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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