| LC control no. | n 91090563 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Staton, Dakota |
| Variant(s) | Rabia, Aliyah |
| Birth date | 19300603 |
| Death date | 20070410 |
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| Place of death | Manhattan, New York, N.Y. |
| Profession or occupation | Singer |
| Found in | The Late, late show [SR] 196-?: label (Dakota Staton) New Grove dict. of jazz (Staton, Dakota (Rabia, Aliyah); b. 6-3-32, Pittsburgh; singer) New York times WWW site, Apr. 13, 2007 (Dakota Staton; b. June 3, 1930, Pittsburgh; d. Tuesday [Apr. 10, 2007], Manhattan, aged 76; highly respected jazz and blues singer known from the 1950s on for her bright, trumpetlike sound and tough, sassy style; converted to Islam after her marriage to trumpeter Talib Dawud and used the name Aliyah Rabia for a time) |
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