Aida Ward (February 11, 1900 – June 23, 1984) was an American jazz singer. Born in

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, Ward rose to fame in the 1920s and 1930s in New York, on

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and at Harlem's

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. She appeared alongside Adelaide Hall and

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in the hit Broadway musical revue '' Blackbirds of 1928.'' Throughout the 1930s, Ward appeared regularly at the

, performing with Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway. She was associated with the introduction of the songs " Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" and "

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" at the

in 1931-2. She also starred at Harlem's Apollo Theater.

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"Aida Ward, 84, Sang in Nightclubs, on Radio," p. 8, ''Sun-Sentinel'', Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tuesday, June 26, 1984 20th-century African-American women singers American women jazz singers American jazz singers Harlem Renaissance People from Washington, D.C. American musical theatre actresses 1900 births 1984 deaths 20th-century American singers 20th-century American women singers {{US-jazz-singer-stub

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