Sissieretta Jones

Sissieretta Jones was an American singer. She was born in either on the 5th of January 1868 or the 5th of January 1869 and died on the 24th of June 1933. She sang for 4 presidents of the US and the British royal family and was awarded with success. She was the most paid black singer of her era and later started the Black Patti Troubadours, a club with 40 different jugglers, comedians, dancers, and singers. She retired from singing in 1915.

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Category:Singers from Virginia
Category:Musicians from Rhode Island
Category:Vaudeville performers
Category:1933 deaths
Category:1860s births