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opportunity to stand there, I can thank God for the chance to tell you His eye is on all of us sparrows." In her later years, Waters often toured with the preacher
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2988:"Huntsville Museum of Art celebrates Black History Month with newly acquired portrait of Ethel Waters"
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Harlem Godfather: The Rap on My Husband, Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson
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3310:"Chester great Ethel Waters memorialized in marker on Route 291"
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Johnson, Mayme Hatcher; Miller, Karen E. Quinones (2008).
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Nomination, Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards,
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3549:Ethel Waters: I Touched a Sparrow, Twila knaack
3496:. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books.
876:Waters died on September 1, 1977, aged 80, from
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3458:Heat wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters
3157:Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters
2488:Heat Wave: The Life and Career of Ethel Waters
1960:Manning, Frankie; Millman, Cynthia R. (2018).
1959:
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3596:Discography of American Historical Recordings
3401:. The Recording Academy. 2007. Archived from
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2515:"Pivotal Moments in Broadway's Black History"
2349:The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray
2285:"Ethel Waters Is Dead at 80 (Published 1977)"
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2318:His Eye on the Sparrow: An Autobiography
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2156:"Remembering the Career of Ethel Waters"
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2898:"At Home with Ethel Waters Broadway"
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679:Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe
3852:20th-century American women singers
3341:"Ethel Waters: Commemorative Stamp"
2775:. Lanham, Maryland: Madison Books.
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2322:. New York: Da Capo Press. p.
752:New York Drama Critics Circle Award
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2866:Jones, Kenneth (October 7, 2005).
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3573:at the African American Registry
3339:Tucker, Richard (July 3, 2003).
2669:"First Black Seen on Television"
1935:. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
1927:Dobrin, Arnold (July 10, 1972).
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1779:The Ethel Waters Broadway Revue
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2643:Broadway: The American Musical
2492:. HarperCollins. p. 656.
2181:Ethel Waters. Encyclopedia.com
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3308:Quinn, Rose (June 14, 2000).
2407:Peterson, Bernard L. (1993).
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3897:Classic female blues singers
3032:Hale, Ron F. (May 2, 2016).
2830:Ethel Waters: Stormy Weather
2744:"Beulah: Harry Builds a Den"
2699:"Mamba's Daughters Broadway"
2455:"I'm Coming Virginia (1927)"
2123:Hale, Ron F. (May 2, 2016).
2094:Ethel Waters: Stormy Weather
1893:Ethel Waters: Stormy Weather
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3822:Musicians from Philadelphia
3161:. New York: HarperCollins.
3017:Embury, Dr. Stuart (2018).
2186:September 27, 2016, at the
2098:. Scarecrow Press. p.
1708:Diana Ross and the Supremes
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909:National Recording Registry
907:" (1933) was listed in the
832:In 1938, Waters met artist
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3857:African-American actresses
3767:A Hundred Years from Today
3620:Internet Broadway Database
3534:. New York: W. W. Norton.
1337:A Hundred Years from Today
978:Grammy Hall of Fame Awards
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3937:Paramount Records artists
3832:Singers from Pennsylvania
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3530:Southern, Eileen (1997).
3094:"Ethel Waters Remembered"
2673:African American Registry
2258:"Baltimore Afro-American"
2075:His Eye is on the Sparrow
1987:– via Google Books.
1913:– via Google Books.
1852:At Home with Ethel Waters
1846:The Member of the Wedding
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2826:Bourne, Stephen (2007).
2090:Bourne, Stephen (2007).
1890:Bourne, Stephen (2018).
855:Portrait of Ethel Waters
847:Portrait of Ethel Waters
540:Keith Vaudeville Circuit
3932:Mercury Records artists
3912:Jubilee Records artists
3877:American gospel singers
3872:American film actresses
3592:Ethel Waters recordings
3588:at Red Hot Jazz Archive
3490:Barnet, Andrea (2004).
3427:Pop Memories: 1890-1954
3424:Whitburn, Joel (1986).
3257:www.ethelwatersstar.com
1968:Temple University Press
1648:The Jackie Gleason Show
1611:(1934) as Ethel Peabody
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359:Taking a Chance on Love
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3739:Shine On, Harvest Moon
3586:Ethel Waters 1896–1977
3564:March 3, 2009, at the
3454:Bogle, Donald (2011).
3153:Bogle, Donald (2011).
3067:. Word Books. p.
3059:Knaack, Twila (1978).
2771:Lance, Steven (1996).
2484:Bogle, Donald (2011).
2347:Russell, Tony (1997).
2246:. New York: Doubleday.
1858:The Voice of Strangers
1578:The Sound and the Fury
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2728:Eyman, Scott (1999).
2583:Turner Classic Movies
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1848:(1950–51; 1964; 1970)
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1561:The Heart Is a Rebel
1532:Berenice Sadie Brown
1225:"Birmingham Bertha"
1200:I'm Coming, Virginia
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3430:. Record Research.
3233:on February 5, 2008
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2154:McElrath, Jessica.
2129:The Christian Index
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36:Ethel Waters
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3817:1977 deaths
3812:1896 births
3409:February 6,
3383:February 6,
3351:February 6,
3237:February 6,
2439:January 29,
1767:Paris Bound
1761:Miss Calico
1735:Jump Steady
1729:Hello 1919!
1687:Whirlybirds
1431:Gift of Gab
1383:Filmography
1064:Hit records
595:Cotton Club
492:Count Basie
367:Supper Time
133:Occupations
3806:Categories
3718:Am I Blue?
3293:August 16,
3211:January 2,
3002:January 2,
2972:October 6,
2942:October 6,
2912:January 2,
2882:January 2,
2653:August 16,
2623:August 16,
2299:August 16,
2139:January 2,
1865:References
1834:Laugh Time
1787:Blackbirds
1622:Television
1544:Carib Gold
1215:Am I Blue?
1037:Brunswick
1006:Am I Blue?
737:Elia Kazan
669:Lena Horne
649:Jack Denny
564:Am I Blue?
560:Harry Akst
477:Black Swan
464:Hello 1919
436:vaudeville
401:Early life
371:Am I Blue?
300:Black Swan
280:Instrument
66:1896-10-31
48:Waters in
3760:Heat Wave
3683:Tiger Rag
2469:March 14,
2387:March 20,
2268:March 17,
1830:(1940–41)
1816:(1935–36)
1810:(1933–34)
1763:(1926–27)
1325:Heat Wave
1120:Tiger Rag
1054:Columbia
1014:Columbia
937:Route 291
741:John Ford
640:in 1920.
506:Paramount
460:blackface
363:Heat Wave
310:Brunswick
236:Relatives
158:Spouse(s)
153:1917–1977
3581:AllMusic
3562:Archived
3377:Archived
3318:Archived
3287:Archived
3205:Archived
3201:Playbill
3132:Archived
3102:Archived
3044:July 21,
3038:Archived
2996:Archived
2992:WHNT.com
2966:Archived
2936:Archived
2906:Archived
2902:Playbill
2876:Archived
2872:Playbill
2811:March 1,
2805:Archived
2797:"Beulah"
2713:March 1,
2707:Archived
2703:Playbill
2677:Archived
2647:Archived
2617:Archived
2593:March 7,
2587:Archived
2559:March 7,
2553:Archived
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2523:Archived
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2463:Archived
2433:Archived
2429:65336150
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2133:Archived
2067:Archived
2046:July 10,
2040:Archived
2016:July 10,
2010:Archived
1983:July 10,
1939:July 10,
1909:July 10,
1773:Africana
1695:Route 66
1388:Features
1078:US chart
1048:"Dinah"
961:Route 66
919:in 2003.
871:Catholic
556:Africana
529:Columbia
522:Broadway
479:, where
462:comedy,
347:Broadway
305:Columbia
295:Cardinal
3668:Singles
3618:at the
3594:at the
2753:May 14,
1074:Single
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911:by the
674:ingénue
671:as the
445:ballads
430:Singing
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1781:(1928)
1775:(1927)
1769:(1927)
1757:(1926)
1751:(1925)
1737:(1922)
1731:(1919)
1710:(1969)
1682:(1954)
1669:, and
1639:Beulah
1617:(1939)
1583:Dilsey
1566:Gladys
1453:Esther
1404:Notes
1398:Title
993:Label
990:Genre
987:Title
958:, for
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708:Gullah
619:, and
562:song "
500:(1943)
449:Harlem
425:Career
288:Labels
283:Vocals
266:Gospel
254:Genres
142:singer
111:, U.S.
95:, U.S.
76:, U.S.
54:, 1943
3711:Sugar
3697:Dinah
1510:Pinky
1462:Cairo
1419:Ethel
1401:Role
1395:Year
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1347:1934
1296:1933
1241:1931
1210:1929
1195:1927
1185:Sugar
1161:Dinah
1156:1926
1141:1925
1130:1923
1107:1922
1084:1921
1071:Year
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1045:1925
1040:2003
1022:1933
1017:2007
1001:1929
984:Year
948:Pinky
892:Ethel
732:Pinky
654:Cairo
611:with
533:Dinah
351:Dinah
315:Decca
271:Blues
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3468:ISBN
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3385:2008
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3326:2017
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3163:ISBN
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