Adelina Patti: “sweetest singer of the age”
Adelina Patti awed audiences for much of the latter half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th with her beautiful voice, impeccable technique and dr...
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Sissieretta Jones: a snapshot biography.
Sissieretta Jones Biography “I have a voice and I am striving to win the favor of the public by honest merit and hard work.” – Sissieretta Jon...
American Tenor Roland Hayes
Roland’s experiences with racism were a norm throughout his career, especially in the beginning. When starting, he was told in the U.S. “that no one...
American Pianist “Blind Tom” Wiggins
The world knew him as “Blind Tom” Wiggins, a musical prodigy, one of the best-known American performing pianists of the 19th century. Born in Harris...
Singer Ella Fitzgerald: a snapshot biography
Ella was born in Newport News, Virginia, in 1917 to unmarried parents who separated about two years after her birth. She grew up without her birth father, as he...
A snapshot biography of Billie Holiday
Snapshot biography of Billie Holiday “I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do. Or the word ‘love.'” ...
Beloved singer Nellie Melba
It was said that Nellie Melba had “a beautiful voice; one of those clear, silvery, placid voices that flow without the slightest effort.” Nellie was born as Hel...
Joyce Bryant sings for first time on a dare
She was a teenager visiting cousins in Los Angeles. They went to a local club where an impromptu singalong began. On a dare she got up on stage to sing. Soon sh...