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  2. List of African-American singers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of notable African-American singers that gives their year of ... (1940–2010 ): blues, gospel, R ... (1927–2022), singerknown as the black Marilyn ...

  3. Black women in the American music industry - Wikipedia

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    Black women are often sexualized in hip hop and rap music videos. They are often referred to as video "thots", "hoes", or "vixens". [56] [57] They can often be seen wearing revealing clothing, like lingerie, short-cut shorts or swimsuit. However, in recent years Black women have become more dominant and the gender role can often be switched ...

  4. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Wikipedia

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    A National Public Radio article commented in 2017 that "Rock 'n' roll was bred between the church and the nightclubs in the soul of a queer black woman in the 1940s named Sister Rosetta Tharpe". [36] Little Richard referred to her as his favorite singer when he was a child. In 1947, she heard Richard sing before her concert at the Macon City ...

  5. Category:African-American women singers - Wikipedia

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    20th-century African-American women singers (1 C, 896 P) 21st-century African-American women singers (714 P) A. African-American girl groups (90 P) O.

  6. Joyce Bryant - Wikipedia

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    Joyce Bryant (October 14, 1927 – November 20, 2022) was an American singer, dancer, and civil rights activist who achieved fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer.

  7. 25 famous Black singers and their songs - AOL

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    Incomparable. The “Godmother of Soul” is one of the most famous Black American female singers ever. ... Rising to pop stardom in the early 1980s, “The Purple One” released 39 studio albums ...

  8. Category : 20th-century African-American women singers

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    This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:20th-century American women singers. It includes 20th-century American women singers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.

  9. Music history of the United States (1900–1940) - Wikipedia

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    The blues began in rural communities, primarily in the south. During the 1920s, classic female blues singers like Mamie Smith ("Crazy Blues") dominated the genre's sound. For most white Americans, these female singers were their first exposure to black music, or "race music" as it was then known.