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Singers from Philadelphia (1 C, 183 P) Pages in category "Musicians from Philadelphia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 419 total.
Pages in category "Singers from Philadelphia" The following 183 pages are in this category, out of 183 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Settling in Philadelphia, Greenfield ran a music studio and promoted Black singers. Among her voice pupils was Thomas Bowers. [19] [20] She was a member of the Philadelphia Shiloh Baptist Church, and directed its choir. [11] [2] In the 1860s she created an opera troupe, the Black Swan Opera Troupe, with Bowers, which she directed.
Thomas Bowers was born in 1836 in Philadelphia. His father, John C. Bowers Sr. (1773–1844), was a secondhand clothing dealer, a vestryman and school trustee at St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, and one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society.
June may have been Black Music Month, but our reverence for the Black musicians who have defined and shifted American culture knows no bounds. To extend our celebration, we’ve rounded up some of ...
Categories and articles related to notable musical groups presently or previously from Philadelphia and its surrounding Delaware Valley counties. For individual musicians, see Category:Musicians from Philadelphia
Anna C. Verna (1931–2021), Philadelphia City Council member and president; Charles A. Waters (1892–1972), Pennsylvania Auditor General, State Treasurer, and president judge of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas; R. Seth Williams (born 1967), Philadelphia district attorney; Fernando Wood (1812–1881), Mayor of New York
Gladys Alberta Bentley (August 12, 1907 – January 18, 1960) [1] was an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance.. Her career skyrocketed when she appeared at Harry Hansberry's Clam House, a well-known gay speakeasy in New York in the 1920s, as a black, lesbian, cross-dressing performer.