Valerie Wellington (November 14, 1959 – January 2, 1993) was an American singer who, in her short career, switched from singing opera to singing Chicago blues and electric blues. On her 1984 album, Million Dollar Secret, she worked with Sunnyland Slim, Billy Branch, and Magic Slim. She also worked with Lee "Shot" Williams.
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Aron Burton
American electric Chicago blues bass guitarist and singer
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Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Lady Bianca
American singer
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Dave Specter
American Chicago blues and jazz guitarist
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Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
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Washboard Sam
American blues singer and musician
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Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
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Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
American blues bassist and singer
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Hattie Hart
American Memphis blues singer and songwriter
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Little Arthur Duncan
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
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Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Liz Mandeville
American blues singer, songwriter, guitarist, and rubboard player
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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Laura Smith
American classic female blues and country blues singer
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Barbara Dane
American singer
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Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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Billy Branch
American Grammy nominated Chicago Blues harmonica player, singer, primary Blues in Schools originator
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Barkin' Bill Smith
Chicago blues and electric blues singer and songwriter
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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E.C. Scott
musical artist
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Jo Armstead
singer and songwriter
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Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
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Lefty Dizz
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Linda Tillery
American singer and percussionist
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Bonnie Lee
American Chicago blues singer
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Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
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Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
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Golden "Big" Wheeler
Chicago blues singer
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Lynn White
musical artist
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Wesla Whitfield
American singer
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Nora Jean Bruso
musical artist
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
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Joe Louis Walker
Blues musician
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Phoebe Snow
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Bob Stroger
American blues singer and bass guitarist
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Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Alger "Texas" Alexander
American blues singer
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Mavis Staples
American singer
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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J. B. Hutto
American blues musician
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Maurice John Vaughn
American musician
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Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Cash McCall
American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Walter Vinson
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Floyd Jones
American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Guitar Slim
American blues musician
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Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
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Casey Bill Weldon
American country blues musician
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Magic Slim
American blues musician
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Irene Scruggs
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer
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Renée Fleming
American opera soprano
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Eileen Farrell
singer
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Kiri Te Kanawa
New Zealand opera singer
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Barrelhouse Chuck
Pianist, singer and songwriter
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Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Michael Coleman
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
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T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Plas Johnson
American musician
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Walter Roland
American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, guitarist and singer
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Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse
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Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer