Occupation – Musicians
Valaida Snow (1905-1956)
Lyricist, Singer, dancer, arranger, and trumpeter Valaida Snow was born on June 2, 1905, in Chattanooga, Tennessee to John Snow,...
Olivette Miller (1914-2003)
Olivette Miller, a harpist, vocalist, and actress, was born in New York City on February 2, 1914. Her parents were...
Mildred Katharine Ellis (1906-2004)
Despite losing her father at the age of three, Mildred Katherine Ellis, born on September 20, 1906, in Johnson City,...
Lulu Vere Childers (1870-1946)
Contralto, pianist, pedagogist, administrator, and advocate Lulu Vere Childers had a profound impact on African American Spirituals and European classical...
Maxwell Alejandro Frost (1997-)
Maxwell Alejandro Frost, an Afro-Cuban activist, organizer, and musician, is the first member of Gen Z elected to serve in...
Rose Royce (1970- )
Rose Royce is an R&B group founded during the 1970s in Los Angeles, California. Original members of the group were...
DeBarge (1979–1989)
The R&B and soul music ensemble Debarge, named for their shared surname, comprises the children of Robert Louis DeBarge, Sr....
The Persuasions (1962-2017)
Known as the “perfect pitch” virtuosic a cappella legends, the Persuasions were established in 1962 by Jesse “Sweet Joe” Russell,...
The Emotions (1962-2020)
The Emotions were an American Grammy Award-winning soul/R&B vocal ensemble from Chicago, Illinois who began as a gospel group called...
