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Alberta Hunter: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born April 1, 1895 • Memphis • Tennessee
Died October 17, 1984 (aged 89) • New York City • New York

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Portrait of American singer Alberta Hunter, resting her head on her hand and looking toward the camera, wearing earrings and a ring.
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Howlin Wolf, Chester Arthur Burnett, singing passionately into a microphone, 1964.
Howlin’ Wolf
American musician
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American musician
Celebrating Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
American musician
Bessie Smith poses in a sleeveless dress with jeweled accents, smiling and standing against a draped backdrop in 1936.
Bessie Smith
American singer
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Tommy Johnson
American musician
Postage stamp featuring a portrait of blues singer Ma Rainey smiling, with the text Ma Rainey, Blues Singer, 1886-1939, and a 29-cent denomination on an orange background.
Ma Rainey
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Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
American musician
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
American singer and musician
Sonny Boy Williamson II, c. 1960s
Sonny Boy Williamson
American musician
Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American musician
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
American musician
Blind Lemon Jefferson, c. 1928
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American musician
McGhee (right) with Sonny Terry
Brownie McGhee
American musician
Little Walter
Little Walter
American musician
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Big Joe Turner
American singer
Elmore James, wearing a suit and tie, sits holding an electric guitar, looking slightly to the side in a black-and-white portrait.
Elmore James
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Charley Patton
American musician
Leroy Carr, with Scrapper Blackwell (standing), Chicago, 1934.
Leroy Carr
American musician
Hudie Ledbetter, known as Leadbelly, sits in a suit playing a 12-string guitar at Bank Street School in New York City, surrounded by children listening.
Lead Belly
American musician
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer and guitarist

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