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Linda Hopkins

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Linda Hopkins (December 14, 1924 – April 10, 2017) was an American actress and blues and gospel singer. [1]

49 relations: Ambassador Theatre (New York City), Apollo Theatre, Bessie Smith, Billboard (magazine), Black and Blue (musical), Blues, Broadway theatre, Columbia Records, Drama Desk Award, Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience, Eddie Harris, Esther Phillips, Gospel music, Harlem, Hawaii, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Honolulu, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Human voice, Jackie Wilson, Japan, Johnny Otis, Los Angeles, Louis Armstrong, Louisiana, Mahalia Jackson, Me and Bessie, Milwaukee, New Orleans, New York City, Oakland, California, OmniScriptum, Palo Alto Records, Paul Smith (pianist), PolyGram, Purlie, Record chart, Richmond, California, Sammy Davis Jr., Shake a Hand, Singing, Stella Adler, The New York Times, Tony Award, United States, Washington, D.C., Will Holt, Wisconsin, Xavier University of Louisiana.

Ambassador Theatre (New York City)

The Ambassador Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 219 West 49th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

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Apollo Theatre

The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London.

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Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Black and Blue (musical)

Black and Blue is a musical revue celebrating the black culture of dance and music in Paris between World War I and World War II.

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Blues

Blues is a music genre and musical form originated by African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the end of the 19th century.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Drama Desk Award

The Drama Desk Awards are presented annually and were first awarded in 1955 to recognize excellence in New York theatre productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway.

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Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience

The Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

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Eddie Harris

Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone.

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Esther Phillips

Esther Phillips (born Esther Mae Jones; December 23, 1935 – August 7, 1984) was an American singer, best known for her R&B vocals.

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Gospel music

Gospel music is a genre of Christian music.

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Harlem

Harlem is a large neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,600 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaiokinai.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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Human voice

The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, such as talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, etc.

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Jackie Wilson

Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American soul singer and performer.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Johnny Otis

Johnny Otis (born Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes; December 28, 1921 – January 17, 2012) was an American singer, musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, talent scout, disc jockey, record producer, television show host, artist, author, journalist, minister, and impresario.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an American trumpeter, composer, singer and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer.

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Me and Bessie

Me and Bessie is a musical revue about the life and career of blues singer Bessie Smith.

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Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States.

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OmniScriptum

Omniscriptum Publishing Group, formerly known as VDM Verlag Dr.

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Palo Alto Records

Palo Alto Records was a jazz record company and label that released most of its discography in the 1980s.

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Paul Smith (pianist)

Paul Thatcher Smith (April 17, 1922 - June 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist.

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PolyGram

PolyGram Entertainment is a film and TV production company owned by Universal Music Group.

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Purlie

Purlie is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, and music by Gary Geld.

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Record chart

A record chart, also called a music chart, is a ranking of recorded music according to certain criteria during a given period of time.

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Richmond, California

Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States.

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Sammy Davis Jr.

Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, musician, dancer, actor and comedian.

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Shake a Hand

"Shake a Hand" is a 1953 song written by the trumpeter and bandleader Joe Morris and originally recorded by Faye Adams, whose version stayed number one on the US Billboard R&B chart for nine weeks.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Stella Adler

Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992) was an American actress and acting teacher.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Will Holt

Will Holt (April 30, 1929 – May 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, librettist and lyricist.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions.

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Xavier University of Louisiana

Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), located in the Gert Town section of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the United States, is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college with the distinction of being the only historically black Roman Catholic institution of higher education in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Hopkins

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