Ada Brown

Ada Brown

Ada Brown (May 1, 1890, Kansas City, Kansas - March 31, 1950, Kansas City) was an American blues singer.

Brown was raised in Kansas City; her cousin James Scott was a ragtime composer and pianist. Her early career was spent primarily on stage in musical theater and vaudeville. She recorded with Bennie Moten in 1926; the side "Evil Mama Blues" is possibly the earliest recording of Kansas City jazz. Aside from her time with Moten, she did several tours alongside bandleaders such as George E. Lee.

Brown was a founding member of the Negro Actors Guild of America in 1936, and worked at the London Palladium and in Broadway in the late 1930s. She sang with Fats Waller in the film "Stormy Weather" in 1943, and followed it with appearances in "Harlem to Hollywood", accompanied by Harry Swannagan.

References

*Eugene Chadbourne, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:hbfqxqrgldfe~T1 Ada Brown] at Allmusic


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