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Bessie Brown
Bessie Brown
American classic female blues, jazz, and cabaret singer
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Ada Reeve
Ada Reeve
British actor 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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Buck Washington
Buck Washington
American musician and pianist
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Vesta Tilley
Vesta Tilley
English music hall performer and male impersonator
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Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
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Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Viola McCoy
Viola McCoy
American blues singer
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Jenny Hill
Jenny Hill
British music hall performer
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Ford Dabney
Ford Dabney
American conductor and songwriter
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Lovie Austin
Lovie Austin
American pianist
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Lottie Collins
Lottie Collins
English singer and dancer
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Hetty King
Hetty King
Male impersonator
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Annette Hanshaw
Annette Hanshaw
American singer
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Ida Cox
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Ella Shields
Ella Shields
Music hall, male impersonator
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Whispering Jack Smith
Whispering Jack Smith
American musician
Bessie Bonehill
English vaudeville performer

Bessie Bonehill

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English vaudeville performer
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Bessie Bonehill (17 February 1855 – 21 August 1902) was an English vaudeville singer, comic entertainer and male impersonator. She toured widely in the United States in the 1890s, becoming "one of the most famous and wealthy entertainers of her day".