Aida Ward Explained

Aida Ward (February 11, 1900 – June 23, 1984^[1]) was an American jazz singer. Born in Washington, D.C., Ward rose to fame in the 1920s and 1930s in New York, on Broadway and at Harlem's Cotton Club.^[2] She appeared alongside Adelaide Hall and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the hit Broadway musical revue Blackbirds of 1928.^[3]

Throughout the 1930s, Ward appeared regularly at the Cotton Club, performing with Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway.^[4] She was associated with the introduction of the songs "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"^[5] and "I've Got the World on a String"^[6] at the Cotton Club in 1931-2. She also starred at Harlem's Apollo Theater.

See also

• Adelaide Hall
• Cotton Club
• Williams, Iain Cameron (2002). Underneath A Harlem Moon

References

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Notes and References

1. Book: Salamone. Frank. Wintz. Cary. Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: K-Y. 2004. Taylor & Francis. 1234–5. 9781579584580. February 3, 2015.
2. Book: Smith. Jessica Carney. Phelps. Shirelle. Notable Black American Women, Book 2. 1996. Gale Research. Detroit. 0810391775. 674–675. bk. 2. February 3, 2015.
3. Web site: Inside the Playbill: Blackbirds of 1928 - May 1928 at Liberty Theatre . 2012 . February 3, 2015 . Playbill Vault . Playbill, Inc. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203235903/http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/Whos_who/6579/51298/Blackbirds-of-1928 . February 3, 2015 .
4. News: Obituaries: Aida Ward, Club Singer. June 26, 1984. Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
5. Book: Jablonski, Edward. Harold Arlen: Rhythm, Rainbows, and Blues. 1996. Northeastern University Press. 365. 9781555533663. February 3, 2015.
6. Book: Jasen, David. Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song. 2003. Routledge. 11. 9781135949013. February 3, 2015.
7. "Aida Ward, 84, Sang in Nightclubs, on Radio," p. 8, Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tuesday, June 26, 1984