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Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton Willie Mae Thornton was born on December 11, 1926, either near Montgomery, Alabama or in Ariton, Alabama, a small town in Dale County. Better known as “Big Mama” Thornton, for both her size and her powerful voice, she was a blues singer and songwriter whose career spanned more than 40

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