| LC control no. | n 88295409 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Andrews, Ernie |
| Variant(s) | Andrews, Ernest Mitchell, Jr. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Central Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
| Located | Los Angeles (Calif.) Baltimore (Md.) |
| Birth date | 1927-12-25 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz Blues (Music) Popular music |
| Affiliation | Columbia Records, Inc. London Records Harry James Orchestra Aladdin (Record Company) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Data from CINE for Ernie Andrews--blues for Central Avenue [MP] 1987 (Ernie Andrews; jazz singer) LC database, May 2, 2008 (hdg.: Andrews, Ernie, 1927-) Oxford music online, June 21, 2013: New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Andrews, Ernie; born December 25, 1927, Philadelphia; American singer) African American National Biography, accessed November 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Andrews, Ernie; jazz singer; born 25 December 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; recorded with Greene's new G&G label; performed in Central Avenue clubs in Los Angeles with big bands of Andy Kirk and Benny Carter (1940s-1950s); recorded for the Aladdin, Columbia, and London labels (1940s-1950s); gradually matured as a singer of swing standards, blues, and ballads (1950s-1960s); recorded a pair of big band albums for GNP Crescendo (1950s); sang with the Harry James Orchestra (1959-1969); lived in Baltimore and worked on the East Coast regularly (1969-1974); was gradually discovered by the jazz world (1980s); recorded as a leader for the High Note label) Wikipedia, July 14, 2017 (Ernie Andrews; born Ernest Mitchell Andrews Jr., December 25, 1927, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; grew up in Los Angeles; American jazz, blues, and pop singer) |
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