Working Americans 1880-2023 : the performing arts / based on material from Working Americans series by Scott Derks and original content.

1873: Clive Thomas, Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus performer
1891: Joshua Hamilton, Barbershop Quartet member
1898: Amy Beach, Child Prodigy composer
1899: Albert Gustoff, Clarinetist in John Philip Sousa's marching band
1903: Floyd Morioka, Methodist choirmaster
1905: Monty Mandell, journeyman piano player
1909: Arthur Farwell, composer of Native American music
1913: Sarah Washington, singer of spirituals
1916: Geraldine Farrar, New York Metropolitan Opera singer
1923: Jervey Steffens, saxophone player
1927: Florence Mills, blues singer
1929: Dock Boggs, banjo picker & singer
1934: Russ Columbo, "Romeo of song"
1936: Mark Strahorn, fiddler with the Empty Road Band
1939: Mary Lou Williams, pianist and musical arranger
1942: Charlie Christian, guitarist
1945: Helen Elizabeth Jones, trombonist
1957: Carol Lawrence, Maria in West side story
1959: Johnny Bragg, Rock & roll pioneer and prisoner
1968: Marshall Borowitz, started teenage band "One Night Stand"
1975: Genevieve Morin, choir member: Burlington, Vermont
1983: George Clinton, music promoter and innovator
1985: Carleen Cahill, classical singer
1985: Valerie Jaffen, cellist
1987: Ethan Davis, Cirque du Soleil performer
1989: Lisa Reynolds, audiobook reader and voice actor
1993: Anwar X. Holliday, university student and music promoter
2004: Steve Friedman, improv everywhere agent
2022: Ali Lim, performance artist
2023: Angela Luna, singer-songwriter