Winifred Atwell
Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914 – 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black artist to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and as of 2023, remains the only female instrumentalist to do so.…
Artist details
- Type
- Person
- Area
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Born
- February 27th, 1914
- Died
- February 28th, 1983
- Labels
- London Records