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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.
All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-736-6. Harrison, Daphne Duval (1990). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers. ISBN 0-8135-1280-8. Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray.
This is a list of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s. Dancers, choreographers, and orchestra leaders
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Classic female blues [46] Katherine Henderson: 1909 Unknown: Missouri Classic female blues [47] Edna Hicks: 1895 1925 Louisiana Classic female blues [48] Son House: 1902 1988 Mississippi Delta blues [49] Peg Leg Howell: 1888 1966 Georgia Country blues [50] Alberta Hunter: 1895 1984 Tennessee Classic female blues [51] Mississippi John Hurt: 1894 ...
Here's how Mamie Smith paved the way for Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Beyoncé and more of your favorite Black female recording artists. 'She's the first Black superstar': The forgotten ...
The jazz pianist and composer Eubie Blake got his start in 1920s Vaudeville, [41] as did Louis Armstrong and other jazz musicians. [42] [43] Notable Black female blues singers who started on the Vaudeville stage included Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Clara Smith, Mamie Smith, Mamie Brown, Ida Cox, and Edmonia Henderson. [44]
For these reasons and more, many Black female artists would later turn to British and European audiences to launch their careers outside of the glare of American racism. Famous Black Singers from ...