The Dixie Sweethearts were an all-women jazz group in the 1930s.[1] Members of the group have later played with other similar acts like the Harlem Playgirls and the Darlings of Rhythm with individual members continuing to perform through the 1940s.[2] The group was led by frontwomen Marjorie Ross and Madge Fontaine.[3] Other members included Tiny Davis, Marjorie Pettiford, Violet Burnside, Henrietta Fontaine, who joined the spin-off group Darlings of Rhythm in the 1940s.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Women and music in America since 1900. Greenwood Press. 2002. p. 2002. ISBN 1573563080. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 McGee, Kristin A. (2009). Some Liked It Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television, 1928-1959. Wesleyan University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0819569677.
  3. ↑ Handy, D. Antoinette (1998). Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras. Scarecrow Press. p. 44. ISBN 0810834197. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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