Musician-Singer
Samara Joy (1999-)
Lyric Contralto Jazz artist Samara Joy (McLendon) was born on November 11, 1999, and raised in the Castle Hill neighborhood...
Revella Hughes (1895-1987)
Revella Hughes was a soprano singer, composer, musician, recording artist, and the first female choral director for a Broadway production....
Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976)
Mance Lipscomb was a blues singer, guitarist, and songster, born Beau De Glen Lipscomb on April 9, 1895, to an...
Robert Sylvester Kelly / “R. Kelly” (1967- )
Robert Sylvester Kelly, better known as R. Kelly, is an R&B singer, songwriter, and producer who is best known for his hit...
Baaba Maal (1953- )
Professional singer and guitarist Baaba Maal was born in 1953 in Podor, Northern Senegal, in a fishermen’s family belonging to the Toucouleur people. Nevertheless, his...
Warner McCrary (c.1810–n.d.)
Warner McCary, slave, musician, performer, self-identified prophet, and physician, was born in Natchez, Mississippi, circa 1810. His mother, Franky, was...
Mabel Alice Wadham Mercer (1900-1984)
Mabel Mercer was one of the most important jazz cabaret singers of the 20th Century. Her personal singing style emphasizing...
Radmilla Cody (1975- )
Radmilla Cody, GRAMMY-nominated Navajo recording artist, was born in the Navajo Nation and grew up in Grand Falls, Arizona. Cody...
Prince Rogers Nelson (“Prince,” “The Artist Formerly Known As Prince”) (1958-2016)
Prince Rogers Nelson, songwriter, singer, producer, and all-around musical icon, was born on June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Music...
