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The Fabulous Winifred Atwell

c1956. Colour screenprint, 48.8 x 34.7cm. Linen-backed.

Text continues “Here she comes, folks! Dynamic queen of the keyboard, in person. Plaza Theatre, December 5th and 6th.”

Winifred Atwell (1910-1983) was a Trinidadian pianist “who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits. She was the first black person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart…Her popularity in Australia led to her settling in Sydney in the 1970s, [eventually]becoming] a citizen.” Ref: Wiki.

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Item #CL193-46

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