What is Lovelace Watkins?
[[File:Lovelace Watkins 1974 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Watkins in 1974]] '''Lovelace Watkins''' (March 6, 1938 – June 11, 1995)<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lovelace-watkins-mn0001452107/discography Allmusic.com]</ref> was a [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]-based singer and performer. He was famous in [[United States|America]] as well as in [[Europe]] and [[Australia]]. In apartheid South Africa, Watkins did better than [[Sidney Poitier]] who had to stay on a farm out of town due to lack of accommodation for black people. Watkins was the guest of honor at a woman banquet. He was pictured in ''The Sunday Express'' dancing with a white woman, which wasn't good for the hotel where it was taken as it nearly lost it's license.<ref>''Mail Guardian'', 04 Apr 1997 - [https://mg.co.za/article/1997-04-04-those-were-the-days News, Those were the days]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline}} {{wikiquote}} * {{Find a Grave|92058418}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Watkins, Lovelace}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:1995 deaths]] [[Category:Singers from Las Vegas]] {{US-bio-stub}}