| LC control no. | n 91069474 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Leake, Lafayette |
| Variant(s) | Leak, Lafayette |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1920-06-01 |
| Death date | 1990-08-14 |
| Place of birth | Winona (Miss.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Blues (Music) |
| Profession or occupation | Pianists |
| Found in | Dixon, W. Hidden charms [SR] p1988: container insert (Lafayette Leake) American folk blues festival '70, p1981: container (Lafayette Leak, piano) Chess blues piano greats [SR] p1997: label (Lafayette Leake) insert (apparently b. 1919 or 1920, Winona, Miss., d. 1990, Chicago) Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed. (Leake, Lafayette; b. June 1, 1920, Wynmie, Miss., d. Aug. 14, 1990, Chicago, Ill.; blues pianist) Santelli, R. Big book of blues, 1993 (Leake, Lafayette; b. ca. 1920, Winona, Miss., d. Aug. 14, 1990, Chicago, Ill.; pianist) |
| Not found in | Southern, E. Bio. dict. of Afro-Amer. and African musicians; Harris, S. Blues who's who, c1979; Herzhaft, G. Enc. of the blues, 1992. |
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