| LC control no. | n 95065509 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Liggins, Joe |
| Variant(s) | Liggins, Joseph C. Elliott, Theodro |
| See also | Corporate body: Honeydrippers (Rhythm and blues group) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1916-07-09 |
| Death date | 1987-07-31 |
| Place of birth | Guthrie (Okla.) Seminole (Okla.) |
| Place of death | Los Angeles (Calif.) Lynwood (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Rhythm and blues music Jazz |
| Profession or occupation | Rhythm and blues musicians Pianists Singers |
| Found in | Legendary missing masters, p1983: label (Joe Liggins) All music guide WWW site, July 8, 2003 (Joe Liggins; b. July 9, 1915, Guthrie, OK, d. Aug. 1, 1987, Lynwood, CA; blues pianist and vocalist) Enc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Liggins, Joe; b. July 9, 1916, Guthrie, Okla., d. July 26, 1987, Los Angeles, Calif.) Santelli, R. Big book of blues, 2001 (Liggins, Joe; b. 1915, Guthrie, Okla., d. July 26, 1987, Los Angeles, Calif.) RootsWeb.com WWW site, July 8, 2003: Social Security death index (Joseph C. Liggins; b. July 9, 1916, d. July 31, 1987) Oxford music online, July 14, 2017: New Grove dictionary of jazz, 2nd edition (Liggins, Joe; born July 9, 1916, Guthrie, OK; died July 31, 1987, Los Angeles; American pianist, singer, and bandleader, brother of Jimmy Liggins; formed his own band in 1944 and achieved success with The honeydripper (1945, Exclusive 207), from which his band was named; several different dates of death for Liggins have been published--that given here is derived from the order of service at his funeral) Wikipedia, July 14, 2017 (Joe Liggins; Joseph Christopher "Joe" Liggins, Jr.; born Theodro Elliott, July 9, 1916, Seminole, Oklahoma; died July 31, 1987, Lynwood, California; American R&B, jazz and blues pianist and vocalist who led Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers in the 1940s and 1950s; took his stepfather's surname, Liggins, as a child, and apparently dropped the name Theodro and adopted the names Joseph Christopher during the 1930s; older brother of R&B performer Jimmy Liggins) |
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