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King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band 1920, Calendar
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band 1920, Calendar



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African American musicians and entertainers ~

Billie Holiday
John Lee Hooker

Sam 'Lighnin' Hopkins
Lena Horne

Whitney Houston
Alberta Hunter


Billie Holiday Poster
Billie Holiday
Lady Day, 1915-1959
Giant Poster

Billie Holiday
b. 4-7-1915; Philadelphia, PA
d. 7-17-1959

Billie Holiday, nicknamed “Lady Day”, was a jazz singer and songwriter, manipulating phrasing and tempo with her voice. Holiday took her stage name from actress Billie Dove.

A statue of jazz singer Billie Holiday is located at the corner of Lafayette & Pennsylvania Ave, Baltimore, MD.

women in music posters


John Lee Hooker, Limited Edition on Canvas
John Lee Hooker,
Limited Edition on Canvas

John Lee Hooker
b. 8-22-1917; Coahoma Co., Mississippi
d. 6-21-2001; CA

John Lee Hooker was a blues singer-songwriter and guitarist with a “talking blues” style.


Lightnin' Hopkins - Hootin' the Blues, Photographic Print
Lightnin' Hopkins -
Hootin' the Blues,
Photographic Print

Sam ‘Lighnin'’ Hopkins
b. 3-15-1912; Centreville, TX
d. 1-30-1982, Houston, TX

Sam ‘Lighnin'’ Hopkins was a country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist. He was listed in the 100 Greatest Guitarists of all time by the Rolling Stone magazine.


Lena Horne, Photo
Lena Horne,
Photo

Lena Horne
b. 6-30-1917; Brooklyn
d. 5-9-2010; NYC

Lena Horne, a singer and actress, has recorded and performed alone and with notables such as Duke Ellington. Horne's career spanned from 1933 as a member of the Cotton Club chorus line, through film, TV, nightclubs, concerts and recording to 2000.

Lena Horne was also a civil rights activist working with Eleanor Roosevelt and Medgar Evers.

An Evening with Lena Horne, DVD


Whitney Houston, Rolling Stone no. 658, June 1993, Phtographic Print
Whitney Houston,
Rolling Stone no. 658,
June 1993,
Phtographic Print

Whitney Houston
b. 8-9-1963; Newark, NJ

Whitney Houston is noted as one of the best selling singers in the world with over 200 million albums and singles.


Alberta Hunter, My Castle's Rockin', DVD
Alberta Hunter, My Castle's Rockin', DVD

Alberta Hunter
b. 4-1-1895; Memphis, TN
; Boston, MA

Blues singer, songwriter, and nurse, Alberta Hunter started her musical career in the early 1920s, and became a successful jazz and blues recording artist. Hunter retired from performing in the 1950s and became a nurse; she resumed her singing career in her eighties.


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