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Singer Whitney Houston is seen performing on stage during the 2004 World Music Awards at the Thomas and Mack Center on September 15, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) –
Alyson Cambridge (born 1980): operatic soprano and classical music, jazz, and American popular song singer Cam'ron (born 1976): Hip hop Canon (born 1989): Christian hip hop
As the first Black woman to receive a Juno Award, Liberty Silver is widely known for paving the way for future generations of Black female artists in the Canadian music industry. [5] She won two 1985 Juno Awards , one for Best R&B/Soul Recording of the Year ("Lost Somewhere Inside Your Love") and the other for Best Reggae/Calypso Recording ...
John Dee Holeman (April 4, 1929, Orange County, North Carolina – April 30, 2021) [41] His music includes elements of Texas blues, R&B and African-American string-band music. In his younger days he was also known for his proficiency as a buckdancer. [42] [43] Frank Hovington (January 9, 1919 – June 21, 1982). Guitar and banjo player and ...
Jeff Black is an American singer-songwriter originally from Kansas City, Missouri, and now based in Nashville, Tennessee. His writings have been described in the Allmusic as "impressionistic songs that are smart without forgetting the emotional undercurrent."
Corbin Beckner Smidzik (born February 20, 1998), known mononymously as Corbin (FKA Spooky Black and Lil Spook) [3] is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was a member of the hip hop / R&B collective Thestand4rd .
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]
Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African-American singer, [1] [2] [3] the first blues song recorded at all by an African-American woman, [4] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [5] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African-American female singer, [6] "You Can't Keep a Good ...