course of her career, she has performed with Junior Wells, Jimmy Dawkins, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Professor Eddie Lusk, and B.
B.
King.
Among those she has collaborated with on record are Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim, Mississippi Heat, Paul DeLay, and Maurice John Vaughan.In 1982, she toured Europe with Bonnie Lee and Big Time Sarah, billed as "Blues with the Girls", and recorded an album in Paris.
She was later cast in the role of Bessie Smith in the stage show The Heart of the Blues.
By 1991 she had recorded the album, Travelin' Light, with the Canadian guitarist Colin Linden.Young has toured Europe more than thirty times and has made appearances in Turkey and Taiwan.
She was the featured performer at the Chicago Blues Festival six times.In 2014, she was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the category 'Traditional Blues Female' (known as the Koko Taylor Award).
Her latest album, Friday Night (2016), featured Little Mike and the Tornadoes.

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