page_title: Viola Gertrude Wells
hierarchical_section_title: Viola Gertrude Wells
caption_attribution_description: Miss Rhapsody
context_page_description: Viola Gertrude Wells Evans, better known by her stage names Viola Wells or Miss Rhapsody, was an American jazz, blues, and religious singer.
  The book Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50 by Barbara J. Kukla is dedicated to Viola Wells.
context_section_description: Viola Gertrude Wells Evans (14 December 1902, Newark, New Jersey – 22 December 1984, Belleville, New Jersey), better known by her stage names Viola Wells or Miss Rhapsody, was an American jazz, blues, and religious singer.
  The book Swing City: Newark Nightlife, 1925-50 by Barbara J. Kukla is dedicated to Viola Wells.
caption: Viola Wells in a 1945 advertisement
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