DIXON, WILL

DIXON, WILL. Entertainer (c1860s-70s in Wheeling, West Virginia; 14 May 1917 in Chicago, Illinois). He was active in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1890s and the turn of the century; he sang with the Diamond and Blackstone Quartets. He also performed with Phil Miller's Hottest Coon in Dixie show. About 1904 he settled in New York. In 1905 he joined the Memphis Students and traveled with the group to England. After returning to the United States in 1906, he entered a...