Adams, Alberta

Adams, Alberta Roberta Louise Osborn, 26 July 1917; Indianapolis, IN Vocalist. Santelli gives a birth date of July 26, 1923. Adams moved to Detroit before age five and began her career in the late 1930s as a tap dancer. She started to sing at Club B&C in 1942, worked steadily as a vocalist from 1942 onward, and then began incorporating blues into her repertoire. By 1944 she was billed locally as “Queen of the Blues.” Adams toured with Lionel Hampton, Louis Jordan, and T-Bone Walker and recorded…