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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.
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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.
Glenn-Copeland was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a musical family. [7] As a child, Glenn-Copeland listened to his father play the music of Bach, Chopin, and Mozart on the piano, and heard his mother occasionally sing spirituals. [6] In 1961, Glenn-Copeland was one of the first black students to study at McGill University in Montreal. [8]
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
James P. Gourley, Pennsylvania House of Representatives member; William H. Gray (1941–2013), Baptist minister, U.S. House of Representatives member, and former United Negro College Fund president; William J. Green III (born 1938), Philadelphia major and U.S. House of Representatives member; Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941), U.S. Senator and ...
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.
Aaliyah (1979–2001): R&B, pop; Johnny Ace: R&B; Alicia Keys (born 1981): pop; Gregory Abbott (born 1954): soul, R&B, his father was born in Venezuela; Armenta Adams: Classical pianist