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Bessie Brown

American classic female blues, jazz, and cabaret singer

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Ada Reeve

British actor and singer

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Trixie Smith

African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)

3

Buck Washington

American musician and pianist

4

Vesta Tilley

English music hall performer and male impersonator

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Ma Rainey

African-American blues singer

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Mamie Smith

American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)

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Bessie Smith

American blues singer

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Viola McCoy

American blues singer

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Jenny Hill

British music hall performer

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Ford Dabney

American conductor and songwriter

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Lovie Austin

American pianist

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Lottie Collins

English singer and dancer

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Hetty King

Male impersonator

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Annette Hanshaw

American singer

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Ida Cox

African American singer and vaudeville performer

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Ella Shields

Music hall, male impersonator

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Whispering Jack Smith

American musician