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O'Connell was selected by DownBeat readers as best female singer in 1940 and 1941 and won the 1940 Metronome magazine poll for best female vocalist. In a 1993 obituary article, the Associated Press described O'Connell as "the darling of GIs during World War II". [2] O'Connell retired from show business upon her first marriage in 1943.
This is a list of notable African-American singers that ... (born 1940 ): Jazz, funk, disco ... (born 1980): operatic soprano and classical music, jazz, and American ...
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Scott performed jazz, blues, ballads, Broadway and boogie-woogie songs, and classical music in various nightclubs. Barney Josephson , the owner of the black and tan club , Café Society , hired her [ 10 ] and, from 1939 to 1943, she was a leading attraction at both the downtown and uptown branches of Café Society.
Helen Forrest (born Helen Fogel, April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999) was an American singer of traditional pop and swing music.She served as the "girl singer" for three of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, and Harry James), thereby earning a reputation as "the voice of the name bands."
25 famous Black singers and their most popular songs 1. Beyoncé ... Anita Baker has staked her claim as one of the best Black female singers of all time. Since the 1980s, Baker has serenaded ...
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 ...
Music portal Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. ... Pages in category "African-American women singers" The following 109 ...
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.