Musicians & Singers
Resources about African American musicians and singers.
Alberta Hunter (3)
Josephine Baker @
Aretha Franklin (1)
Kathleen Battle (2)
B.B. King (1)
Leadbelly (1)
Berry Gordy (1)
Lena Horne @
Bessie Smith (2)
Leontyne Price (3)
Billie Holiday (2)
Louis Armstrong (3)
Blind Lemon Jefferson (2)
Ma Rainey (2)
Cab Calloway (4)
Mahalia Jackson (2)
Chuck Berry (3)
Mamie Smith (1)
Clara Smith (1)
Marian Anderson (4)
Count Basie (3)
Miles Davis (2)
Dizzy Gillespie (2)
Muddy Waters (1)
Duke Ellington (3)
Nat King Cole (2)
Edmond Dede (1)
Otis Redding (1)
Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield (2)
Pearl Bailey (4)
Ella Fitzgerald (2)
Ray Charles (2)
Ethel Waters (3)
Robert Johnson (1)
Fletcher Henderson (1)
Robert Nathaniel Dett (1)
Florence Price (1)
Sarah Vaughan (3)
James Brown (3)
Stevie Wonder (1)
Jelly Roll Morton (1)
Ulysses Simpson Kay (2)
Jessye Norman (2)
W.C. Handy (2)
Jimi Hendrix (1)
William Grant Still (1)
John Coltrane (2)
Wilson Pickett (3)
John Lee Hooker (1)
The History of Blues Music
From blues music came great artists, such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Bessie Smith and others. But the blues might never have been created if it had not been for the influence of hollers, calls, and the changes that occurred in the lives of blacks. It combined the styles of the past with a new type of song. The popularity of the blues marked a new era for black music.
From blues music came great artists, such as Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Bessie Smith and others. But the blues might never have been created if it had not been for the influence of hollers, calls, and the changes that occurred in the lives of blacks. It combined the styles of the past with a new type of song. The popularity of the blues marked a new era for black music.