| LC control no. | n 84143184 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.J324 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 1897-1929 |
| Variant(s) | Blind Lemon, 1897-1929 Lemon, Blind, 1897-1929 Jefferson, Lemon, 1897-1929 Bates, L. J., 1897-1929 Brown, J. C., 1897-1929 |
| Biography/History note | Individual was a Blues Foundation Hall of Fame inductee. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1897-07 |
| Death date | 1929-12 |
| Place of birth | Wortham (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Affiliation | Paramount Singers |
| Profession or occupation | Blues musicians Singers Jazz musicians Guitarists |
| Found in | His Blind Lemon Jefferson, 1926-29 [SR] p1984: label (Blind Lemon Jefferson) Southern, E. Biog. dict. of Afro-American and African musicians, 1982 (Jefferson, Lemon ("Blind Lemon"); b. July 1897; d. Dec.? 1929) New Grove dict. of Amer. mus. (Jefferson, Blind Lemon; b. ca. 1897, Couchman, TX, d. 1930, Chicago, IL; blues singer and guitarist) Int. dict. of Black composers, 1999 (Jefferson, Blind Lemon; b. Sept. 1893, near Wortham, Tex., d. Dec. 1929, Chicago, Ill.; folk blues singer/guitarist) Santelli, R. Big book of blues, 1993 (Jefferson, Blind Lemon (aka Deacon L.J. Bates); b. July 1897, Couchman, Tex., d. Dec. 1929, Chicago, Ill.; recorded spirituals under the name Bates) Harris, S. Blues who's who, c1979 (Jefferson, "Blind" Lemon; aka Deacon LJ Bates/Elder JC Brown); b. July 1897, Couchman (Freestone Co.), TX, d. Dec. 1929, Chicago, IL (unconfirmed)) Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Jefferson, Blind Lemon; b. July 1897, Wortham (Couchman), Tex., d. Dec. 1929, Chicago, Ill.; first recordings were religious songs issued under pseudonym, Reverend L.J. Bates) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed February 18, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Jefferson, (“Blind”) Lemon; blues musician / singer, guitarist, jazz musician; born July 1897 near Wortham, Texas, United States; lost his sight at least by the time he was a teenager; moved to Dallas and began performing full-time in the Deep Ellum neighborhood (1910s); Paramount invited him to Chicago, Illinois and he began to record his extensive repertoire of original and folk material (1925-1926); died December 1929 possibly, Chicago, Illinois, United States) |
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