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Virginia Liston was among the blues performers whose profession was spent primarily in Dark vaudeville. She actually is said to possess gotten her begin in display business around 1912 in Washington D.C. In 1920 she wedded entertainer Sam Grey and toured with him within a husband-and-wife group known as Liston …

Oliver Nelson was a unique soloist on alto, tenor, and also soprano, but his composing eventually overshadowed his taking part in abilities. He became a specialist in early stages in 1947, using the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra along with St. Louis big rings going by George Hudson and Nat Towles. In 1951, …

Among the initial African-American comedians to cross to mainstream light viewers, Dick Gregory was also among the fiercest sociopolitical satirists of his day time; utilizing the nightclub stage as his soapbox, he provocatively explored the racial inequities from the civil privileges period with compassion, severe understanding, and blunt, immediate humor. …