More Legends of Black Music

Yesterday I posted some influential Black artists. Well, I'm keeping my word and posting some more today. Below is Miles Davis, Little Richard, The Supremes and Marian Anderson.

Miles Davis was an American jazz musician. He was a trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and a major influence on jazz in the 1940s.

Little Richard is a singer, composer, and musician. A rock stride pianist, Little Richard's hit songs of the mid 1950s were defining moments in the development of Rock & Roll.

The Supremes were a music group that gained tremendous popularity with a broad audience and made it's members among the most successful groups in the 1960s. The Supremes were the flagship act of Berry Gordy's Motown Records.

Marian Anderson was an opera singer and one of the finest contraltos of her time. Anderson broke the color barrier by becoming the first African American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera.
(Source: Biography.com)