Ida Cox was an extremely successful vaudeville Blues singer, but as the vaudeville-style lost its popularity she began to sing a new style of Blues. Ida Cox was signed with Paramount in 1923, where they named her “The Uncrowned Queen of Blues” because of her contemporaries, Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey’s, rapid success.
Cox represented the struggles that many black women faced in America in relation to liberation, domestic abuse, and dignity. Through Cox’s singing, she provided the perspective of the average black woman. Cox was also said to have a convincing delivery which made her music relatable and appealing to the masses. Cox had a way of pushing boundaries in the field of feminism that were not as common during the rise of the Blues genre nor female Blues singers.