Analysis Of Koko Taylor

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Koko Taylor also known as “Queen of the Blues”. Koko Taylor is an extraordinary singer with a powerful voice and not afraid to sing what she wants. Known for her iconic 1965 hit ‘Wang Dang Doodle’, a line that really caught my attention was “We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long”, she’s expressing a very strong sexual feeling, which in my defense is a good way of expressing the song lyrics and vocals better. Even though Willie Dixon was the songwriter, and he was the one who meant them, she sang it in a way that makes the audience feel the emotions as she sang them. She must have also put in her own words to make it sound more like her.

When writing her song ‘I’m a Women’ Koko stated, “So I come up with the idea of writing a

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