Lovelace Watkins (March 6, 1933 – June 11, 1995)[1] was an American, Las Vegas-based singer and performer (also nicknamed "The Black Sinatra").

[5] In South Africa, he received two gold albums, and a public parade was held in his honor.

He was pictured in The Sunday Express dancing with a white woman; the hotel almost lost its license.

[6] In March 1972, he married Anna Marie Fitzsimmons of Salford, Lancashire, and their son was born in 1972; the marriage later ended.

Nearing the end of his music career, Watkins started a company that prepared apartments and commercial buildings for rental companies in the Las Vegas area, and continued singing at various functions in Las Vegas.