| LC control no. | n 92086802 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Burr, Henry |
| Variant(s) | McClaskey, Harry Gillette, Irving Gillette, Henry, 1885-1941 Alexander, Alfred, 1885-1941 McClaskey, Shamus Rice, Robert, 1885-1941 Knapp, Frank Haley, Harry, 1885-1941 King, Al, 1885-1941 |
| See also | Barr, Harry |
| Birth date | 1885-01-15 |
| Death date | 1941-04-06 |
| Place of birth | St. Stephen (N.B.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Popular music |
| Profession or occupation | Tenors (Singers) |
| Found in | Rice, G. Fun in Flanders [SR] 1918: label (Henry Burr) Encyclopedia of music in Canada, c1992 (Burr (b. McClaskey), Henry (b. Harry); b. Jan. 15, 1885, St. Stephen, southwest of Saint John, NB; d. Apr. 6, 1941, New York; [recorded under many pseudonyms]) Gracyk, T. Popular American recording pioneers, 1895-1925, c2000: p. 52-65 (Burr, Henry; b. Harry Haley McClaskey, Jan. 15, 1882, St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada; tenor; used pseudonym Irving Gillette, particularly on Edison releases; other pseuds. include Henry Gillette, Alfred Alexander, Shamus McClaskey, Robert Rice, Harry Barr, Frank Knapp, Harry Haley, and Al King; d. Apr. 6, 1941, Chicago; buried in Westchester Co., N.Y.) Virtual gramophone, Canadian historical sound recordings, WWW site, Aug. 30, 2005 (Henry Burr, tenor; b. Harry McClaskey, Jan. 15, 1885, St. Stephen, New Brunswick; d. 1941) |
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