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CHICAGO - Hundreds of mourners honored Chicago blues icon Koko Taylor at her funeral Friday by singing her signature song "Wang Dang Doodle" and remembering why she was known as the "Queen of the Blues." A diverse crowd of blues fans and musicians - young and old, black and white - got to their feet and sang at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters on Chicago's South Side.

CHICAGO - Hundreds of mourners turned out Thursday at a music-filled wake and memorial service for Chicago blues icon Koko Taylor, whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the nickname "Queen of the Blues." Among those who paid tribute to Taylor were Mayor Richard Daley and musicians Delores Scott and Vance Kelly.