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Black and Blue

American musical
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  • Nicholas Brothers
    Nicholas Brothers
    / Television and later work

    …his choreography in the musical Black and Blue (performed 1989–91). In 1994 both brothers were honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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    …his choreography in the musical Black and Blue (performed 1989–91). In 1994 both brothers were honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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  • Ruth Brown, c. 1955.
    Ruth Brown

    …leading actress for the musical Black and Blue, and in 1990 she won a Grammy Award for best jazz vocal by a female. A champion of musicians’ rights, she spoke out against exploitative contracts, and in the 1980s she eventually received some back royalties from Atlantic. Brown, whose principal influences…

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    …leading actress for the musical Black and Blue, and in 1990 she won a Grammy Award for best jazz vocal by a female. A champion of musicians’ rights, she spoke out against exploitative contracts, and in the 1980s she eventually received some back royalties from Atlantic. Brown, whose principal influences…

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