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Page, Hot Lips, 1908-1954

LC control no.n 83021454
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LC classificationML419.P355 Biography
Personal name headingPage, Hot Lips, 1908-1954
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Variant(s)Page, Oran, 1908-1954
Page, Lips, 1908-1954
Page, Orin, 1908-1954
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1908-01-27
Death date1954-11-05
Place of birthDallas (Tex.)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
AffiliationBlue Devils (Musical group) Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra
Profession or occupationJazz singers Trumpet players
Found inDemeusy, B. Hot Lips Page, 1961.
The Black swing tradition [SR] p1980: label (Hot Lips Page) container (Lips Page)
New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Page, Hot Lips (Oran Thaddeus); b. Jan. 27, 1908, Dallas, d. Nov. 5, 1954, New York; trumpeter and singer)
Condon, E. The Town Hall concerts. Volume seven [SR] p1991: container (Orin "Hot Lips" Page) insert (Oran "Hot Lips" Page, vocal)
African American National Biography, accessed March 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Page, Hot Lips; Oran Thaddeus Page; trumpeter, jazz singer; born 27 January, 1908 in Dallas, Texas, United States; attended high school in Corsicana, Texas; played piano, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet; member of Blue Devils band (1928-1930); soloist for big band of Bennie Moten, Kansas City (1930-1933); formed quintet Kansas City (1934); was a freelancer at Reno Club, Kansas City (1936); participated in broadcasts on WXBY; formed big band, Harlem (1937); participated in Spirituals to Swing concert in Carnegie Hall; led band Kelly's Stable at Golden Gate Ballroom, New York; participated at Condon's weekly concerts, Town Hall, New York (1944) and in the first Festival International de Jazz, Paris (1949); was a freelance soloist (1950s) and toured Europe (1951, 1952); died 05 November, 1954 in New York, United States)