Edna Alexander
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Edna Belle Alexander (died November 1972) was a singer and musician from Canada who performed in the United States. She was a soprano. In addition to performing and recording, she became a songwriter.[1]
Biography
Alexander was born in Woodstock, Canada and moved soon after with her parents to Toledo, Ohio and then Chicago, Illinois where she grew up and was educated.[2] She married fellow musician and songwriter Maceo Pinkard in 1917.[citation needed] She used the pseudonym Belledna for songwriting credit work with her husband.
Her compositions were used in the 1982 show One Mo' Time and the 2002 show Blues in the Night.[3]
Virgin Islands governor Archie Alexander was her brother.[4]
Theater
Discography
- "Sugar: That Sugar Baby O'Mine", co-wrote.[5][6] Became a hit on an Ethel Waters recording.[7]
- "Granny"
- "Squealin' Pig Blues"[8]
References
- ↑ "Alexander, Edna - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu.
- ↑ Interview in The Colored American Magazine 1901[[Category:Articles with incomplete citations from {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}]][full citation needed]
- ↑ "Edna Belle Alexander – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ↑ Major, Gerri (June 30, 1955). "Society world". Jet – via Google Books. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "'Candy' infringes on 'Sugar Baby,' Pinkard suit says". Billboard. April 28, 1945 – via Google Books. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Pinkard, Maceo; Alexander, Edna; Mitchell (1944). Sugar : That Sugar Baby O'Mine. Robbins Music Corporation. Search this book on
- ↑ Paymer, Marvin E.; Post, Don E. (August 6, 1999). "Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs, 1920-1945". Noble House Publishers. p. 121 – via Google Books. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (August 6, 1947). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series". Copyright Office, Library of Congress. – via Google Books.
External links
- Edna Alexander discography at Discogs
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