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This is a list of notable African-American singers that gives their year of birth and ... (born 1960): R&B, soul ... (1920–1994): jazz; Lee Michelle: (African ...
Pages in category "20th-century African-American singers" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:20th-century American male singers. It includes 20th-century American male singers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
The “Godmother of Soul” is one of the most famous Black American female singers ever. ... Marvin Gaye helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s and is still a major influence in R&B, pop ...
All Music Guide to the Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-736-6. Harrison, Daphne Duval (1990). Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s. New Brunswick and London: Rutgers. ISBN 0-8135-1280-8. Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray.
The 1920s blues, known as the classic blues, was a genre largely popularized by African-American women. Singers such as Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Alberta Hunter, and Ethel Waters were the most popular. [14] Ma Rainey, referred to as the "Mother of the Blues", became popular in the early 1900s.
A list of musical groups and artists who were active in the 1960s and associated with music in the decade This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
20th-century African-American singers (4 C, 20 P) Pages in category "20th-century African-American musicians" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,895 total.