1. Valaida Snow
2. Pearl Primus
3. Margot Webb
4. Margaret Tynes
5. Josephine Baker
6. Adelaide Hall
7. Ivie Anderson
8. Charlotte Hawkins Brown
9. Lena Horne
10. A Taste Of Honey
11. Mary Lou Williams
12. Maria Cole
13. Nina Simone
14. Princess Kouka of Sudan
15. Sarah Vaughan
16. Dame Shirley Bassey
17. Sister Sledge
18. Theresa Harris
19. Margaret Tynes and Joya Sherrill
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"Boogie Oogie Oogie" was a hit in 1978. A previous version of this story misstated the year.