| LC control no. | no 00027099 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | McCoy, Charlie, 1909-1950 |
| Variant(s) | Charlie, Papa, 1909-1950 McCoy, Charles, 1909-1950 McCoy, Papa Charlie, 1909-1950 Papa Charlie, 1909-1950 |
| See also | Mississippi Mudder, 1909-1950 Corporate body: Harlem Hamfats (Musical group) |
| Birth date | 1909 |
| Death date | 1950 |
| Found in | Hard times come again no more [SR] p1998: container, vol. 2 (Charlie McCoy) insert (b. on plantation near Bolton, Miss.; brother of Joe McCoy; played guitar and mandolin) Dixon, R.M.W. Blues & gospel records, 1890-1943, 4th ed.: p. 559-60 (Charlie McCoy; Charles McCoy; "Papa" Charlie McCoy; The Mississippi Mudder (Papa Charlie)) The banjo on record, 1993: p. 239 (("Papa") Charlie McCoy; b. May 26, 1909, Jackson, Hinds Co.; Miss.; d. July 26, 1950, Chicago; brother of blues musician Joe McCoy; recorded mostly on guitar, but also played mandolin-banjo) Herzhaft, G. Encyc. of the blues, 2nd ed.: p. 138 (Charlie McCoy (about 1900-1951); mandolin player; brother of Joe McCoy; both from Jackson, Miss.) Wikipedia, May 28, 2013 (The Harlem Hamfats was a Chicago jazz band formed in 1936. Despite their name, the Hamfats were based in Chicago; none of the members of the band were actually from New York. "Kansas" Joe McCoy (guitar, vocals) and his brother "Papa" Charlie McCoy (guitar, mandolin) were from Mississippi; Herb Morand (trumpet, vocals), John Lindsay (bass), and Odell Rand (clarinet) were from New Orleans; Horace Malcolm (piano), Freddie Flynn (drums) and Pearlis Williams (drums) were from Chicago) |
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