Photo: Hreinn Gudlaugsson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · credits
Timeline
8 events▣ Album 6◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1940s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Blues With the Girls
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography220 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1325380168
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 Vaughn.
In 1982, she toured Europe with Bonnie Lee and Big Time Sarah, billed as "Blues with the GirlsBlues With the GirlsSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks · 2 discsDisc 1A1Help MeA2I Feel So BadA3You Don’t Have to GoB1Got My Mojo Workin’B2Steppin’ StoneB3Fast LifeB4Baby What You Want Me to DoDisc 2C1Next Time I See YouC2Sad and Evil WomanC3Teardrops From My EyesC4Tribute to Big Walter HortonD1Hound DogD2FeverD3Hoochie-Coochie WomanD4What Makes My Man TickD5Well, I Love Ya’", 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
Friday NightSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1I've Been A Fool Too Long3:152A Fools Lament4:27344 Blues4:514True Love Is Hard To Find3:205I Love Chicago5:396Friday Night5:077Chains Of Love6:518Just Your Fool3:299Country Girl5:4710I'm Good4:1711Spann's Boogie2:26 (2016), featured Little Mike and the Tornadoes.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 6 | 86.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 33 | 71.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (7 release groups · 6 studio albums)
Albums · 6
1983 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:30
A1Take a Walk With Me3:36A2'Bout the Break of Day4:30A3How Long2:26A4Left Handed Woman4:06A5Pee Wee's Boogie2:04A6Tough Times3:16B1Bad Boy3:00B2Fine Body4:00B3My Daddy Was a Jockey2:48B4West Helena Woman4:42B5Got a Thing Goin' On2:10B6True Love3:52I Got the Right to Sing the Blues
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 47:40
1New Blowtop Blues3:522Stroking3:043Bus Station4:374Football Widow4:095Tired of Travelling4:436Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones7:047The Thrill Is Gone4:398I Got the Right to Sing the Blues2:449Baby, Want You Ride With Me Tonight6:5510Hoochie Coochie Woman3:0911I'm Ready2:442000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:08:29
1Pity Party4:552The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves6:023Nutbush City Limits3:544Better Off With the Blues6:185Girl Friend3:126Blues Fallin' Down Like Rain5:077My Man's an Undertaker4:118Damn Your Eyes4:369Learned My Lesson5:2210Brain Damage5:2311Livin' in the Usa3:4212Please Send Me Someone to Love5:4113Feel Like Stroking5:0314Johnny B5:032005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:06:21
1Love of Mine4:302Go Ahead and Take Him6:363I’m Gonna Do the Same Thing They Did to Me5:144Toxic6:035Til the Fat Lady Sings4:516Slowly4:527Ace of Spades3:278Rainy Night in Georgia5:329Tore Up From the Floor Up4:1910Since I Fell for You / Silhouettes7:1111Handy Man3:5112Two Trains Running5:5113Interview4:042009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:09:42
1Better Be Ready4:072Goin' Back To Memphis5:083Wang Dang Doodle Live5:174I'm In Love With You3:455Honey Bee - Live5:566Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You3:207Just A Closer Walk With Thee4:018See See Rider4:229In The Ghetto5:5710Mystery Train5:0411I'm Movin' On - Live4:3412Toxic - Live8:3213Goin' Back To Memphis (Version 2)3:4414Rock Me Baby5:552015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 49:29
1I've Been A Fool Too Long3:152A Fools Lament4:27344 Blues4:514True Love Is Hard To Find3:205I Love Chicago5:396Friday Night5:077Chains Of Love6:518Just Your Fool3:299Country Girl5:4710I'm Good4:1711Spann's Boogie2:26
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Blues With the GirlsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracksDisc 1 A1Help Me A2I Feel So Bad A3You Don’t Have to Go B1Got My Mojo Workin’ B2Steppin’ Stone B3Fast Life B4Baby What You Want Me to Do Disc 2C1Next Time I See You C2Sad and Evil Woman C3Teardrops From My Eyes C4Tribute to Big Walter Horton D1Hound Dog D2Fever D3Hoochie-Coochie Woman D4What Makes My Man Tick D5Well, I Love Ya’ | Live | 1982 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Zora Young head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 6 | 86.1th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 8 | 84.1th |
| Recording span (years) | 33 | 71.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a4714f2c-d8b5-4511-b2bf-335557f1b9e2discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a4714f2c-d8b5-4511-b2bf-335557f1b9e2core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220472seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Youngbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zora_Young
Why this artist is in the database
- List of blues musicians — rank #107
| 1948 | | Mississippi | Electric blues |
Tier rule: genre canon: blues
Image: Hreinn Gudlaugsson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q220472 · MusicBrainz: a4714f2c-d8b5-4511-b2bf-335557f1b9e2
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