Ruby Smith (August 24, 1903 – March 24, 1977) was an American classic female blues singer. She was a niece, by marriage, of the better-known Bessie Smith, who discouraged Ruby from pursuing a recording career. Nevertheless, following Bessie's death in 1937, Ruby recorded twenty-one sides between 1938 and 1947. She is also known for her candid observations on her own and Bessie's lifestyle.
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Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Coot Grant
American classic female blues and vaudeville singer and songwriter
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Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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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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Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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Lovie Austin
American pianist
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Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Edith Wilson
American blues singer and vaudeville performer (1896-1981)
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Hazel Meyers
American classic female blues and country blues singer
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Bessie Brown
American classic female blues, jazz, and cabaret singer
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Linda Hopkins
African American actress and blues and gospel singer
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Alice Leslie Carter
United States American classic female blues singer
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Gladys Bentley
American blues singer
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Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Madlyn Davis
American classic female blues singer
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Porter Grainger
American musician
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Ethel Waters
American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress
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Bea Booze
American musician
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Kitty Brown
American classic female blues singer
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Clara Smith
American classic female blues singer
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Eva Taylor
American singer and actress (1895-1977)
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Sammy Price
American pianist
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Elmer Snowden
American musician
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Rosa Henderson
American vaudeville, jazz and blues singer
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Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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Joyce Cobb
American jazz and R&B singer
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Hot Lips Page
American jazz musician
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Lucille Bogan
American blues singer
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Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Viola McCoy
American blues singer
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Teresa Brewer
US pop singer
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Lillian Goodner
African American blues singer
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Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
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Bertha Idaho
American classic female blues singer
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Carrie Smith
American singer
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Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Lena Wilson
American blues singer (1898-1939)
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Monette Moore
American jazz and blues singer (1902-1962)
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Tiny Davis
American trumpeter
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Etta Jones
American jazz singer
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Esther Bigeou
American vaudeville and blues singer
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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Bessie Tucker
American classic female blues singer and songwriter
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Albennie Jones
American singer
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Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Carmen McRae
American jazz musician and actress
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Sam Wooding
American jazz pianist
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Annisteen Allen
singer
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Wendy Saddington
Australian singer, journalist
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Ida May Mack
musical artist
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Charlie Green
American jazz trombonist
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Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
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Billie Pierce
American jazz pianist and singer
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Amina Claudine Myers
American musician
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Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Martha Copeland
American classic female blues singer