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Mary Lou Williams
Mary was a jazz pianist, and arranger -
Ella Fitsgerald
She created over 200 albums and 2,000 songs in her lifetime. She made scatting A popular choose ,which became her signature sound. Ella was the first African American woman to win a grammy. -
Lena Horne
A singer and actress her flim stormy weather, which included her trade mark theme songs. -
Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson was an internationally celebrated contralto singer and the first African American to sing at the New York Metropolitan Opera. -
Etta James
She is well Know for her song "At Last" Which won a grammy in 2004 -
Natalle Cole
Natalie Cole, the daughter of Nat King Cole, is a Grammy Award winning musician in her own right. -
Odetta
The folk singer, Odetta, performs at the Berkeley Community Center in 1958. -
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday, nicknamed "Lady Day," was one of the most celebrated jazz singers of the earlier 20th century. -
Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston is an American singer and actress whose first four albums, released between 1985 and 1992, amassed global sales in excess of 86 million copies. -
the supremes
The supremes peformed in london in 1965. it inculdes L-R: Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross -
Tina Turner
Tina Turner in concert, January 1, 1970. -
Chaka Khan
Singer Chaka Khan performs with the group Rufus on the "Soul Train" televison show. -
Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah earned a Grammy Award in 1993 for her single "U.N.I.T.Y.," which decried sexism and violence against women. -
Lauren Hill
Lauren Hill's 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was nominated for 10 Grammy Awards, winning 5. -
TLC
Chilli" Thomas, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins of TLC. -
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leontyne Price
A Lyric soprano, boradway and on tv. one of the first to appear on the opera stage -
Julie Andrews
She was a singer in the huge product, the sound of music. She is also in the movie the princess diaries. She has a huge fan based group of mixed ages, that like her products. -
Tracey Chapman
Fast Car is a song that she wrote and it was a very well selling song. She had a very unique voice and that people enjoyed listening to -
Francesca Caccini
She was nicked named the songbird. she is the first female ever to write a whole opera by her self. She was also a poet and vocalist -
Amy Beach
She is known majoryly for her muisc because it destroyed the barriers of her time. she produces the most beautiful music on the piano
