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Born in Chicago on April 24, , she was the only child of Walter Dickerson and Garvinia Esters.
April 24, 1902 in Chicago, IL, d. March 30, 1994 in New York, NY. Aletha Mae Dickerson-Robinson's role in the Paramount 12000-13000 "Race" series has long been underestimated, not least by herself. Aletha worked for Paramount for almost a decade, mainly with her husband, Alexander Robinson (1894-1970), who was employed as pianist, arranger and songwriter.
Born in Chicago on April 24, 1902, she was the only child of Walter Dickerson and Garvinia Esters.
She was brought up in a musical household - according to the 1910 Federal Census, when the family were living at 2248 Dearborn Street in Chicago's South Side, her father was working as a "Musician in Caf'E9," while her mother worked as a "Music Teacher." With this background, and her thorough grounding in music theory and practice from both parents, it is not surprising that she chose a career in the music profession, and her involvement in Paramount's historic recording enterprise began at a relativ