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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Martha Copeland
Martha Copeland
American classic female blues singer
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Maggie Jones
Maggie Jones
American blues singer and pianist
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Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
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Viola McCoy
Viola McCoy
American blues singer
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Lovie Austin
Lovie Austin
American pianist
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Ida Cox
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Ida May Mack
Ida May Mack
musical artist
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Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Bertha Idaho
Bertha Idaho
American classic female blues singer
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Laura Smith
Laura Smith
American classic female blues and country blues singer
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Esther Bigeou
Esther Bigeou
American vaudeville and blues singer
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Virginia Liston
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Eva Taylor
Eva Taylor
American singer and actress (1895-1977)
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Rosa Henderson
Rosa Henderson
American vaudeville, jazz and blues 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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Kitty Brown
Kitty Brown
American classic female blues singer
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Lucille Bogan
Lucille Bogan
American blues singer
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Josie Miles
Josie Miles
American singer
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Valerie Wellington
Valerie Wellington
American Chicago blues and electric blues singer and actress (1959-1993)
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Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Coot Grant
Coot Grant
American classic female blues and vaudeville singer and songwriter
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Edith Wilson
Edith Wilson
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)
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Bessie Brown
Bessie Brown
American classic female blues, jazz, and cabaret singer
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Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Alice Leslie Carter
Alice Leslie Carter
United States American classic female blues singer
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J. C. Johnson
J. C. Johnson
American musician
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Daisy Martin
Daisy Martin
African American actress and blues singer
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Helen Gross
Helen Gross
American classic female blues singer
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Marion Harris
Marion Harris
American musician (1896-1944)
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Edmonia Henderson
Edmonia Henderson
African American classic female blues singer
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Willie Baker
Willie Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist singer and songwriter
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Lillian Glinn
Lillian Glinn
American classic female blues and country blues singer and songwriter
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Tom Delaney
Tom Delaney
African American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer
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Edna Hicks
Edna Hicks
American blues singer and musician.
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Linda Hopkins
Linda Hopkins
African American actress and blues and gospel singer
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Bessie Tucker
Bessie Tucker
American classic female blues singer and songwriter
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Bernice Edwards
Bernice Edwards
American musician and singer
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Madlyn Davis
Madlyn Davis
American classic female blues singer
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Porter Grainger
Porter Grainger
American musician
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Fannie May Goosby
Fannie May Goosby
American singer
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Ruby Smith
Ruby Smith
American classic female blues singer
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Cleo Gibson
Cleo Gibson
American blues singer
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Lavinia Turner
Lavinia Turner
musical artist
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Hazel Meyers
Hazel Meyers
American classic female blues and country blues singer
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Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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Lillian Goodner
Lillian Goodner
African American blues singer
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Mildred Bailey
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
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Vess Ossman
Vess Ossman
American musician
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Toni Harper
Toni Harper
American singer
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Josephine Baker
Josephine Baker
American-born French dancer, singer, and actress (1906-1975)
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Mattie Hite
Mattie Hite
African-American blues singer
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Sara Martin
Sara Martin
American blues singer
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel
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Barbara Dane
Barbara Dane
American singer
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Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Eileen Farrell
Eileen Farrell
singer
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Lottie Kimbrough
Lottie Kimbrough
American country blues singer
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Hattie Hart
Hattie Hart
American Memphis blues singer and songwriter
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Eddie Heywood
Eddie Heywood
American jazz pianist, songwriter
Clara Smith
American classic female blues singer

Clara Smith

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American classic female blues singer
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Clara Smith (March 13, 1894 – February 2, 1935) was one of the first of the Blues Divas. She was an American classic female blues singer, billed as the "Queen of the Moaners", although she had a lighter and sweeter voice than many of her contemporaries. Clara Smith was not related to the singers Bessie Smith and Mamie Smith.