- Bryden, Beryl Audrey
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▪ 1999British jazz singer whom Ella Fitzgerald dubbed "Britain's queen of the blues"; of the more than 100 songs she recorded during her half-century-long career, she was especially remembered for her washboard accompaniment on Lonnie Donegan's "Rock Island Line" (b. May 11, 1920, Norwich, Eng.—d. July 14, 1998, London, Eng.).
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