LC control no. | n 81111995 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Taylor, Koko |
Variant(s) | Walton, Cora |
Biography/History note | singer; born 1938 |
Birth date | 1928-09-28 |
Death date | 2009-06-03 |
Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
Profession or occupation | Singers |
Found in | Blues/rock avalanche. [Phonodisc] 1972. Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Taylor, Koko; b. Cora Walton, Sept. 28, 1935, Memphis, Tenn.) New York times WWW site, June 4, 2009 (in obituary published June 3: Koko Taylor; b. Cora Walton, just outside Memphis; m. Robert "Pops" Taylor; d. Wednesday [June 4, 2009], Chicago, aged 80; sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues") All music guide WWW site, Oct. 12, 2011 (Koko Taylor; b. Cora Walton, Sept. 28, 1928, Memphis, TN, d. June 3, 2009, Chicago, IL; blues vocalist) |