Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon, born Frank Devera Jackson on March 3, 1896 in Montgomery, Alabama, was an African American vaudeville singer. Orphaned young, he started his career around 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri. By the late 1920s, Jaxon gained popularity for his feminine voice and female impersonations. He collaborated with notable artists like Bessie Smith and Ethel Waters, and jazz bands led by Bennie Moten, King Oliver, and Freddie Keppard. His song "Willie the Weeper" (1927) inspired Cab Calloway's hit "Minnie the Moocher" (1931). Jaxon retired from show business in 1941 and died in 1944.
