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Ada Reeve

British actor and singer

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Bessie Bonehill

English vaudeville performer

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Ma Rainey

African-American blues singer

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Bessie Smith

American blues singer

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Jenny Hill

British music hall performer

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Marie Lloyd

English singer, comedian and actress (1870–1922)

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Mahalia Jackson

American gospel singer

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Marie Studholme

British actress

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Dan Leno

English music hall singer; comedian

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Little Tich

English music hall comedian

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Felice and Boudleaux Bryant

American wife and husband country music and pop songwriting team

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Millie Small

singer-songwriter

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Mrs Caulfield

English music hall singer active in the 1850s and 1860s

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Sam Cooke

American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

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Ethel Waters

American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress

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Dorothy Donegan

American jazz pianist

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Duffy Bishop

American electric blues singer and songwriter

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Julie Andrews

British actress, singer, dancer and author

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Vesta Tilley

English music hall performer and male impersonator

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Nina Simone

American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist

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Billie Holiday

American jazz singer

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Marie Dainton

British opera singer (1881-1938)

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Adelaide Hall

American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer

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Juanita Hall

American musical theatre and film actress; singer, recording artist (1901-1968)

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Carlos Gardel

Argentinian singer, songwriter, actor; the most prominent figure in the history of tango

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Diana Ross

American vocalist, music artist and actress

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Queen Latifah

American musician and actress

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Victoria Monks

British Musical Hall singer

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Hannah Chaplin

stage and musical actress

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Kate Carney

Music hall entertainer, singer, theatre operator

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Ida Cox

African American singer and vaudeville performer

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Nelly Power

British singer