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Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age.Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s.
They were also particularly prominent in African-American culture in the post-Civil War era, perhaps as a means of conferring status that had been negated by slavery, [2] and as a result entered early jazz and blues music, including figures such as Duke Ellington and Count Basie. [3]
Sandra L. Hall (born September 5, 1951) [3] is an American blues and soul blues singer and songwriter. She has been billed as Atlanta's "Empress of the Blues" [1] Hall is an Honorary Member of the Atlanta Blues Society. [4] To date she has released five albums, including three on Ichiban Records. [5]
US President Donald Trump arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, following a trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, for the NFL Super Bowl on February 10, 2025.
The former Blues Clues star got his start on Nickelodeon's 1996 hit show at 22 years old. The program gained immediate success and reached No. 1 shortly after airing, much to Steve's surprise.
Classic female blues was an early form of blues music, popular in the 1920s. An amalgam of traditional folk blues and urban theater music, the style is also known as vaudeville blues . Classic blues were performed by female singers accompanied by pianists or small jazz ensembles and were the first blues to be recorded.
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A global, multilingual list of rhythm and blues and contemporary R&B musicians recognized via popular R&B genres as songwriters, instrumentalists, vocalists, mixing engineers, and for musical composition and record production.