You could describe Ray Charles as one of the most famous Black blues singers from the 50s, but that would mean discounting ...

Ethel Waters was a pioneering jazz and blues singer whose career began in the 1920s and continued into the ’50s and ’60s. Her powerful voice and dynamic performances made her a standout artist.

Karole Foreman, who plays the Woman of the World, represents the Black blues women of the late 1930s-’50s, who found crossover success as big band and solo artists, like Kay Davis, Billie ...

In 1981, the Maintenance Shop teamed up once again with Iowa Public Broadcasting to record a blockbuster series of eight concerts featuring seminal blues artists. Most of the dates for what became the ...

John Lodge keeping Moody Blues music alive more than 50 years later Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook; Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X; ...

Antone’s Nightclub Celebrates 50 Years at 2025 Austin Blues Festival April 26-27 event colors outside the genre lines By Angelina Liu, 5:50PM, Mon. Apr. 21, 2025 ...

January 2024 marks 50 years of live music and events at the Maintenance Shop, the iconic club and performance space on the ground floor of Iowa State University’s Memorial Union. Music legends and ...

Impact and Influence of Black Singers from the 1950s 15th September 1954: Keith Edwards and Queenie Marques, two newly arrived immigrants from Jamaica relax to the sound of Keith’s trumpet playing.

You can’t study the history of popular music without familiarizing yourself with the best Black singers from the 50s. In fact, […] Black singers from the 1950s: Influence, legacy, and cultural ...