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B. Benny Bailey; Buster Bailey; Billy Banks (singer) Allan Barnes; Bill Barron (musician) Kenny Barron; Robert Barry (musician) LeRoy Battle; Sidney Bechet; Abshalom Ben Shlomo
This is a list of notable African-American singers that gives their year of birth and music genres with ... Jazz; Black Rob: Hip-hop; Paul Robeson (1898–1976 ...
Hazel Dorothy Scott (June 11, 1920 – October 2, 1981) was a Trinidadian jazz and classical pianist and singer. She was an outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation. She used her influence to improve the representation of Black Americans in film. [1] Born in Port of Spain, Scott moved to New York City with her mother at the age ...
circa 1948: American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996). ... Incomparable. The “Godmother of Soul” is one of the most famous Black American female singers ever.
June Smith (jazz singer) (1930–2016) Kate Smith (1907–1986) Keely Smith (1928–2017) Frank Sinatra (1915–1998) Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944–2016) Phoebe Snow (1952–2011) Jeri Southern (1926–1991) Luciana Souza (born 1966) Esperanza Spalding (born 1984) Dusty Springfield (1939–1999) Dorothy Squires (1915–1998) Jo Stafford (1917 ...
Jazz historian Rosetta Reitz pointed out that by the time Waters returned to Harlem in 1921, women blues singers were among the most powerful entertainers in the country. In 1921, Waters became the fifth black woman to make a record, for tiny Cardinal Records. She later joined Black Swan, where Fletcher Henderson was her accompanist. Waters ...
Get ready to travel back in time as we review some of the most famous Black singers from the 50s. ... American jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong (1898 – 1971). He is in London for a ...
Baker, c. 1908 Josephine Baker was born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri. [11] [14] [15] Baker's ancestry is unknown—her mother, Carrie, was adopted in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1886 by Richard and Elvira McDonald, both of whom were former slaves of African and Native American descent. [11]