Winifred Atwell
(1914-1983)

woman, pianist, and first black person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart

Died aged 68

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 person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Winifred Atwell 1914-1983 First black person to have a number one hit in the UK and still the only female instrumentalist to do so

Chaucer Road, Brixton, London, United Kingdom where they was

Multimillion disc selling piano impresario Winifred Atwell 1914-1983 opened the UK's first black hair and beauty salon on this site in 1956

82D Railton Road, Brixton, London, United Kingdom where they was