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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Lovie Austin
Lovie Austin
American pianist
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Mildred Bailey
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
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Edith Wilson
Edith Wilson
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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Wynonie Harris
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
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Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress
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Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Lil Hardin Armstrong
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
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Rosa Henderson
Rosa Henderson
American vaudeville, jazz and blues singer
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Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
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Mattie Hite
Mattie Hite
African-American blues singer
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Ike & Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
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Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Lena Wilson
Lena Wilson
American blues singer (1898-1939)
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Nina Simone
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
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Ike Turner
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Eva Taylor
Eva Taylor
American singer and actress (1895-1977)
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Big Maybelle
Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
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Scatman Crothers
Scatman Crothers
American entertainer (1910-1986)
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
American musician
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Gladys Bentley
Gladys Bentley
American blues singer
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Etta James
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Drink Small
Drink Small
African American soul blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
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Jerry Wexler
Jerry Wexler
American music journalist and producer
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Scotty Moore
Scotty Moore
American musician
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis
American singer, musician, composer, and record producer
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Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)
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Ida Cox
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas Newborn Jr.
American pianist
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Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
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Tommy Ladnier
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz cornetist/trumpeter
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Mickey Baker
Mickey Baker
American jazz and rock guitarist
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Denise LaSalle
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips
American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ
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Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
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Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
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Joyce Cobb
Joyce Cobb
American jazz and R&B singer
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Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
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Viola McCoy
Viola McCoy
American blues singer
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Lester Young
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
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Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse

Alberta Hunter

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American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse
Awards Received
Blues Hall of Fame
Memphis Music Hall of Fame
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Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter from the early 1920s to the late 1950s. After twenty years of working as a nurse, Hunter resumed her singing career in 1977.