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The
Valerie M. Orridge
LP Record Collection
Vol. 4

The Valerie M. Orridge LP Record Collection Vol. 4 The Valerie M. Orridge LP Record Collection Vol. 4 The Valerie M. Orridge LP Record Collection Vol. 4

Begun in 1974 by the late Valerie M. Orridge R.N. (1932-2015), with the purchase of one Shirley Verrett album, it has since grown to over 400 LP recordings featuring Black Opera Singers from the USA, Bermuda, Jamaica, Martinique, Barbados, Tobago, and Brazil.


Ms. Orridge was a Registered Nurse, Health Educator, Board Certified Sex Educator (A.A.S.E.C.T.) with a Masters Degree in Human Sexuality, and a staunch Tenant Organizer and Leader revered by City, and State Elected Officials. In addition, Ms. Orridge quickly developed a passion for collecting out-of-print, and rare LP recordings of the aforementioned subject, a passion she would pass along to her son. Ms. Orridge was also the first cousin of the renowned poet the late June Jordan, and both were raised as siblings within the same house, and for whose poetry Leonard Bernstein composed, and recorded a duet, which is included within this collection.


This Website was created to showcase the beauty, and artistry of the album covers, along with their photo inserts, where applicable, as were intended, as well as for education purposes. 


Although 400 LP's might be considered an impressive number for a private collection of the aforementioned subject, the collection is no where near complete. The Valerie M. Orridge LP Record Collection sincerely apologizes to those singers living, and deceased, whose names, and LP's should be part of this collection, but are not, as of yet. This Website shall be updated once yearly to unveil new additions to the collection as they become available.


The Valerie M. Orridge LP Record Collection thanks Ms. Kharisma Huggins for her unwavering support and encouragement towards this project.


If you have any comments and/or questions regarding this website, please direct them to ghlyric@yahoo.com


Lastly, to view the LP's, simply scroll through the Artists list below, then click on to their corresponding letter at top of page, and enjoy!!! 


                                        Sincerely,

                                    Gene Howard,

                                  Ms. Orridge's Son




  * Special Mention

** Founder of this Collection.

 # Latest Arrival to this Collection.

   

   

                    (A)

      Adele Addison 

      Roberta Alexander

      Betty Allen

  # Sanford Allen (Violinist) 

      Marian Anderson

      David Arnold  

      Martina Arroyo 

 

                    (B)

      Cathryn Ballinger

  # Carmen Balthrop

  # Leon Bates (Pianist)

  # Kathleen Battle

      Cynthia Bedford

      Annabelle Bernard

      Joy Blackett (Bermuda)

  # McHenry Boatwright 

      Joseph Bologne - 

      Chavelier de St. Georges 

       (Composer, Guadeloupe)

      Gwendolyn Bradley

      Carol Brice

      Johnathan Brice (Pianist)

      William Brown

      Sandra Browne (Tobago)

      Grace Bumbry

      Miriam Burton


                    (C) 

      Thomas Carey

      Choirs

      Cynthia Clarey

      Steven Cole

  # Vinson Cole

      Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 

       (Composer, England)

      Emily Coles

  # Philip Creech


                     (D)

       Clamma Dale

       Ellabelle Davis

       Gloria Davy

       William Dawson (Composer

       Leonard De Paur (Conductor))

       James De Preist (Conductor)

       Dean Dixon (Conductor)

   # Mattiwilda Dobbs

    * William Drake

        

                     (E)

   # Christiane Eda-Pierre 

        (Martinique)

       Simon Estees

       Maria Ewing-Lady Hall


                     (F)

       Wilhemina Fernandez

       Martha Flowers

       Alpha Floyd

       Paul Freeman (Conductor) 


                      (G)

       Mareda Gaither

    * Oma Galloway

       Elvira Green

       Reri Grist

                 

                      (H)

        Hilda Harris

        Marvin Hayes

        Roland Hayes

    # Barbara Hendricks

     * Kenn Hicks

        Natalie Hinderas (Pianist)

        Esther Hinds (Barbados)

        Ruby Hinds (Barbados)

        Charles Holland

        Eugene Holmes

        Ben Holt

     * Marilyn Horne

        David Hurd (Organist)


                      (I)

         Clinton Ingram


                       (J)

         Karen Johnson

     # Isola Jones


                       (K)

         Ulysses Kay (Composer)

     # Klesie Kelly

         Gwendolyn Killebrew


                        (L)

         Ella Lee

         Henry Lewis (Conductor)

         Peter Lightfoot

         Claudia Lindsey

         Vera Little


                       (M)

         Pamela Mann

         Branford Marsalis (Saxophonist)

         Wynton Marsalis (Trumpeter)

      * Marvis Martin

         Benjamin Mathews

         Inez Mathews

         Joyce Mathis

         Wanda Maximilien (Pianist, Haiti)

         Dorothy Maynor

     # Seth McCoy

         Claron McFadden

         Robert McFerrin

         Patricia Miller

         Leona Mitchell

         Maura Moreira (Brazil)

         Eugene Moye (Cellist)


                        (N)

     # Jessye Norman


                        (O)

** # Valerie M. Orridge R.N.


                        (P)

         Louise Parker

         Willis Patterson

         William Pearson

         Julia Perry (Composer)

         Jo Ann Pickens

         Raechelle Potter

      * Awadajin Pratt (Pianist)

     # Leontyne Price


                       (Q)

         Florence Quivar


                       (R)

          Derek Ragin

          Curtis Rayam

       * Della Reese

          Sara Reese

          Paul Robeson

          Faye Robinson


                       (S)

          Wayne Sanders (Pianist)

       * Don Shirley (Pianist)

      # George Shirley

          Calvin Simmons (Conductor)

      # Joy Simpson

          Gwendolin Sims

          Muriel Smith

          Fela Sowande (Comp., Nigeria)

          Kenneth Spencer

          Carolyn Stanford

      # Delcina Stevenson

          William Grant Still (Composer)

          Jubilant Sykes


                       (T)

            Helen Thigpen

            Arthur Thompson

            Jeanette Thompson

            James Tyeska

            Veronica Tyler

            Margaret Tynes


                      (V)

             Shirley Verrett


                     (W)

             George Walker (Composer)

             William Warfield

             Andre Watts  (Pianist, Germany)

             Felicia Weathers

             Lucretia West

             Sir Willard White (Jamaica)

             Camilla Williams

             Charles Williams

             LaVerne Williams

        # Olly Wilson (Composer)

        # Lawrence Winters

            Walker Wyatt

            Gloria Wynder


      

  

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