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Butterfield, Billy, 1917-1988

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Personal name headingButterfield, Billy, 1917-1988
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Variant(s)Butterfield, William, 1917-1988
Butterfield, Charles William Billy, 1917-1988
Hoo, Gus, 1917-1988
Birth date1917-01-14
Death date1988-03-18
Place of birthMiddletown (Ohio)
Place of deathNorth Palm Beach (Fla.)
Field of activityJazz
Profession or occupationJazz musicians Trumpet players Band directors
Found inHis Great trumpet styles ... 1945.
Connor, D.R. Benny Goodman, 1996: p. 167 (Butterfield, Charles William "Billy"; d. Mar. 18, 1988, North Palm Beach, FL, age 71)
Butterfield, B. New York land Dixie [SR] 1956: container (Gus Hoo, trumpet)
All about jazz WWW site, July 24, 2007: Jazz musician pseudonyms (pseud., Gus Hoo; real name, Billy Butterfield)
Wikipedia, "Billy Butterfield", November 28, 2016 (Billy Butterfield was a band leader, jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and cornetist)
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Wikipedia, Mar. 18, 2021 (Billy Butterfield; Charles William Butterfield; b. January 14, 1917, Middletown, OH)