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,...
February 9th, 2025

Olivette Miller (1914-2003)
Olivette Miller, a harpist, vocalist, and actress, was born in New York City on February 2, 1914. Her parents were...
February 2nd, 2025

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,...
January 26th, 2025

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...
January 17th, 2025

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...
February 6th, 2023

Rose Royce (1970- )
Rose Royce is an R&B group founded during the 1970s in Los Angeles, California. Original members of the group were...
August 29th, 2021

DeBarge (1979–1989)
The R&B and soul music ensemble Debarge, named for their shared surname, comprises the children of Robert Louis DeBarge, Sr....
August 29th, 2021

The Persuasions (1962-2017)
Known as the “perfect pitch” virtuosic a cappella legends, the Persuasions were established in 1962 by Jesse “Sweet Joe” Russell,...
August 20th, 2021

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...
August 10th, 2021