Deford Bailey was born on this date in 1899. He was an African American Country and Blues musician.
He was born in Bellwood, TN., and...
Deford Bailey was born on this date in 1899. He was an African American Country and Blues musician.
He was born in Bellwood, TN., and...
*Mabel Mercer was born on this date in 1900. She was an African American cabaret singer.
From Buron-on-Trent, England, Mercer’s father (...
*Kokomo Arnold was born on this date in 1901. He was an African American blues musician.
From Lovejoy, Georgia born James Arnold, he...
On this date in 1901 John Wesley Work III was born. He was an African American composer, historian, and educator.
He was born into a...
*This date marks the birth of Louis Armstrong. He was an African American jazz, cornet, and trumpet player, singer, band leader, and entertainer...
Jesse Stone was born on this date in 1901. He was an African American band leader, song writer, and music producer.
Born in Atchison, KS...
On this in 1902, date we remember the birth of Blind Willie Johnson. He was an African American gospel singer who performed on the streets of...
*Blanche Calloway was born on this date in 1902. She was an African American singer and bandleader.
From Baltimore, MD, in 1921, Blanche...
*On this date in 1902, Son House was born. He was an African American blues musician.
Born in Riverton, Mississippi on a Delta...
This date in 1902 marks the birth of Jimmie Lunceford, an African American musician and arranger, and one of the great band leaders of the swing...
*The birth of Evelyn Dove in 1902 is celebrated on this date. She was a Black British cabaret and jazz singer.
Dove was born in London...
On this date we mark the birth of Jimmy Rushing in 1902. Known as "Mister Five-by-Five," he was an African American singer-pianist.
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Mary Smith McClain was born on this date in 1902. She was an African American blues singer and entertainer.
She was born in Huntington,...
Julia Lee was born on this date in 1902. She was an African American singer and pianist.
Julia Lee was born in Boonville, Missouri and...
*Abel Meeropol was born on this date in 1903. He was a White Jewish American writer, teacher and songwriter.
Meeropol was born in The...
This date is the birthday of Earl "Fatha" Hines, born in 1903. He was an African American jazz pianist, whose style was showcased by intricate...
Fats Waller, an African American composer, singer, and entertainer, was born on this date in 1904.
Thomas Wright ("Fats") Waller grew up...
On this date in 1904, Willie Mae Ford Smith was born. She was an African American gospel singer.
Born in Rolling Fork, MS, “Mother”...
It was on this date in 1904, that Count Basie was born. He was an African American American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer....
Coleman Hawkins, an African American jazz composer and saxophonist, was born on this date in 1904.
Coleman Randolph Hawkins was from St...