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Oden, St. Louis Jimmy

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Personal name headingOden, St. Louis Jimmy
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Variant(s)Big Bloke
Burke, James, -1977
Oden, James B. (James Burke)
Oden, Jimmie
Oden, Jimmy
Oden, Old Man
Poor Boy
St. Louis Jimmy
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date[1903-06-26,1905-06-26]
Death date1977-12-30
Place of birthNashville (Tenn.)
Place of deathChicago (Ill.)
Profession or occupationBlues musicians
Found inMemphis Minnie. Memphis Minnie [SR] p1992: container insert (St. Louis Jimmy Oden)
OCLC 28894579 (hdg.: St. Louis Jimmy)
St. Louis Jimmy Oden [SR] p1994: label (St. Louis Jimmy Oden)) program notes (b. James Burke, 6-26-1903, Nashville, Tenn.)
St. Louis blues [SR] p1995: container (St. Louis Jimmy) insert (Jimmy Oden; James B. Oden (1905-1977) better known as St. Louis Jimmy)
Harris, S. Blues who's who, 1981, c1979 (Oden, James Burke (Jimmie/Jimmy/Old Man); aka: Big Bloke/Poor Boy/St. Louis Jimmy); b. June 26, 1903, Nashville, TN; d. Dec. 30, 1977, Chicago, IL)
The Guinness enc. of popular mus. (Oden, James Burke; b. June 26, 1903 (1905, according to some sources), Nashville, Tenn.; d. Dec. 30, 1977, Chicago, Ill.; also known as St. Louis Jimmy, Big Bloke, Poor Boy, and Old Man Oden; blues singer, composer, and pianist)