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Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
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Valaida Snow
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Louis Armstrong
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Noble Sissle
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Mary Lou Williams
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Marie Bryant
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Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Ethel Waters
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Ella Fitzgerald
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Brigitte Bardot
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Dolly Jones
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Bud Powell
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Alberta Hunter
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Tommy Ladnier
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Cab Calloway
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Lena Horne
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Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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Duke Ellington
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Evelyn Dove
British singer and actress (1902-1987)
