Winifred Atwell

Una Winifred Atwell (later called herself Winifred Atwell) (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914 – 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black person to have a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart with "Let's Have Another Party" in 1954 and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so. There are disputes on when she was born, as birth certificates weren't issued during the 1910's in Trinidad, which was part of the British Empire at that time until 1962, when Trinidad with Tobago became an independent state in the Caribbean.

Links To Peel
Peel was an avid fan of Winifred Atwell's boogie-woogie work and often play her tracks on his show. He included her "Black And White Rag" track as his Peelenium 1951 on his BBC Radio One show on 21 September 1999. Peel would later regularly play her tracks as part of his Pig's Big 78.

Peelenium

 * Peelenium 1951: Black And White Rag

Shows Played
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)

1972 1982 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 Others
 * 08 September 1972: The Black And White Rag (single) Decca
 * 17 July 1982: Golden Tango
 * 21 September 1999: Black And White Rag Peelenium 1951
 * 11 January 2001: Jubilee Rag
 * 27 December 2001: 'Five Finger Boogie (10 inch)' (Philips) (JP: 'One of the biggest stars of my childhood, and I used to think she was quite wonderful.')
 * 17 January 2002:  'Jubilee Rag' (Decca)
 * 16 April 2002: Five Finger Boogie
 * 20 February 2003:  Cross Hands Boogie -
 * 04 February 2004: Black And White Rag
 * 17 June 2004: 'Crosshands Boogie'
 * Pig's Big 78 2001: Jubilee Rag / Five Finger Boogie
 * Pig's Big 78 2002: Jubilee Rag / Five Finger Boogie
 * tbc