Winifred Atwell
(1914-1983)

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

Died aged 68

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Commemorated on 3 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

WINIFRED ATWELL d.1983 Pianist, entertainer and entrepreneur lived here

18 Bourdon Street, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom where they was