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Covay, Don

LC control no.n 92006865
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Personal name headingCovay, Don
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Variant(s)Randolph, Donald, 1936-2015
Randolph, James Donald
See alsoCorporate body: Goodtimers (Musical group)
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LocatedQueens (New York, N.Y.)
Birth date1936-03-24
Death date2015-01-31
Place of birthOrangeburg (S.C.)
Place of deathValley Stream (N.Y.)
Field of activitySoul music Rhythm and blues music
Profession or occupationSoul musicians Rhythm and blues musicians Singers Composers Lyricists Sound recording executives and producers
Found inHis Checkin' in with [SR] p1988: label (Don Covay)
All music guide WWW site, Nov. 3, 2004 (Don Covay; b. Donald Randolph, Mar. 24, 1938, Orangeburg, SC; soul singer)
Guardian (online), viewed Feb. 4, 2015 (Don Covay; b. Donald James Randolph, Mar. 24, 1938, Orangeburg, S.C.; d. Jan. 31, 2015; singer, songwriter, and record producer; important figure in the soul music explosion of the 1960s)
New York times (online), viewed Feb. 9, 2015 (in obituary published Feb. 6: Don Covay; b. James Donald Randolph, Mar. 24, 1936, Orangeburg, S.C.; d. Jan. 31, Valley Stream, N.Y., aged 78; lived in Queens; singer and songwriter whose rhythm-and-blues compositions became hits for a variety of performers and standards of rock 'n' roll and soul music)
Wikipedia, Feb. 17, 2017 (Don Covay & the Goodtimers)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Covay>
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