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The little-known story of Mamie Smith, the first African American female singer who gained instant fame but died penniless
revolutionizing the blues genre and opening the doors of popular music to Black female artists. More importantly, the success of “Crazy Blues” proved to the music industry that Black women ...
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5 Black Female Artists Who Made History With Their Record-Breaking Tours
Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour brought in over $579 million, setting a record as the highest-grossing tour by a Black ...
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The Most Influential Female Blues Musicians
Today, women blues artists are as likely to excel as instrumentalists ... film adaptation of August Wilson’s play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, was a pivotal early blues figure, and a transitory ...
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8 genre-defining Black country, folk and blues musicians
Black country, folk and blues musicians have always been vital to the genres' very American, very long legacies. The ...