Trending on today’s Google Doodle happens to be British composer and musician  Amanda Aldridge. Lots of her fans have trooped on social media to learn more about the music icon.

Several decades on this day, Aldridge performed a piano recital at Queens Small Hall, London’s pre-war principal concert venue, the original home of the BBC Symphony and London Philharmonic Orchestras.

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What was Amanda Aldridge ethnicity?

She made her first appearance on British television at the age of 88, on the show Music for You. Muriel Smith, an American singer, performed her song Little Southern Love Song at that time.

The musician was born to Ira Frederick Aldridge, an African-American actor, and Amanda Brandt her  Swedish mother.

What was Amanda Aldridge nationality?

Over her six decades career, the British national released over 30 songs and dozens of instrumental tracks. She blended various rhythmic influences and genres with poetry by black American authors to create romantic parlor music, a popular genre among the middle class at the time.

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