Gloria Hardiman

Blues and gospel singer Gloria Hardiman was a preacher’s daughter born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, When she was six years old, her family moved to Chicago, where she developed her music within the church, encouraged by many including Mahalia Jackson. Hardiman took her talent into the blues clubs and stages of Chicago, Atlanta, Kansas City, the Carolinas, Canada, and Europe. She appeared with Roy Buchanan on the 1986 release Today’s Blues – Volume 2, singing "Why Don’t You Want Me?” and was the featured vocalist with Professor Blue’s Review on “Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On” from the 1987 collection, The New Bluebloods - The Next Generation Of Chicago Blues. She no longer performs blues but occasionally sings gospel.