"Wild Women Don't Have the Blues", "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues", or simply "Wild Women" is a vaudeville-style

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song recorded by American singer Ida Cox with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders in 1924. It has a strong feminist message. The song has been performed by numerous classic female blues singers, including Bessie Smith. Later renditions include those by Francine Reed, Barbara Dane,

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, Sue Keller, as well as

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with The Big 3. Some male performers, as

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, Clarke Peters and

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and groups such as

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, Saffire, and the Vipers also recorded the tune. Cyndi Lauper included it as a bonus track on '' Memphis Blues''.

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