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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.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:21st-century American male singers. It includes 21st-century American male singers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
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Coined the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” the late Tina Turner electrified stages with her iconic voice, spirited footwork and show-stopping legs for over five decades. With iconic songs like ...
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.
In 2022, he became the first Black singer to sing the role of Radames in “Aida” at the Met — the first in its 240-year history. In 2023 he made his Carnegie Hall debut in “The Ordering of ...
Kelefa Sanneh noted the song was, "an exuberant number often interpreted as an expression of Black pride". He also noted that the authors of the song were in a dispute over royalties with their record label Philadelphia International. Singer Whitehead said, "If anything, the song was a declaration of our independence from Gamble." [5]
In 1960, at 26, he won a National Arts Club scholarship competition, [4] and the following April he was the first Black singer to win the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions scholarship competition. [5] Shirley is the first Black tenor and the second Black male to sing leading roles for the Metropolitan Opera. [2] He sang there for 11 ...