Perhaps Bonnie Rait? She has achieved commercial success singing the blues
Mamie Smith.
Prima Donna, first lady.
She was the first successful female pharaoh.
Cream were a 1960s British blues-rock band and supergroup consisting of bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer/vocalist Ginger Baker. Their sound was characterised by a hybrid of blues, hard rock and psychedelic rock,[1] combining Clapton's blues guitar playing with the voice and basslines of Jack Bruce and the jazz-influenced drumming of Ginger Baker. Wheels of Fire was the world's first platinum-selling double album. Cream is widely regarded as being the world's first notable and functioning supergroup.so, YES.
Queen Latifah was the female rapper who was one of the first to launch and sustain a successful movie career.
Bunches! Too many to mention. She was the most popular female blues artist of the 1920's. Look up a discography of Bessie. Her first record was a huge smash success, "Downhearted Blues".
At the first CMA Awards show in 1967, Eddy Arnold won the Entertainer of the Year awards, Loretta Lynn won Female Vocalist, and Jack Greene won the Male Vocalist award.
The first names of the Blues Brothers are Jake Blues and Elwood Blues.
Hatshepsut was once believed to be the first female pharaoh, but most historians no longer support this view. She was certainly the most successful female ruler of Egypt and one of the most successful pharaoh's of all time. It is believed that she became pharaoh in 1479 BC and ruled for about 22 years.
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The blues were first heard in the 1900's.
The first blues piece to be published was "Dallas Blues" by Hart Wand in 1912.