Alberta Adams
Sign in to saveAmerican singer, musician (1917–2014)
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1959-11-05
2008 universal fire victimaorcanadianclassic rockhard rockheartland rock
Discography
- Bryan Adams1980
- You Want It ▪ You Got It1981
- Cuts Like a Knife1983
- Reckless1984
- Into the Fire1987
- Waking Up the Neighbours1991
- 18 Til I Die1996
- On a Day Like Today1998
- Room Service2004
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- 3,732
- Total plays
- 12,244
Tags
bluesChicago Bluesfemale vocalistsDetroit Bluesjump blues
Alberta Adams (July 26, 1917 – December 25, 2014) was an American Detroit blues, jump blues, and Chicago blues singer. Raised in Detroit, she began performing as a tap dancer and nightclub singer in the 1930s. In 1952, she landed a recording contract with Chess Records and recorded alongside Red Saunders for the record label. Adams toured alongside Duke Ellington, Eddie Vinson, Louis Jordan, Lionel Hampton, and T-Bone Walker among others. Her solo career saw her secure a recording contract wit
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alberta
- Family name
- Adams
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Indianapolis
- Place of death
- Dearborn
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- AlbertaAdamsDec06.jpg
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- start of work period
- 2014-00-00
- date of death
- 2014-12-25
- Commons category
- Alberta Adams
- date of birth
- 1917-07-26
- cause of death
- disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
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