10 Things You Should Know About Ethel Waters

Here are 10 things you should know about Ethel Waters, born 128 years ago today. She was a monumental figure in American show business, achieving success in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio, in movies, on television and in the recording industry.

Happy Juneteenth!

Happy Juneteenth! Cladrite Radio is grateful for these great Black performers (and so many others) who have so enriched our lives and set our toes a-tappin’!

16 legendary African-American musicians: Maxine Sullivan, Nat "King" Cole, Mary Lou Williams, The Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, Fletcher Henderson, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters, Fats Waller, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne

10 Things You Should Know About Louise Beavers

Here are 10 things you should know about Louise Beavers, born 123 years ago today. She made the most of the limited opportunities Hollywood offered African-American performers in her day.\

10 Things You Should Know About Mildred Bailey

Here are 10 things you should know about the great Mildred Bailey, born 123 years ago today. She was an important link between early jazz performers such as Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith and iconic singers like Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.

Be sure to tune into Cladrite Radio today; we’ll be playing Bailey’s music all day long.

10 Things You Should Know About Fredi Washington

Here are 10 things you should know about Fredi Washington, born 119 years ago today. Due to the racial restrictions of the era, she enjoyed limited success in Hollywood, but she worked often on stage and was a passionate civil rights activist.