Cleo Gibson

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Cleo Gibson was a classic female blues singer active in the 1920s. Her full name was Cleosephus Gibson. She recorded two tracks for Okeh Records, "I’ve Got Ford Movements In My Hips" and "Nothing But Blues". Much surrounding her life is a mystery, but her recordings are a notable example of American blues music. Gibson was originally one of a pair of vaudeville performers known as Gibson and Gibson. She reportedly had a great vocal resemblance to another blues singer, Bessie Smith, which may have been part of the reason she was given a recording date. She recorded two tracks for Okeh Records in Atlanta in March 1929, "I’ve Got Ford Movements In My Hips" and "Nothing But Blues". The first is significant as an early example of using a car as a metaphor for a woman. The lyrics are sexual in nature, comparing the movement of an engine to the movements of sexual intercourse with lyrics that include "I got Ford engine movement in my hips, 10,000 miles guaranteed" and "A Ford is a car everybody wants to ride, jump in, you will see." User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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albums

Vintage Songs Of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes

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Vintage Sex Songs

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Whorehouse Blues

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Blues Women

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Dirty Blues Licks

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Blues (disc 3)

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Bed Spring Poker: Meat in Motion 26-51 (Disc 1)

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Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon - The Ultimate Rude Blues Collection CD2

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The Blues Collection 73: Blues Women

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Territory Singers Vol. 2 (1928-1930)

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Nothing but Blues

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Ultimate Blues Collection Vol 3

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