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Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield (1817 – March 31, 1876), dubbed "The Black Swan" (a play on Jenny Lind's sobriquet, "The Swedish Nightingale" and Catherine Hayes's "The Irish Swan"), [1] [2] was an American singer considered the best-known Black concert artist of her time.
Anita "Margarita" Mahfood (died 2 January 1965) was a dancer, actress, and singer in Jamaica.She was called "the famous Rhumba queen" [2] and headlined performances. She also performed reggae music, writing and singing her own music, one of the first women in Jamaica to do so.
Founder of Black Swan Records Harry Herbert Pace (January 6, 1884 – July 19, 1943) was an American music publisher and insurance executive. He was the founder of Black Swan Records , the first record label owned by an African American with wide distribution capabilities.
Cult folk musician and painter Ed Askew has died. He was 84 years old. PEOPLE can confirm that Askew had been battling "ongoing health struggles" and he had been in hospice care. However, no cause ...
When Harry Pace left the company to start Black Swan Records, he took Henderson with him to be musical director, a job which lasted from 1921 until 1923. [4] From 1920 to 1923, he primarily played piano accompaniment for blues singers. [10] Henderson toured with the Black Swan Troubadours featuring Ethel Waters from October 1921 to July 1922. [11]
Name Age Date Location of death Cause of death Chris Karrer Amon Düül, Amon Düül II, Embryo: 76: January 2, 2024: COVID-19 [1]: Glynis Johns Actress and singer: 100: January 4, 2024
A former ballerina was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday in the 2020 shooting death of her estranged husband in Florida. CBS affiliate WTSP reports that Ashley Benefield was sentenced to 20 ...
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2017.