Evelyn Preer
Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Classic female blues
Evelyn Preer, born Evelyn Jarvis (July 16, 1896 – November 27, 1932), was a pioneering African-American stage and screen actress and blues singer of the 1910s through the early 1930s. Evelyn was known within the black community as "The First Lady of the Screen."
appeared on:
Female Blues Singers Vol. 12 M/O/P/Q/R (1997) 1922-1935
