HARVEY, GEORGETTE

HARVEY, GEORGETTE. Actress/Singer (1883 in St. Louis, Missouri; 17 February 1952 in New York, New York). She went to New York when she was eighteen years old. She began her professional career in stage music in 1905 when Ernest Hogan arranged for her to sing in Rufus Rastus, a musical in which he had the leading role. She formed a female quartet with three other women in the company, called Creole Belles , which was possibly the first black female quartet...