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The group from Voronezh, Russia LITTLE DEAD BERTHA was founded in march 1994 with following members: Sergey Galushko - guitars, Alexander Romashov - vocal, Jury Sveshnikov - bass. After change of several drummers the group stand your choice on Dmitry Paltsev. So the group began to work under their first material in thrash-metal style. It has been recorded two rehearsal demos (all about 45 min.), then the group has headed back for doom-metal. The second guitarist Stanislav Chursin and Veronica Belyaeva - violin and vocal has adjoined to the band. In July, 1995 was recorded the first two-songs demo "The...

Bertha "Chippie" Hill (March 15, 1905 – May 7, 1950), was an American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer, best known for her recordings with Louis Armstrong. Hill was born in Charleston, South Carolina, one of sixteen children, but in 1915 the family moved to New York. She began her career as a dancer in Harlem, and by 1919 was working with Ethel Waters. At age 14, during a stint at Leroy's, a noted New York nightclub, Hill was nicknamed "Chippie" because of her young age.[3] She also performed with Ma Rainey as part of the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, before...

Bertha Lee Pate, known more commonly as Bertha Lee (1902–1975) was an American classic female blues singer, active in the 1920s and 1930s. She recorded with, and was the wife of, Charlie Patton. When she was young, Lee's family moved to Lula, Mississippi. Lee met Patton in 1930 and remained his wife until his death in 1934. During this time, she sang on twelve of Patton's recordings, which resulted in the recording of three of her own songs, "Yellow Bee", "Dog Train Blues", and "Mind Reader Blues". Patton accompanied her on guitar on these records. Her relationship with Patton was...