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Ad: Lucky Millinder & Judy Carrol at Birmingham City Auditorium (1944)
Newspaper advertisement for Lucky Millinder and his Orchestra, featuring singer Judy Carrol.Weekly Review, January 15, 1944.
Ad: Reco Lynn & Lucky Leon Davis at Club 401, 1961
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.
Billie Holiday and Joe Guy (2 Contact Sheets)
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…
The Birmingham-born Guy, an early bebop pioneer, was widely…
Billie Holiday and Joe Guy (Close-Up 1)
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…
Billie Holiday and Joe Guy (Close-Up 2)
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…
Tags: 1940s; Alabama; Bebop; Billie Holiday; Birmingham Jazz; Birmingham, Alabama; jazz; Joe Guy; Singer; Trumpet; Trumpeter; Vocalist
Birmingham Jazz Vocalists, Undated Recording
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)…
Chuck Clarke, Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck, Joe Guy, and Jesse Evans
Charles “Chuck” Clarke, Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck, Joe Guy, and Jesse Evans perform in a Birmingham club, c. 1950s.
Tags: African American; Alabama; Alto Saxophone; Birmingham Jazz; Birmingham, Alabama; Charles Clarke; Chuck Clarke; Clarke Family; jazz; Jazz Combo; Jefferson County, Alabama; Jesse Evans; Joe Guy; Mary Alice Clarke; Mary Alice Clarke Stollenwerck; Nightclub; Pianist; Piano; Saxophone; Saxophonist; Singer; Trumpet; Trumpeter; Vocalist
Falling
Johnson Family home recording, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
Florence Golson Bateman of Wetumpka, 1971
Florence Golson Bateman (1891-1987) was a noted soprano and composer. Her compositions include The Bird with a Broken Wing (which she dedicated to Helen Keller) and A Spring Symphony. Bateman was posthumously inducted to the Alabama Women's Hall of…
I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me
Johnson Family radio broadcast excerpt, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
I Want to Say Hello
Johnson Family radio broadcast excerpt, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
J. B. Sims
J. B. “Jay” Sims. As a student at Alabama State, Sims served as the original singer and emcee of the ‘Bama State Collegians, performing in the frenetic “wildman” style of Cab Calloway; after graduation, he returned to his hometown of Birmingham,…
Jimmy Mitchell, Saxophonist and Singer
Jimmy Mitchell (aka Jimmy Mitchelle), saxophonist and vocalist with with the ‘Bama State Collegians / Erskine Hawkins Orchestra. 1940s Publicity photo.
Joe Guy and Billie Holiday (inscribed to Holiday from Guy)
Birmingham trumpeter Joe Guy, an early bebop pioneer, was Billie Holiday's musical and romantic partner. (Known as husband and wife, they likely never formally married.) When the couple was busted for narcotics possession in 1947, Guy returned to…
Laura Washington at Grundy's Music Room
Birmingham-born Laura Washington joined the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra as a teenager in 1946, scoring a hit that year for the band with her performance of Joe Liggins’ “I’ve Got a Right to Cry.” (The Hawkins/Washington cover reached #2 on the…
Lily of the Valley
Johnson Family radio broadcast excerpt, Sand Mountain, Alabama, 1953
Mary Alice McCall, Publicity Photo
Publicity photo for Mary Alice McCall for Cleve Eaton's CleAnThair record label. In the early 1970s, Eaton produced three soul and funk singles by McCall:
"Wade in the Water" / "Blessed Assurance"
"I'm Moving Home" "Save the Tears and…
"Wade in the Water" / "Blessed Assurance"
"I'm Moving Home" "Save the Tears and…
Polly Christian Promotional Photo
Autographed promotional photo for Polly Christian, recording artist for Cullman, Alabama's Three Star record label. Courtesy John Horton.
Poster: Birmingham Heritage Band
Poster for the Birmingham Heritage Band, circa 1980s.
Rickey Powell (1948-2022)
Funeral program for vocalist Sylvester Rickey Powell (1948-2022), Birmingham, Alabama.