You could describe Ray Charles as one of the most famous Black blues singers from the 50s, but that would mean discounting ...

Black History Meets Black Music: 'Blues People' At 50 : A Blog Supreme In 1963, a jazz-obsessed, college-educated black Beat poet in New York wrote a "theoretical endeavor" linking the ...

Ethel Waters was a pioneering jazz and blues singer whose career began in the 1920s and continued into the ’50s and ’60s. Her powerful voice and dynamic performances made her a standout artist.

Karole Foreman, who plays the Woman of the World, represents the Black blues women of the late 1930s-’50s, who found crossover success as big band and solo artists, like Kay Davis, Billie ...

Impact and Influence of Black Singers from the 1950s 15th September 1954: Keith Edwards and Queenie Marques, two newly arrived immigrants from Jamaica relax to the sound of Keith’s trumpet playing.

You can’t study the history of popular music without familiarizing yourself with the best Black singers from the 50s. In fact, […] Black singers from the 1950s: Influence, legacy, and cultural ...