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Cow Cow Davenport
American musician
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Mattie Hite
African-American blues singer
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Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Porter Grainger
American musician
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Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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William Attaway
American novelist, short story writer, essayist, songwriter, playwright, screenwriter
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J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz trombonist
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Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
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Benny Carter
American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader (1907-2003)
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Blanche Calloway
American singer, bandleader and composer
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Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse
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Sonny Greer
American jazz drummer
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Frankie Jaxon
African American vaudeville singer, female impersonator, stage designer and comedian
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Scatman Crothers
American entertainer (1910-1986)
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Sam Theard
American songwriter, singer, and comedian (1904-1982)
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Lovie Austin
American pianist
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Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
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Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
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Scrapper Blackwell
American blues guitarist and singer
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Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Peetie Wheatstraw
American country blues musician
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Olu Dara
American musician
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Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
