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Adelina Patti: “sweetest singer of the age”

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Historical Snapshots

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.

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

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...

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American Tenor Roland Hayes

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Historical Snapshots

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...

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American Pianist “Blind Tom” Wiggins

Posted on November 10, 2021 by Historical Snapshots

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...

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Singer Ella Fitzgerald: a snapshot biography

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Historical Snapshots

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...

Billie Holiday singing, circa 1947
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A snapshot biography of Billie Holiday

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Historical Snapshots

Snapshot biography of Billie Holiday “I’ve been told that nobody sings the word ‘hunger’ like I do. Or the word ‘love.'” ...

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Beloved singer Nellie Melba

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Historical Snapshots

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...

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Joyce Bryant sings for first time on a dare

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

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...

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