Category: Singer

Pura Fé

Pura Fé  Pura Fé Crescioni MUSICIAN / SINGER / COMPOSER / ACTIVIST    by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Pura Fé is a celebrated singer-songwriter, musician, and Indigenous activist of Tuscarora and Taino heritage. She is best known for her soulful fusion of Native American ancestral music with Deep South blues, often performed on a lap-steel slide …

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The Shields Brothers Gospel Singers (Family)

THE  SHIELDS  BROTHERS The Shields Brothers, a mainstay of Cleveland’s gospel music scene for more than seventy years.  by Dale Ricardo Shields   Shields Brothers Gospel Singers: In the post-World War I era, gospel music’s popularity grew partly due to people like Claude Shields Sr., a quartet singer and owner of the Shields Brothers Cleaners.  The …

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Mary Seymour

  MARY  SEYMOUR   by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS An American singer, actress, and producer who first rose to prominence in the late 1970s. She is widely recognized as an original cast member of the Broadway musicals Hair, and Rasin (National Tour).  Known as a vocalist for the iconic disco groups, Musique, famous for hits like …

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Lillias White

   LILLIAS WHITE      by Dale Ricardo Shields Page 1 – 10 Tony winner Lillias White, is known for her performances in Fela!, The Life, Romance in Hard Times, Cats, Carrie, Once on This Island, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Chicago.   Career highlights Lillias White has a distinguished career …

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Debra Byrd

Debra  Byrd “A Powerhouse of Talent.”   Born: July 19, 1951, (Cleveland, Ohio) Died: March 5, 2024 (Los Angeles, California)   By Dale Ricardo Shields Page 1 – 5 “For singers with vocal problems, a surefire solution is hiring one woman: Debra Byrd.“ Debra Byrd is an American actress, educator, and vocalist who has worked with …

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