"Who Is Your Favorite Black Female Vocalist?" curated by Karyn Hinkle, on display at the Little Fine Arts Library in winter 2019
Marian Anderson
CD
Marian Anderson in the Legendary Performers series (Pacifica, Inc., 200x)
Ella Fitzgerald
CD
The Best of Ella Fitzgerald (Decca Jazz, 1996)
Fine Arts Library Media Center CD 11245
Billie Holiday
DVD
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (Kultur International Films, 2003)
Mahalia Jackson
CD
Mahalia Jackson Sings America’s Favorite Hymns (Columbia, 198x)
Nina Simone
CD
To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story (RCA/Legacy, 2008)
Fine Arts Library Media Center BCD 83
Dinah Washington
CD
Dinah Washington Sings Standards (Verve Records, 1994)
book
The Sound of Freedom: Marian Anderson, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Concert that Awakened America by Raymond Arsenault, 2009
book
Ella: The Life and Times of Ella Fitzgerald by Sid Colin, 1986
Fine Arts Library Book Stacks ML 420 .F52 C64 1986
book
Wishing on the Moon: The Life and Times of Billie Holiday by Donald Clarke, 1995
book
Movin’ On Up: Mahalia Jackson, 1911-1972 by Evan McLeod Wylie, 1966
book
Mother of the Blues: A Study of Ma Rainey by Sandra R. Lieb, 1981
book
Secrets of a Sparrow: Memoirs by Diana Ross, 1993
book
Princess Noire: The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone by Nadine Cohodas, 2010
Fine Arts Library Book Stacks ML 420 .S5635 C65 2010
book
Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington
by Nadine Cohodas, 2004
You can write-in a vote for YOUR favorite Black female vocalist using Post-It notes at the Fine Arts Library! Come see our exhibit in person next time you are here.
