Winifred Atwell
(1914-1983)

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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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

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