Andy Razaf

Andy Razaf

male, deceased (1973)
Andy Razaf (December 16, 1895 - February 3, 1973), (born Andriamanantena Paul Razafinkarefo also Razafkeriefo) was an African American composer,...

Art Kane

male, deceased (1995)
Art Kane (born Arthur Kanofsky on April 9 1925 in New York City) was a renowned fashion and music photographer active from the 1950s through early...
Nicholas Brothers

Nicholas Brothers

male
Fayard Antonio Nicholas was born October 20 1914 born in Mobile, Alabama. Harold Nicholas was born March 27, 1921 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina....
Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

female, 74 years old
Usually described as stiff, Carroll in 1959, after she begins to liven up her stage presence. ... Carroll stars in Broadway musical written...
Alan Silva

Alan Silva

male, 70 years old
Alan Silva (born Alan Treadwell DaSilva, Bermuda, January 22, 1939) is an American free jazz double bassist and keyboard player. Born a British...
Etta Jones

Etta Jones

female, deceased (2001)
Etta Jones was an American jazz singer whose critical success and relative commercial obscurity earned her a reputation in her lifetime as a "jazz...
Errol Louis

Errol Louis

male
Errol Louis (born in Harlem, USA) was formerly an associate editor of The New York Sun. He has taught college courses, co-founded an inner-city...
Moby

Moby

male, 44 years old
Moby (born Richard Melville Hall, September 11, 1965), is an American songwriter, musician and singer. He was born in Harlem, New York, and raised...

Esquerita

male, deceased (1986)
Esquerita was the stage name of singer, songwriter and pianist Eskew Reeder Jr. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on November 20, 1938,...
Willi Ninja

Willi Ninja

male, deceased (2006)
Willi Ninja (12 April, 1961 - 2 September, 2006) was a gay African-American dancer and choreographer best known for his appearance in the...