| LC control no. | n 93104019 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Black, Bill, 1926-1965 |
| Variant(s) | Black, William Patton, 1926-1965 |
| See also | Corporate body: Bill Black's Combo Corporate body: Scotty & Bill |
| Birth date | 1926-09-17 |
| Death date | 1965-10-21 |
| Place of birth | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | Rock music |
| Profession or occupation | Rock musicians Double bassists Bass guitarists |
| Found in | Bill Black Combo. Black with sugar [SR] 196-?: label (Bill Black) LC data base, 10-22-93 (hdg.: Black, Bill, 1926-1965) New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll (under Bill Black Combo: Bill Black; b. William Patton Black, Sept. 17, 1926, Memphis, d. Oct. 21, 1965, Memphis; bass) Wikipedia, August 3, 2017 (Bill Black; born William Patton Black, Jr., September 17, 1926, Memphis, Tennessee; died October 21, 1965, Memphis, aged 39; American musician and bandleader who is noted as one of the pioneers of rock and roll music; bassist in Elvis Presley's early trio after which he formed Bill Black's Combo) Oxford music online, August 3, 2017: Encyclopedia of popular music (Black, Bill; born William Patton Black, September 17, 1926, Memphis, Tennessee; died October 21, 1965, Memphis, Tennessee; the bass-playing half of the Scotty and Bill team that backed Elvis Presley on his earliest live performances; after leaving Presley, Black launched a successful career of his own as leader of the Bill Black Combo; initially played acoustic stand-up bass, also performed on electric bass guitar) |
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