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An extremely versatile singer and performer with extensive stage credentials alongside her vocal skills, Linda Hopkins was a major artist beginning in the early '50s. She recorded classic, traditional, and urban blues as well as R&B and soul, jazz, and show tunes, all with distinction and style. Hopkins long idolized <a href="spotify:artist:5ESobCkc6JI4tIMxQttqeg">Bessie Smith</a> and won critical plaudits for her rendition of <a href="spotify:artist:5ESobCkc6JI4tIMxQttqeg">Smith</a> in the theatrical presentation Jazz Train. She recorded for numerous labels but only earned one chart hit, a duet with <a href="spotify:artist:4VnomLtKTm9Ahe1tZfmZju">Jackie Wilson</a> for <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Brunswick%22">Brunswick</a> in 1963. "Shake a Hand" narrowly missed the R&B Top 20, peaking at number 21. She remained active for decades, but with only a limited amount of material in circulation, especially on domestic U.S. labels. Hopkins died in April 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the age of 92. ~ Ron Wynn, Rovi
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