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Babs Gonzales

Image

Babs Gonzales with a cigarette looking to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1960
1969
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Bettye Miller singing and playing piano

Image

Bettye Miller singing into a microphone while playing piano on stage with (likely) Milt Abel. A tear in the photograph makes only the double bass...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified man in a recording studio

Image

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man, and Patty Tucker in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and three men in a recording studio

Image

Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and an unidentified white man in a recording studio, singing in front of a music stand. Two other...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

Image

"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Cheatham's Jazz Showcase performing

Image

"Cheatham's Jazz Showcase" performance showing vocalist Gene Lee in a white jacket in front of a microphone while the rest of the band is behind him...

Date Published
1959
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles

Image

Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles speaking in a recording studio. Sinatra is wearing a light colored suit and hat, looking forward with his hands in his...

Date Published
1951
1955
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Headshot of unidentified woman

Image

Headshot of unidentified white woman smiling, wearing a dress and earrings in front of a light background.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of unidentified woman

Image

Headshot of unidentified white woman in a dress with a flower in her hair and a mole below her bottom lip.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of unidentified woman

Image

Headshot of unidentified white woman in a dress, looking pensive.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of unidentified woman

Image

Headshot of unidentified white woman in a dark dress and a scarf; the dress appears to be adorned with a brooch.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Headshot of vocalist named Ellen

Image

Headshot of a white female vocalist named Ellen, last name unknown. She is smiling and wearing a dress with dark frills hanging in rows off the...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Janice O'Dell headshot

Image

Headshot of Janice O'Dell with soft light and a bright background.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye headshot

Image

Headshot of Marilyn Maye in an embroidered dress, seated, with a knee visible in the bottom right of the image.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye headshot

Image

Headshot of Marilyn Maye wearing an embroidered dress and earrings, looking towards t he camera.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye headshot

Image

Headshot of Marilyn Maye wearing an embroidered dress and earrings, with her hands up towards her face, while she looks down and away to the right.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye headshot

Image

Headshot of Marilyn Maye wearing an embroidered dress and earrings, looking up and away to the left.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye portrait

Image

Full-body portrait of Marilyn Maye in a dark dress embroidered with flowers, with a translucent fabric hanging off her left shoulder. Her arms are...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye portrait

Image

Full-body portrait of Marilyn Maye in a dark embroidered dress and heels, smiling with her arms folded in front of her torso.

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye, Carol Johnston, and two men in a recording studio

Image

An unidentified white man speaking into a microphone, holding a paper in his hand. In the background, Carol Johnston, Marilyn Maye, and a second...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and others in a recording studio

Image

Side-angle photograph of Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man in a bowtie, Patty Tucker, another unidentified white man, and an unidentified white...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and others in a recording studio

Image

Marilyn Maye, an unidentified white man in a bowtie, Patty Tucker, another unidentified white man, and an unidentified white woman in a recording...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and others in a recording studio

Image

Patty Tucker, two unidentified white men, Marilyn Maye, and another unidentified white man in a recording studio. The first four are staring at a...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Marilyn Maye, Patty Tucker, and others in a recording studio

Image

Three unidentified white men standing behind and Patty Tucker (standing on a short box) and Marilyn Maye in a studio. They are behind a microphone and...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Warren Durrett Collection

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

Image

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right...

Date Published
1951
1960
Member of
Dolores Hobley Collection

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  • Jazz singers
  • 1951-1960

Member of

  • Warren Durrett Collection (27)
  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (3)
  • Bettye Miller - Milt Abel Collection (2)
  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (2)
  • Dolores Hobley Collection (1)
  • Performance photo with personnel listed on verso (1)

Types

  • photographs (36)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (36)
  • Gelatin silver prints (36)
  • Portrait photographs (19)
  • Group portraits (17)
  • Publicity photographs (16)
  • Snapshots (15)
  • Promotional photographs (3)
  • Glamour photographs (1)
  • Postcards (1)

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • (-) 1951-1960 (36)

Subjects

  • Jazz musicians (32)
  • Jazz musicians, White (28)
  • Women, White (25)
  • Men, White (13)
  • Sound--Recording and reproducing--Equipment and supplies (12)
  • Sound studios (12)
  • Band directors (7)
  • African American jazz musicians (6)
  • African American women (3)
  • Double bass (3)
  • Double bassists (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (3)
  • Microphone (3)
  • Musical instruments (3)
  • Pianists (3)
  • Piano (3)
  • Saxophonists (3)
  • African American band directors (2)
  • Big bands (2)
  • Cigarette smokers (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Trombone (2)
  • Trombonists (2)
  • Women pianists (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American men (1)
  • Autographs (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Pipe smokers (1)
  • Tobacco pipes (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) Jazz singers (36)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Chicago (Ill.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Kan.) (1)
  • Kansas City (Mo.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Maye, Marilyn (17)
  • Tucker, Patty (Singer) (9)
  • Johnston, Carol (Singer) (6)
  • Durrett, Warren (4)
  • Allen, Rose Marie (Musician) (2)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (2)
  • Cheatham, Jimmy (2)
  • Copeland, Calvin (Cubby) (2)
  • Crump, Bob (2)
  • Evans, Jerry (Musician) (2)
  • Lee, Gene (2)
  • Legge, Jimmy (2)
  • Riding, Albert (Eggie) (2)
  • Shareef, Museyf (2)
  • Shepard, Elvin (2)
  • Abel, Milt, 1928- (1)
  • Bryant, Betty, 1929- (1)
  • Cardell, Ray (1)
  • Charles, Ray, 1930-2004 (1)
  • Como, Perry, 1912-2001 (1)
  • Foster, Curtyse (1)
  • Garber, Jan (1)
  • Gonzales, Babs (1)
  • Gracen, Thelma, 1922-1994 (1)
  • Love, Bunnie (Bumps) (1)
  • Miller, Bettye, 1928-1977 (1)
  • Nolan, Bill (Drummer) (1)
  • O'Dell, Janice (1)
  • Price, Elmer, 1917-2004 (1)
  • Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998 (1)
  • Taylor, Myra (1)
  • Tiff, Don, 1910-1998 (1)

Events

  • Cheyenne Frontier Days (Celebration) (Cheyenne, Wyo.) (1)

Date Published

  • 1951 (32)
  • 1960 (30)
  • 1955 (2)
  • 1959 (2)
  • 1955-11-01 (1)
  • 1956 (1)
  • 1969 (1)

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