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Phyllis Linda Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Hyman's music career spanned the late 1970s through the early 1990s, and she was best known for her expansive contralto range. [3]
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.
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.
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), [1] known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul". [2] LaBelle began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles.
James P. Gourley, Pennsylvania House of Representatives member; William H. Gray (1941–2013), Baptist minister, U.S. House of Representatives member, and former United Negro College Fund president; William J. Green III (born 1938), Philadelphia major and U.S. House of Representatives member; Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941), U.S. Senator and ...
John Cavadus Whitehead (July 10, 1948 – May 11, 2004) was an American singer and songwriter. He was best known as one of the key members of the Philadelphia International record label, and was one-half of the successful team of McFadden & Whitehead with Gene McFadden.
Aaliyah (1979–2001): R&B, pop; Johnny Ace: R&B; Alicia Keys (born 1981): pop; Gregory Abbott (born 1954): soul, R&B, his father was born in Venezuela; Armenta Adams: Classical pianist
Singers from Philadelphia (1 C, 183 P) Pages in category "Musicians from Philadelphia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 419 total.