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Muddy Waters, 1915-1983

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Personal name headingMuddy Waters, 1915-1983
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Variant(s)Morganfield, McKinley, 1915-1983
Waters, Muddy, 1915-1983
Birth date1915
Death date1983-04-30
Place of birthIssaquena County (Miss.)
Place of deathWestmont (Ill.)
Field of activityBlues (Music)
Profession or occupationSingers Composers Lyricists Blues musicians
Found inHis Down on Stovall's plantation. [Phonodisc] 1967.
AmeriGrove (Muddy Waters (under "M"); given name: Morganfield, McKinley; b. Rolling Farm, MS, Apr. 4, 1915; d. Downers Grove, IL, Apr. 30, 1983)
Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014 (Blues singer)
Wikipedia, May 13, 2019 (Muddy Waters; b. McKinley Morganfield, April 4, 1913, Issaquena County, Mississippi; d. April 30, 1983, Westmont, Illinois; known professionally as Muddy Waters; American blues singer-songwriter and musician often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues")