A blue plaque honouring pianist Winifred Atwell, the first black artist to have a UK number one hit song, has been unveiled on her former London home. Atwell, who was born in Trinidad in 1914, moved ...
Winifred Atwell was a gifted pianist, born in Trinidad, who came to Britain to study classical music at the Royal Academy of Music in 1946. By the early 1950s, a combination of talent and a husband ...