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Sonny Greer
Sonny Greer
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Ray Nance
Ray Nance
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Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington
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Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton
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Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Hall
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Cat Anderson
Cat Anderson
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Buster Cooper
Buster Cooper
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Smiley Burnette
Smiley Burnette
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Stuff Smith
Stuff Smith
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Al Hibbler
Al Hibbler
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Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard
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Billy Eckstine
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Earl Hines
Earl Hines
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
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Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey
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Barney Bigard
Barney Bigard
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
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Barrie Lee Hall, Jr.
Barrie Lee Hall, Jr.
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
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Bobby Troup
Bobby Troup
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Bennie Green
Bennie Green
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Bill Berry
Bill Berry
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Jimmy Woode
Jimmy Woode
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Russell Procope
Russell Procope
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Johnny Hodges
Johnny Hodges
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Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
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Chris Columbus
Chris Columbus
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Lawrence Brown
Lawrence Brown
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Mercer Ellington
Mercer Ellington
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Tricky Sam Nanton
Tricky Sam Nanton
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Haywood Henry
Haywood Henry
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
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Cliff Edwards
Cliff Edwards
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Eubie Blake
Eubie Blake
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Irving Mills
Irving Mills
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John Dankworth
John Dankworth
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Cozy Cole
Cozy Cole
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Tex Ritter
Tex Ritter
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
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William Attaway
William Attaway
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Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn
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Onzy Matthews
Onzy Matthews
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie
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Ernie Andrews
Ernie Andrews
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Herb Jeffries
American singer and actor (1913-2014)

Herb Jeffries

Intro
American singer and actor (1913-2014)
Record Labels
Awards Received
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Music

Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014) was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice.

He starred in several low-budget "race" Western feature films aimed at black audiences, Harlem on the Prairie (1937), Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938), Rhythm Rodeo (1938), The Bronze Buckaroo (1939) and Harlem Rides the Range (1939). He also acted in several other films and television shows. During his acting career he was usually billed as Herbert Jeffrey (sometimes "Herbert Jeffries" or "Herbert Jeffries, Sensational Singing Cowboy").

In the 1940s and 1950s Jeffries recorded for a number of labels, including RCA Victor, Exclusive, Coral, Decca, Bethlehem, Columbia, Mercury and Trend. His album Jamaica, recorded by RKO, is a concept album of self-composed calypso songs.