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Charles “Chuck” Clarke, Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck, Joe Guy, and Jesse Evans perform in a Birmingham club, c. 1950s.

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This undated reel-to-reel recording from the Frank Adams collection includes performances by the following vocalists: Doris “Dot” Adams, “I’ll Be Around” Avery Richardson, “After the Party” Fletcher “Hootie” Myatt, “Poor Butterfly” (partial)…

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Detail from contact sheet by photographer Skip Aldeman. (For the full sheet of images, see "Billie Holiday and Joe Guy (2 Contact Sheets)." The Birmingham-born Guy, an early bebop pioneer, was widely known as Billie Holiday's husband, though the…

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Detail from contact sheet by photographer Skip Aldeman. (For the full sheet of images, see "Billie Holiday and Joe Guy (2 Contact Sheets)." The Birmingham-born Guy, an early bebop pioneer, was widely known as Billie Holiday's husband, though the…

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These original contact sheets by photographer Skip Aldeman include images of Billie Holiday and Joe Guy, her musical and romantic partner. Also pictured is their beloved bulldog, Mister.

The Birmingham-born Guy, an early bebop pioneer, was widely…

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Newspaper advertisement for Reco Lynn, "Mr. Voice of the South," and "Lucky" Leon Davis, "'The Singing Drummer' And His All-Star Band," Club 401, Powderly, Alabama.Birmingham Mirror, March 4, 1961.

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Newspaper advertisement for Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra, featuring singer Judy Carrol.Weekly Review, January 15, 1944.

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Newspaper advertisement for singer June Richmond with Andy Kirk's Twelve Clouds of Joy at Birminghams Masonic Temple,Weekly Review, October 11, 1940.

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