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Lena Wilson
Lena Wilson
American blues singer (1898-1939)
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Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Sara Martin
Sara Martin
American blues singer
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Ethel Waters
Ethel Waters
American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress
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Johnny Dunn
Johnny Dunn
American traditional jazz trumpeter and vaudeville performer
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Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
African-American 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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Eva Taylor
Eva Taylor
American singer and actress (1895-1977)
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Lovie Austin
Lovie Austin
American pianist
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Daisy Martin
Daisy Martin
African American actress and blues singer
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
American singer (1937-2018)
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Mahalia Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Esther Bigeou
Esther Bigeou
American vaudeville and blues singer
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Ida Cox
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Coot Grant
Coot Grant
American classic female blues and vaudeville singer and songwriter
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Clara Smith
Clara Smith
American classic female blues singer
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Virginia Liston
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Marion Harris
Marion Harris
American musician (1896-1944)
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Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Helen Humes
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Edna Hicks
Edna Hicks
American blues singer and musician.
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All Angels
All Angels
British band
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Bessie Brown
Bessie Brown
American classic female blues, jazz, and cabaret singer
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Buck Washington
Buck Washington
American musician and pianist
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Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Frankie Jaxon
Frankie Jaxon
African American vaudeville singer, female impersonator, stage designer and comedian
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Lonette McKee
Lonette McKee
American actress
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George Mitchell
George Mitchell
jazz musician
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Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse
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Mabel Mercer
Mabel Mercer
British singer (1900-1984)
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Viola McCoy
Viola McCoy
American blues singer
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Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Shanice
Shanice
American singer-songwriter, actress and dancer
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Annie Ross
Annie Ross
British-American actress, singer and vocalist
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Pearl Bailey
Pearl Bailey
American singer
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Linda Hopkins
Linda Hopkins
African American actress and blues and gospel singer
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Cassandra Wilson
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Marlena Shaw
Marlena Shaw
American singer
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Ann Hampton Callaway
Ann Hampton Callaway
American singer
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Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater
American singer
Edith Wilson
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)

Edith Wilson

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American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)

Edith Wilson (September 2, 1896 – March 31, 1981) was a blues singer, vaudeville performer, and actress from Louisville, Kentucky, US. An African-American who performed and recorded in the classic female blues style in the 1920s, Wilson worked in vaudeville and stage productions, first in Louisville and later throughout the US and abroad. From the 1930s onward, she acted in radio plays and television, and from 1948 to 1966 represented the Aunt Jemima brand for Quaker Oats in personal appearances and on television. She remained an active performer until 1980.