Emma Albani
“Queen of Song” in oratorio and opera.
“Queen of Song” in oratorio and opera.
As ‘Gert and Daisy’, the Waters sisters became stalwarts of seaside variety shows, music halls, Royal Variety performances, and the occasional film, although radio was where they found a natural home and made their best work.
As ‘Gert and Daisy’, the Waters sisters became stalwarts of seaside variety shows, music halls, Royal Variety performances, and the occasional film, although radio was where they found a natural home and made their best work.
German singer and composer
Swedish-American dramatic soprano
Mexican opera singer
Irish blues and jazz singer
Polish opera singer
Scottish-American dramatic soprano
Acknowledged as one of the greatest blues singers of the twentieth century, Bessie Smith reigned as the “Empress of the Blues” throughout most of the 1920s.