Linda Hopkins (December 14, 1924 – April 10, 2017) was a Tony-winning American actress and blues and gospel singer. She recorded classic, traditional, and urban blues, and performed R&B and soul, jazz, and show tunes.
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Bessie Griffin
American singer (1922–1989)
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Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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Carrie Smith
American singer
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Clara Smith
American classic female blues singer
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Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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Susan Tedeschi
American blues and soul musician
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Liz McComb
American musician
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Will Holt
American singer, songwriter, librettist and lyricist
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Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Melba Moore
American singer, actress
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Lady Tambourine
American gospel musician from Louisiana
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Juanita Hall
American musical theatre and film actress; singer, recording artist (1901-1968)
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Joe Louis Walker
Blues musician
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Billie Pierce
American jazz pianist and singer
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Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Jennifer Holliday
American actress and singer
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Salome Bey
American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, and actress
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Ledisi
American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter and actress.
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Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
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Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse
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Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Ethel Waters
American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress
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Louis Prima
American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter (1910-1978)
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Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer
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Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Johnny Adams
American blues, jazz and gospel singer
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The Boswell Sisters
Singing trio popular during the Jazz Age
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Connee Boswell
American musician (1907-1976)
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Mavis Staples
American singer
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Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Willie Mae Ford Smith
American singer
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Sammy Price
American pianist
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Eva Taylor
American singer and actress (1895-1977)
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Lillian Boutté
American jazz singer
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James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Harry Connick Jr.
American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer