| LC control no. | n 90708908 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Brown, Ada |
| Variant(s) | Brown, Ada, 1890-1950 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1890-05-01 |
| Death date | 1950-03-31 |
| Place of birth | Kansas City (Kan.) |
| Place of death | Kansas City (Kan.) |
| Affiliation | Pekin (Organization : Chicago, Ill.) Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra New Lafayette Theatre Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Actors |
| Found in | Sorry but I can't take you [SR] p1980: label (Ada Brown) Wikipedia, August 3, 2011: (Ada Brown: May 1, 1890, March 31, 1950; was an American blues singer) African American National Biography, accessed June 08, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Brown, Ada; 'Queen of the Blues'; stage / screen actor, blues musician / singer; born 01 May 1890 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States; performer at Bob Mott's Pekin Theater in Chicago (1910); joined Bennie Moten's band and sang the blues (1920s); left the band for the East Coast's vaudeville theater circuit (late 1920s); toured with the shows Step on It and Struttin' Time (1922, 1924); made second record, including Panama Limited Blues and Tia Juana Man; stage appearances at Harlem's Lafayette Theatre included Plantation Days, Bandannaland, and Tan Town Tamales (1927, 1928, 1930); sang with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra at the Grand Terrace CafeĢ (1936); helped found the Negro Actors Guild of America in New York City; first and only film appearance was Stormy Weather, which became a cinematic survey of African American entertainment (1943); died 31 March 1950 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States) |
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